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Design and Production

SENIOR DESIGNER                    
Competitive salary +benefits

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a highly talented and motivated Senior Designer to join one of the most successful Children's Publisher in the UK. As a member of the fiction team you will have an opportunity to work on a wide variety of fiction titles, both young and teen, and your key responsibility will be to ensure that the whole process, from commissioning to production, runs smoothly. This will involve commissioning and overseeing illustrators and freelance designers as well as liaising with internal departments such as editorial, sales and marketing, to guide projects and schedules through to successful completion on time and to budget.

Working autonomously, and managing a team of two fiction Designers, the candidate will require the ability to manage their own creative and innovative products with flair and confidence. Ideally you will have had gained design experience in a children’s publishing environment.

With a passion for children’s books you will need sufficient design experience to hit the ground running and must be highly organised, with the ability to manage projects under pressure. A high standard of software literacy is required, including Quark Xpress, Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign.

This is a fabulous position for an experienced designer, who has an excellent understanding of design trends in children’s fiction book publishing.
 
Please apply in writing with a full CV, covering letter and salary details to Info@ashtondennis.co.uk
 
Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

For further information please send your CV to info@ashtondennis.co.uk

CIRCULATION EXECUTIVE

A renown Publisher seeks a Circulation Executive with excellent organisational skills to support the Circulation Manager with both subscriptions and administrative duties.

Responsibilities will include:

• Managing renewal reminders for publications including mailing.
• Providing reports and analysis on publications and subscriptions to various departments and key stakeholders
• Assisting with transfer of subscriptions
• Product administration and set up
• Ad hoc duties and projects
• Liaising with Editorial, Marketing, Finance departments as well as Customers and Agents

The ideal candidate will be proficient in Microsoft applications and or Microsoft SQL, with strong Excel skills and experience of working with databases. You will also need to be numerate with excellent attention to detail and the ability to identify and explain trends and data.

If you have an interest in Publishing or have Circulation or Subscription experience we would love to hear from you.

To apply email your CV with a covering letter to Info@Ashtondennis.co.uk

 

SENIOR INTERNATIONAL SALES & MARKETING EXECUTIVE (Central London)
 

• preparation of sales and marketing materials, and presentations for clients
• selling of both print and digital products
• organising Indian local print runs
• representing the department at internal meetings
• key administration tasks such as actions and minute taking at departmental and marketing meetings

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following requirements:

• a track record in sales/marketing within publishing
• excellent presentation and influencing skills
• a knowledge of international markets and cultural differences commercial and financial awareness
• a high level of organisation with a keen eye for detail
• strong commitment to team work

LIBRARY SALES CO-ORDINATOR
18K - 20K

Overall duties include providing administrative support to the Library Sales team and Library Sales Managers.

Other responsibilities will involve attending specified industry conferences, Liaising with Subscription agents where necessary in providing quotes, dealing with day to day customer queries by telephone and email, invoicing, maintaining and updating client information on bespoke database, assisting in identifying key prospects for new customers, scheduling regular contact with customers. Answering queries and encouraging usage of company products. Working closely with the Marketing team to tailor marketing campaigns in various territories as well as assisting in preparing presentations.

If you are well organised, numerate, with a good eye for detail and strong customer service/computer skills, in particular use of Excel for data manipulation and analysis, then we would like to hear from you.

A high level of initiative is required for this role and knowledge of one or more Modern European Language would be highly desirable