Love books, people, and ideas? Enjoy consultative selling where you truly advise? We consistently get 5-star ratings and raving reviews from clients about their experience working with our team of Publishing Consultants. Consider this opportunity to help a wide range of authors publish books in a variety of genres — fiction (thriller, sci fi, romance, etc), expert/business consultant books, memoirs, kids books, and a wide range of interesting nonfiction topics. Talk to diverse and interesting people every day. Deliver truly consultative advice and information to help authors make sense of a complex industry and decide what to do with their books (aka their “baby”). Represent a talented team of editors, designers, illustrators and marketers. Join a dynamic, creative team at a small business where your contributions are highly valued and you have a significant impact.
ROLE
The Publishing Consultant plays a vital role as the first point of contact with the company, helping authors understand the publishing industry, the publishing process, how self-publishing differs from the conventional model, how distribution and royalties work, and how to plan and budget to self-publish. The publishing consultant puts together proposals or estimates, follows up and secures new clients, and welcomes them to the Tellwell team.
This opening is for a contract role, 10-35 hours per week.
FUNCTIONS
– Educate authors about the pros and cons of self-publishing vs traditional publishing, and the pros and cons of a team-approach to self-publishing vs a DIY approach
– Educate authors about the value of a range of publishing services such as editing, design, distribution and marketing
– Educate authors about distribution and royalties
– Write proposals and estimates for each author
– Effectively follow-up with authors
– Assess whether each author is a good potential fit for working with Tellwell
– Participate in round-table discussions at Tellwell about company strategy and new or improved services and improved internal processes
– Research best practices and develop internal resources, tools and templates
– Stay on top of industry trends
– Contribute to forecasting and achieving monthly goals
SKILLS
– Consultative sales experience
– Strong work ethic
– Positive attitude and a team player
– Excellent written and oral communications skills
– Independence, professionalism and responsibility
– Knowledge or interest in book publishing
– Organized and able to prioritize and stay on top of many contacts
– Initiative and business sense: able to create and recommend better processes
– Flexible: can innovate and improvise when necessary
– Goal-oriented, comfortable working in metrics and results-based environment
ASSETS
– Passion for books, writing or publishing
– Experience working with editors, designers, and marketers
– Enjoys talking to a diverse, creative people
– Experience working within a CRM or similar platforms
– Comfortable learning new systems
– Tech savvy
IDEAL CANDIDATE
The ideal candidate has has an interest in publishing and recent “in-the-trenches” consultative sales experience, but also has enough entrepreneurial or management skill to self-manage and create new systems and tools.
ABOUT
Tellwell has been operating since our launch in Canada in 2015 and internationally since 2018. We publish books in Canada, USA, Australia, Europe, also including teammates in the Philippines. Tellwell was named a \"10 to Watch\" company by Douglas Magazine, we were a finalist for Viatec's Start-up of the Year award, two-time winner of the BBB Torch Awards, and we made the list of CanadianBusiness.com's Top 50 Fastest Growing Start-ups in Canada. We have an A+ Rating on the BBB and we take pride in our steady stream of positive client feedback, while always seeking to learn from the critical feedback.
Founded by experienced book publishing professionals, Tellwell exists because we believe most authors want something quite simple: a small, committed team that cares, to help publish a quality book. Our company values include passion, talent, teamwork, candor and entrepreneurial spirit!
Job Types: Full-time, part-time, contract (open to different situations)
Benefits:
* Work from home
* Flexible working hours
Compensation: £14-£25 OTE (\"On-target earnings,\" ie mix of base/commission/bonus)