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Cedar Fort Publishing is a family owned business located in Springville and operating since 1986. We support more than 700 authors, selling books and gift items published for the LDS and national markets. Our customers include Amazon, Costco, Deseret Book, Seagull Book, Barnes & Noble, Sam’s Club, and more. We value and have created a culture filled with professionalism, hard work, and fun.
Publishing is an exciting, ever-changing field and we are expanding our 35 year focus on traditional publishing to a wider emphasis on many types of media. Cedar Fort’s mission is to bring uplifting, edifying, and educational products to the marketplace and we are looking for a driven talent acquisition manager to join us and take the business to new heights.
This role will assist the sales team to acquire creators (and authors) with their creative works to fill our business and retail partners’ needs as well as, ultimately, the end user customers’ needs and interests. The ideal candidate will be passionate, self-motivated, outgoing, proactive, and creative. We are looking for a leader with an eye for market trends, opportunities, and talent.
Paid Time Off
LegalShield/IdentityTheft
Medical Benefits
Salary: $50,000-$55,000 + Bonuses DOE
Job Type: Full-time
Primary Responsibilities:
- Report to the EVP of Sales & Marketing as part of the sales team, to design and execute acquisition strategy in accordance with business priorities
- Attracting, liaising, and contracting creators who align with Cedar Fort’s mission, using tools such as social media, professional networks, events, and personal contact
- Schedule 100+ non-fiction books each year, with quality literary content and strong marketing potential
- Improve Cedar Fort’s current talent pipeline to continually invite new creators to assist with future growth
- Maintain Cedar Fort’s Self-publishing services
- Pitch proposals in production meetings, with potential sales data for each proposed product, coordinating with internal departments, to present pitches that align with acceptable profit margins and established budgets
- Negotiate and finalize creator contracts and legal agreements under the direction of the CEO
- Operate as creators’ primary contact, seeing their needs met
- Review agented and unagented submissions, sending rejection letters to authors whose work doesn’t fit Cedar Fort’s vision
- Jump in with the whole team when needed
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in English, Publishing, Journalism, Marketing, Business Administration/Management, and/or a related field
- An avid reader driven to find and acquire high quality authors/creators
- The ability to sell the benefits of publishing with Cedar Fort to authors and creators
- The ability to analyze creative content and provide specific constructive feedback
- Impeccable time-management skills, meeting deadlines for various projects simultaneously
- Technologically competent with Apple Computers, Google Docs, and Word.
- A proven ability to make data-driven decisions
- Emotional intelligence
- The ability to streamline processes, identify problems, and provide solutions
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with sourcing techniques (e.g. recruiting via social media, events, outreach etc.)
- An affinity with Cedar Fort Publishing and Media, our mission and our audience
- Professional editing experience
- Publishing experience
- Sales experience
Paid Time Off
LegalShield/IdentityTheft
Medical Benefits
Salary: $50,000-$55,000 + Bonuses DOE
Job Type: Full-time
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $50,000.00 – $55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Springville, UT 84663: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Springville, UT 84663
