Publishing Account Executive

An interesting and quite varied role in the publishing industry has become available.
This is a 14 month fixed term contract with a (or as close to that as possible)

Portfolio management of all products and services for the publication, including financial reporting of the portfolio

Responsibility for all online and offline publishing operations

Working closely with the Business Development Manager to shape proposals for new opportunities, including implementing the resulting new services

Working closely with the Production Manager and Customer Services Team to ensure all processes are efficient and robust and enable high standards of online and offline publishing to be met and performance targets exceeded

Work with the Production Manager to implement the results of process reviews, ensuring changes to processes are well documented and communicated across the relevant teams

Assist with managing the publishing contract, including the delivery and co-ordination of all contractual reporting and annual performance reviews

Work closely with the Marketing Manager to commission analysis and research to ensure that products and services are customer and client focused and are accurately and well promoted

Work with the Marketing Manager and Commissioning Editor to ensure all services and any changes to services are well communicated across all channels

Co-ordinate and input to the delivery of marketing, sales, technical and service delivery plans

Market analysis and forecasting, feeding in to Business plans and budgets

Completion of all management information requirements under the contract

Provide Secretariat support at the Delivery Board meetings and ensure all reporting requirements are met

Key competencies

Demonstrable track-record of supporting a complex publishing contract
Excellent communication skills
Excellent analytical and forecasting abilities
A passion for attention to detail, challenging and documenting processes
Confident and articulate team player capable of working across a broad spectrum of functions and disciplines
Strong project management, planning and organising skills
Commitment to deliver a modernising agenda
Strong understanding of statutory advertising and Public Sector preferred

Experience within Digital publishing or web based background and editing will be extremely advantageous for this role, as would be an analytical character who prides themselves on accuracy and efficiency in the workplace.