DESCRIPTION

Amazon Publishing is hiring a Sales and Rights Director to lead its third party distribution sales as well as its international rights business. You will drive teams and co-agencies to increase rights deal generation for Amazon Publishing imprints based in 3 countries, while also managing existing and growing new retail relationships.

Key job responsibilities
You will design and implement strategies to provide a high-quality, growing sales and licensing service while delivering internal process improvements, making decisions on acquisitions, terms & licensing deals, advising stakeholders on rights and sales opportunities, and developing metrics reporting and business analysis mechanisms for the organization. You will represent Amazon globally, serving as the public spokesperson for sales and rights opportunities, maintaining and forging new relationships, working directly with Amazon Publishing authors and their agents on all sales and rights-related matters, and leading the team presence at international and domestic book fairs.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

New York, NY, USA | Seattle, WA, USA