Business Manager
Full time or four days pro rata; £30,000 to 35,000, salary commensurate with experience. Hybrid working a possibility.
We are looking for a dynamic, experienced publishing business manager to take on a varied remit with the scope to drive business development at Firefly. Your responsibilities will include managing the sales, marketing and rights teams, and promoting the development of new opportunities in these areas; organising Firefly’s presence at trade fairs; working with the Publisher on business promotion, budgets, targets, royalties, and grant support. Reporting to the Publisher, you will work with a small team of committed staff to maximise the potential of Firefly’s quality fiction and non-fiction lists.
This will include:
– Working with sales, marketing and design to developing new sales opportunities for front and backlist titles within the UK and overseas trade markets and into the non-trade direct and special sales markets
– Managing the sales, marketing and rights team
– Developing rights and licensing opportunities
– Overseeing traditional rights sales
– Organising Firefly’s presence, at, and attending, trade fairs
– Working with the publisher on budgets, targets, royalties, sales data and grant support
– Working with the publisher and staff on business and marketing strategies for Firefly’s continued growth.
To apply please send a CV and covering letter to Penny Thomas:
penny.thomas@fireflypress.co.uk
The closing date for this position is 20th February 2023.
Bookkeeper
£26,326 pro rata; home or office based, freelance or employed, up to two days per week
We are looking for an experienced bookkeeper with excellent Excel and Xero skills and preferably knowledge of/experience in a publishing environment. You will have strong communication skills, experience/understanding of VAT and keen attention to detail
To apply please send a CV and covering letter to Penny Thomas:
penny.thomas@fireflypress.co.uk
The closing date for this position is 20th February 2023.
Firefly Press is a committed equal opportunities employer and employs people on the basis of their abilities. Positions are open to all suitably qualified candidates, and we aim to attract applicants from a diverse base, regardless of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.