High School Media Specialist

Job Description:

W. W. Norton is seeking a Media Sales Specialist to join its High School sales group. A key member of the sales team, the Media Specialist collaborates with Norton high school sales representatives to drive adoption of digital products and increase digital growth and revenue. Please note that applicants can be located in any area of the United States.

Essential Job Responsibilities Include:

• Making consultative sales calls individually and with sales representatives to identify and understand customer needs and provide digital solutions.
• Demonstrating Norton digital products to high school teachers and administrators one-on-one or in large group presentations.
• Using consultative strategies to help current customers adopt Norton digital products in their courses.
• Establishing relationships with technology administrators.
• Spearheading process for any media related paperwork for schools and districts
• Training Norton sales representatives on digital products and strategies.
• Communicating and updating sales opportunities via CRM.
• Developing and implementing a targeted strategy to increase digital revenue in each territory and in the region as a whole.
• Training Norton customers on best practices for implementing Norton digital products to teach and assess their students.
• Attending Norton National Sales Conferences to participate in sales presentations and lead product training sessions.
• Collaborating with product development, editorial, marketing, and sales teams to provide product feedback and develop digital strategies for existing and forthcoming digital products.
• Attending a semi-annual meeting with Norton’s digital product development and editorial teams in the New York office.

Please note: this job description is not designed to cover all activities required of the employee.

Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Must be able to work full business hours.
• Able to travel up to 20% overnight during the academic year in addition to academic meetings.
• W.W. Norton & Company ('Norton') strives to maintain a COVID-free workplace. To that end, being fully vaccinated is a condition of employment for all new Norton hires. Norton makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities, sincerely held religious beliefs, or other conditions protected by applicable law.
• Employment eligibility to work with W. W. Norton & Company in the U.S. is required.
• Proven success as a sales representative with a minimum of two years of sales experience is required.
• Strong leadership skills and initiative.
• Thrives as an individual and as a collaborator within a larger team.
• Passionate about education and has strong interest in instructional technology and the digital needs of both students and instructors.
• Excellent communication, analytical, organizational, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with CRM management.

About Norton:

W. W. Norton & Company is the oldest and largest publishing house owned wholly by its employees. W. W. Norton & Company strives to carry out the imperative of its founder to "publish books not for a single season, but for the years." In college publishing, that imperative applies not only to books, but also to an ever-growing list of essential print and digital resources that support teaching and learning. For more information about the Company, visit us online at: http://www.wwnorton.com.

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