Chrissy Ryan

Experience

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  Target

  Aug 2011 - Aug 2011

  Target - Work Experience Placement
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  Gloucestershire Media

  Aug 2011 - Aug 2011

  Gloucestershire Media - Work Experience Placement
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  Hodder & Stoughton

  Jun 2013 - Jun 2013

  Sales Assistant Work Experience

  Most of my time was spent in the Sales Department, and my experience included:- Writing catalogues- Writing press releases and fan newsletters- Checking copy and proofreading manuscripts- Organising mail outs and general administration- Attending acquisition meetings

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  University of Exeter

  Feb 2015 - Jul 2015

  International Milton Symposium Intern

  Marketing, PR and administration for an international academic conference of 17th Century poet, John Milton. My responsibilities included:- Working with world-leading academics, local and regional press, university staff and the local community.- Acting as a front of house manager, coordinating volunteers, building relationships with world-leading academics.- Guest speaker at the conference, as part of a panel discussing teaching Milton.- Required excellent interpersonal skills, use of initiative, clear written and oral communication to write press releases and other forms of promotion for the conference, and to ensure that delegates are comfortable during their time in Exeter. Show less

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  Primrose Hill Books

  Sept 2015 - Sept 2016

  Bookseller

  Required an excellent knowledge of the market, including current titles and trends.Selling books at book events, coordinating with authors and publishers.Recommending books required exceptional customer service and relational skills.Overseeing social media and publicity emails to the customer mailing list, advertising book events and signed copies.Ordering stock and customer orders, organising new stock, and processing book returns, where an eye for detail is essential.Valuing and cataloguing second-hand book stock. Show less

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  Head of Zeus

  Sept 2016 - Nov 2019

  Covering maternity leave for the Export Sales Director.Managing sales in all international territories including Australia/New Zealand, US/Canada, Ireland, Europe, Singapore and South-East Asia, India and Pakistan, South Africa and Africa, the Middle East, Far East, and W.H.Smiths Travel.Managing the export publishing schedule and global export teams, including distributors and overseas field reps.Responsible for print forecasting and managing budgets, and overall export strategy.Responsible for working with our international partners to plan and oversee marketing and publicity campaigns.Have travelled extensively to international territories (South Africa, USA, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, Europe, Ireland) to present titles at conferences, plan strategy, and understand the market. Show less Managing all sales in and around London.Building relationships with all London accounts including Foyles, Hatchards, Waterstones (including flagship store), Daunt Books, independents, and non-traditional customers such as the V&A, Tate, and Natural History Museum.Responsible for author tours in London and managing bookshop events and launches.Managing discounts, promotions, display space, and regularly presenting titles to customers.Being part of the team that decided marketing and sales strategy.Worked on on commercial fiction and non-fiction, literary fiction, lifestyle, cookery, children’s and non-traditional books. Show less

  • Communications Director

    Apr 2019 - Nov 2019

  • Export Sales Manager

    Mar 2018 - Nov 2019

  • London Sales Manager

    Sept 2016 - Mar 2018
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  Soneva

  Nov 2019 - Jun 2020

  Barefoot Bookseller

  Featured in:The Guardian https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/24/barefoot-bookseller-sought-to-run-island-bookshop-in-maldivesLonely Planethttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.lonelyplanet.com/amp/articles/dream-job-travel-the-worldSouthern China Morning Posthttps://amp.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3051775/what-bibliotherapy-and-can-it-help-maintain-mentalConde Nast Travellerhttps://www.cntravellerme.com/this-escapism-filled-reading-list-comes-from-the-sonevas-barefoot-bookseller Show less

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  BookBar

  Jun 2020 - now

  Founder

  Founder of BookBar, an independent bookshop that brings people together through books.www.bookbaruk.com