Executive Sales Development

Senior Business Development Executive – Luxury Hospitality

Aureum Books | Extraordinary Stays™

Aureum Books is selectively seeking accomplished B2B sales and business development professionals to help lead the expansion of Extraordinary Stays™, our new luxury publishing collection celebrating America’s most distinctive hotels, inns, resorts and retreats.

This is a senior-level, relationship-driven opportunity for professionals who are comfortable developing business directly with owners, CEOs, general managers and other top decision-makers.

The Opportunity

Each Extraordinary Stays regional edition will feature approximately 60 carefully curated luxury hospitality properties, organized into six experiential Collections.

Participating properties receive a custom-developed six-page editorial feature combining exceptional photography, sophisticated design and storytelling focused on what distinguishes the property’s guest experience.

The Senior Business Development Executive will be responsible for developing an assigned regional market—identifying and qualifying prospective properties, initiating executive-level relationships, conducting virtual Publisher’s Conversations, presenting the Extraordinary Stays opportunity, and guiding qualified properties through the decision-making and participation process.

Successful candidates will ultimately serve as Managing Publisher for their regional Extraordinary Stays collection.

This Is Executive-Level B2B Selling

This is not transactional, high-volume or consumer sales.

Our prospective participants are sophisticated hospitality businesses, and our primary contacts are property owners, general managers, managing directors and senior marketing executives.

The successful candidate will be comfortable:

· Prospecting and developing new B2B relationships.

· Reaching senior decision-makers through telephone, email and LinkedIn.

· Conducting polished one-on-one Zoom presentations.

· Asking thoughtful discovery questions and listening carefully.

· Presenting a premium $11,995 publishing opportunity.

· Managing a substantial prospect pipeline.

· Following up professionally and persistently.

· Developing relationships that lead to decisions, referrals and long-term partnerships.

Who We’re Looking For

We are particularly interested in accomplished professionals with backgrounds in:

Executive B2B Sales • Business Development • Publishing & Media • Luxury Hospitality • Luxury Real Estate • Advertising & Marketing • Travel & Tourism • Entrepreneurship

Publishing experience is not required.

More important are a demonstrated record of success in relationship-based B2B selling, executive presence, exceptional communication skills, confidence interacting with senior decision-makers, persistence, self-motivation and an entrepreneurial mindset.

This opportunity may be especially attractive to experienced executives who have built successful careers and are now looking for a flexible, intellectually engaging and financially rewarding next chapter.

What Aureum Provides

Managing Publishers are supported by Aureum Books with:

Prospect Research • Marketing Materials • Digital Presentations • Proven Sales Process • Training • Editorial Development • Creative Direction & Design • Contracts & Administration • Production & Fulfillment

This allows the individual to concentrate primarily on what he or she does best:

Developing relationships. Conducting executive conversations. Building the regional collection.

The Working Model

This is an independent, entrepreneurial opportunity, rather than a traditional salaried corporate position.

The role is primarily remote and offers considerable scheduling flexibility.

Compensation is performance-based and designed to provide meaningful earning potential for successful business development professionals.

About Aureum Books

Aureum Books creates premium large-format coffee-table publications celebrating excellence in hospitality, architecture, design and luxury living.

Extraordinary Stays™ is being developed as a growing portfolio of regional and international luxury hospitality collections, beginning with editions in the United States and United Kingdom.

Our goal is not simply to publish individual books. We are building a scalable luxury publishing platform—and looking for exceptional people who would like to help us build it.

If you have a successful track record in high-level B2B sales or business development and the idea of developing relationships with some of the country’s most distinctive hospitality properties is intriguing, we’d welcome a confidential introductory conversation.

John A. Shand Founder & Publisher Aureum Books, LLC