James Longman

Customer Service Director at CPI Books UK

James Longman has a diverse work experience in the publishing industry. James started their career at Butler Tanner & Dennis in 1996 as a management trainee and worked as a Senior Account Manager until 1999. After that, they joined Selwood Printing as a Production Manager from 1999 to 2001. James then took a break to travel overseas for 4 years. Upon their return, they worked at Butler Tanner & Dennis again from 2008 to 2013, focusing on business development for UK publishing clients. In 2013, they joined CPI Colour as a Sales Manager and later moved to CPI Books UK, holding roles such as Account Director, Head of Client Services, and currently serving as the Customer Service Director. Throughout their career, they have demonstrated strong client relationships and the ability to provide bespoke solutions to meet client needs.

James Longman attended Frome College from 1993 to 1996, where they obtained their secondary education. James then pursued a degree in Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London, from 2006 to 2008. However, no specific field of study is provided for their degree.

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Southampton, United Kingdom

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CPI Books UK

CPI Books is the Trade book printing division of CPI Group UK and is part of the CPI Group, Europe's leading book printer. It manufactures in two locations: its Chatham site (formerly Mackays of Chatham) prints and binds paperback and hardback books; its Croydon site (formerly White Quill Press) prints and finishes book covers, jackets and plate sections. CPI Books Chatham site is CPI's largest book manufacturing site in the UK, making an average of 400,000 books every 24 hours. Founded in 1857, the company was acquired by CPI in 1999. CPI Group (UK) Ltd is one of the country’s leading print groups, manufacturing across seven locations. It manufactures around 160 million books annually, producing books and journals across multiple channels including; Trade, STMA, Tax, Law, Bibles, Catalogues, as well as Self-Publishing. CPI UK comprises two divisions: Trade Books (CPI Books and CPI Books Croydon) and STMA (CPI William Clowes and CPI Antony Rowe). The STMA division provides printing and distribution services for academic and journal publishers. CPI UK is part of CPI Group, the largest black and white book printer in Europe with the capacity to manufacture 700 million books each year and employing 3,500 people across 17 plants in five different countries (France, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and Czech Republic). The group prints 500 million pages every day and handles 45,000 orders each month. CPI works with more than 2,000 publishers across Europe.


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