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How to become a Printing Sales Representative

Also called: Print sales representative

Takes orders and artwork from customers for printed materials, has them printed and finished as books, brochures and similar, and delivers them.

Main tasks

Workers in this job say university is common. From job tag's survey of people in each job, who could give several answers. It shows what workers see as common, not how many workers hold each level.

How to become one

No particular education or qualifications are needed to start. After joining, depending on your wishes and aptitude, you may be placed straight into sales or first into a department such as publishing, commercial, business or specialty printing and later moved to sales. In sales, you first visit clients with senior staff or managers, then are given your own clients, and by about your second year you can start finding new clients. The printing industry has shared qualifications, print sales specialist and senior print sales specialist, which you can sit after a set amount of work experience. You need to be alert to changes in society and the market, be able to gather information and use it to give customers sound suggestions and advice, and be able to negotiate with customers and make good judgements.

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How do I become a Printing Sales Representative?

No particular education or qualifications are needed to start. After joining, depending on your wishes and aptitude, you may be placed straight into sales or first into a department such as publishing, commercial, business or specialty printing and later moved to sales. In sales, you first visit clients with senior staff or managers, then are given your own clients, and by about your second year you can start finding new clients. The printing industry has shared qualifications, print sales specialist and senior print sales specialist, which you can sit after a set amount of work experience. You need to be alert to changes in society and the market, be able to gather information and use it to give customers sound suggestions and advice, and be able to negotiate with customers and make good judgements.

How much does a Printing Sales Representative earn in Japan?

Average annual income in the private sector, bonus included, is ¥6,607,000 (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare). The figure is for the wage survey group Other sales workers, which covers several jobs.

Do you need a degree to become a Printing Sales Representative?

Not always. In this job's census occupation group, 58% of workers are university graduates.

Will AI change the work of a Printing Sales Representative?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

独立行政法人労働政策研究・研修機構（JILPT）作成 職業情報データベース 解説系ダウンロードデータ（IPD_DL_description_7_01.xlsx）ver.7.01 職業情報提供サイト（job tag）より2026年10月4日にダウンロード（https://shigoto.mhlw.go.jp/User/download）を加工して作成

独立行政法人労働政策研究・研修機構（JILPT）作成 職業情報データベース 簡易版数値系ダウンロードデータ（IPD_DL_numeric_7_00.xlsx）ver.7.00 職業情報提供サイト（job tag）より2026年10月4日にダウンロード（https://shigoto.mhlw.go.jp/User/download）を加工して作成

Sources: JILPT Occupational Information Database download data via job tag (解説系 ver.7.01 and 簡易版数値系 ver.7.00, downloaded 4 October 2026), processed by Peernovo; MHLW, Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025; Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2020 Population Census; MEXT, School Basic Survey 2025; MHLW, Employment Referrals for General Workers (Hello Work statistics). Figures processed by Peernovo. English job names, translations and the matching of jobs to statistical groups, schools and degree fields by Peernovo.

Updated 4 October 2026