Job Description: Sales & Marketing Executive (German Speaking)

Company: Global academic publisher

Location: London (Hybrid: 2 days office, 3 days home)

Salary: Competitive, depending on experience + annual team bonus

Start Date: ASAP

About our client:

Our client is one of the world's leading academic publishers and the largest in the Asia-Pacific region. With offices globally, including London, they publish numerous new titles and journals annually across various fields, with over 12,000 titles published to date. Our clients’ books are recommended texts at renowned institutions worldwide. The smaller team in the London office offer a friendly, welcoming and collaborative environment.

About the Role

This is a brand new, hybrid Sales & Marketing Executive role, offering a fantastic opportunity for a proactive and confident individual to make the role their own. You will play a crucial part in our engagement with institutional customers in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), with some involvement in Benelux (Netherlands, Belgium).

This is a balanced 50/50 hybrid role, and focuses primarily on working with existing customers rather than new business development, and also marketing, You will be a key point of contact for German-speaking authors and libraries, contributing to team targets.

Key Responsibilities

• Selling print books, e-books, and journals to institutional customers (primarily libraries) in the DACH region.
• Managing and nurturing relationships with existing key accounts in the DACH region.
• Coordinating efforts with sales partners in the Benelux and DACH regions.
• Handling sales inquiries and processing orders.
• Marketing & Promotion:
  • Developing and executing marketing campaigns for the DACH region, including creating marketing collateral in German.
  • Communicating directly with German-speaking authors and libraries.
  • Monitoring new publications (approx. 400-500 books annually) relevant to your regions.
• Event & Relationship Building:
  • Organising and attending book events and conferences (e.g., Book Fairs) in the UK and potentially Germany (a couple of times a year, depending on relevant events).
  • Building relationships with booksellers and libraries.

Requirements

• Language Skills: Fluent German (native or very close to native proficiency) is essential, as you will be writing marketing materials and communicating with clients in German. English communication skills are also required.
• Experience:
  • Over 2 years of equivalent work experience is required.
  • Ideal candidates will have sales experience from an STM (Scientific, Technical, Medical) publishing background.
  • We are also open to candidates with publishing sales experience from other areas (excluding trade publishing).
  • Exceptional science graduates with some prior experience, fluent German, and a proactive, confident, and outgoing personality who are keen to move into scientific publishing sales are also encouraged to apply (salary for this profile would be in line with experience level).
• Skills:
  • Proven sales and marketing track record.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Target-oriented (within a team context), well-organised, and able to set priorities and manage multiple projects under pressure.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and presentation software.
  • A proactive personality who enjoys meeting people and thrives in a collaborative, friendly, small-team environment.

What our client offers:

• A competitive basic salary with a team-based annual bonus.
• The opportunity to shape a brand new role and make a significant impact.
• A hybrid working model (2 days in London office, 3 days remote).
• Continuous training and onboarding support from our London and Singapore teams.
• The chance to work with a leading academic publisher with a strong global presence and a unique "a la carte" offering.
• A collaborative and friendly London office environment.

Application

Please apply with a cover letter and full CV stating your current and expected salaries, availability to start a new role.

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