Vietnamese,Thai or Malay Pre-Sales & Marketing Executive

This is a gorgeous role for anyone who is interested in the development of technology as an aid to teaching! This sector is booming largely as a result of the pandemic which has forced schools to re-think teaching methods and their attitudes to using virtual reality as a tool to help immerse children into topics. The role is ” pre-sales” and there is the opportunity to develop into key account management or sales eventually . If this sector and role appeals, then apply here : Vietnamese, Thai or Malay Pre-Sales Support Executive

Job Title: Vietnamese, Thai or Malay Pre-Sales & Marketing Executive

Team: Customer service, Sales and Marketing

Visa Sponsorship: No

Job Sector: Publishing and Education sector

Location: London. Just 2 days in office . Currently the role is also offered as mainly “remote”

Job Type: Permanent, full-time

Salary : £31000 ( comprised of base of £26000 + minimum of £5k in performance bonus)

Company

This is a market leader in promoting new ways of learning adapted for secondary school pupils . This new way to experience school involves pupils experiencing a more immersive experience with the use of virtual reality headsets. The whole school classroom experience is being turned upside down with the help of cutting-edge experiential technology. Use of tech in this creative way is one of the most radical changes to affect us all and will directly impact how the next generation learns. It also makes learning easier, more fun and far more engaging than traditional classroom-book classes…it is also very relevant for how children learn right now in this Covid 19 phase, and beyond.

You will join the ASIA Team.

Summary of the role: This position involves researching new schools and approaching them over the telephone to generate new leads for the sales team. Your target audience will be schools and Head Teachers across Asia

The role

• Research & Approach schools: research schools across Vietnam, Malaysia or China and then find out if they are interested in learning about the new learning technology and techniques to engage children
• Find the names , emails and contact numbers for Heads of Department and Head Teachers
• Then Say “Hello” : Send out emails to introduce the service: work with the marketing team to send out bulk emails to a target list of contacts
• Follow-up to assess whether they are interested in learning more
• Alert the sales team if the potential client expresses interest
• Stay in touch and send occasional gentle courtesy emails
• Social media: Use social media / communities and online resources to identify key contacts within targeted local authorities / accounts and build network of relationships
• Deal with inbound enquiries: Answer in-coming enquiries originating from the website
• Put together quotations
• Research competitor activity and get to understand the sector
• Attend educational Events: Go to education related exhibitions and conferences
• Meet Head Teachers and education experts
• Establish rapport
• Stay in touch

Requirements:

You must have some previous outbound calling experience (this could have been gained in Market research roles)

• Degree educated
• Fluent in English + an additional Asian Language ( Vietnamese/Thai/Malay )
• Happy on the phone making outbound calls
• Ideally some experience of dealing with schools