French OR Spanish Academic Publishing ACCOUNT MANAGER

This is a fascinating Relationship Management role for a FRENCH or a SPANISH speaker who has a previous background in of sales or AM within the non-profit or academic sectors. You will be managing a portfolio of already-successful non-profit relationships with international Universities and research institutes, all of which are looking for creative solutions to advertise their prestigious new scientific discoveries and research papers . This is a very gentle consultative role in which you will deal with a highly educated audience of scientists , PhD students and non-profits to support their business and branding goals. You will also be required to attend some scientific events in order to meet clients personally. If this appeals, then apply here : French OR Spanish ACADEMIC PUBLISHING ACCOUNT MANAGER

Job Title: French OR Spanish ACADEMIC PUBLISHING ACCOUNT MANAGER

Location: London

Sector : Non-Profit Research related advertising sales

Contract type: Full Time, Permanent Role with a hybrid work culture

Salary : to £53,000 with bonus of additional £25,000 pa

Languages Fluent French OR Spanish

The company This company is at the forefront of academic learning in the field of science and works to support the scientific community in developing new research and making that research available to global organisations. The company works with Universities including Oxford , Cambridge London and Manchester Universities as well as Universities across France, Spain and Latin America, researchers , PhD students and with non-profits and also with private companies looking to share information on new discoveries in medicine and science that will help all of humanity

You will work to revenue targets for your territory and this role is a creative and ” consultative” sales role with some ( limited) international travel

Your role : Based in the Commercial Team, you will work with existing ( & some new ) clients to develop fresh solutions to meet the needs of research-related institutions in advertising their new discoveries etc .

Your clients are all publicly and privately funded research institutions with the common goal of creating and communicating the highest impact scientific discoveries to the world

Role:

• To manage and support a portfolio of public and private research organisations looking for sales solutions within customised publishing and content marketing
• Understand your clients needs and create bespoke advertising or branding solutions
• Build senior-level relationships with academics, and within governmental and other organisations
• Design and present custom solutions based on available advertising, publishing or branding products and capabilities.
• Liaise with key stakeholders in editorial, publishing, marketing, production and technology departments
• Monitor programme delivery and ensure that solutions are executed on time, on budget and to the customer’s full satisfaction.
• Attend scientific industry events to build new customer relationships and cultivate existing ones;
• Meet your clients face to face and on-site
• Monitor sales performance and undertake forecasting for your territory
• Sell digital, print and offline products ( webinars etc)

Requirements:

• Fluent French OR Spanish
• Proven track record of B2B key account management and business development.
• Ideally a background in academic, non-profit, government sectors and corporate institutions