We are looking to recruit an Italian speaking sales assistant to sell and market text books and digital content of our client publishers. Reporting into the Sales Manager, this would be an ideal first role for someone looking to start their career in publishing or broaden their responsibilities from a previous role.

Duties of the role include:

Build and maintain relationships with academics promoting and selling textbooks and digital content to academic institutions (universities, college libraries and professional associations)
Formulating sales strategies to maximise revenue and win new business
Working with wider marketing teams to ensure sales efforts are co-ordinated
Market and sell digital content to institutions directly and via third party vendors
Attending academic and trade conferences within the UK

Skills required:

Fluency in Italian
Customer service experience
Ability to communicate effectively
Team player
Positive, proactive and professional approach

Benefits:

Discretionary annual bonus
Private healthcare
Pension plan via NEST
25 28 days holiday plus 1 additional day for birthday
Team building days and events
Hybrid working

Mare Nostrum Group is a full-service publishing company providing distribution, sales, marketing, data management, recruitment, and consultancy services to commercial and university academic publishers in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. With over 25 years experience, and an in-house team of over 30 employees, the Group is split into three divisions with distinct offerings:

Mare Nostrum offers print and digital distribution, sales, marketing and consultancy services to commercial academic publishers.

Combined Academic Publishers offers print and digital distribution, sales and marketing

Mare Nostrum Recruitment offers a collaborative and tailored recruitment service across all publishing areas

Mare Nostrum Group provides an inclusive and nurturing work environment in which we encourage all our employees to learn and focus on their own personal development. There are opportunities for growth and career development within the company.

We welcome applications from all members of society and embrace a diverse workforce.

To enable an equitable experience for all and give you the best chance of success, if you have any specific requirements for any stage of the interview process, please let us know.

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