This is an excellent opportunity for a graduate seeking a Marketing Assistant vacancy within a prestigious publishing house. To be responsible for Implementing marketing campaigns developed by the Marketing Managers. Co-ordinate, prepare and submit creative briefs to the design departement, Write engaging content for campaigns and updating the marketing communications schedule. You will need to have -

Good PC skills with good knowledge of MS Office

Excellent attention to detail

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to meet deadlines.

Reasoning, problem solving ability

Ability to proofread

HTML is advantageous.

This well respected publishing house are currently seeking a candidate for the higher education books sales department. To promote Education textbooks to university departments throughout the South of England and Wales.

Managing your own territory you will be expected to undertake targeted academic calling in key Higher Education institutions, to generate new and maintain existing business. This role would suit a organized, self-motivated, personable and confident individual.

Experience of publishing or a sales background would be an advantage but not essential. Retail book sales experience advantageous.

Covering Wales and South of England

Excellent basic to c. 25% bonus and company car and excellent benefits.

This leading global publishing house are currently recruiting for an International Sales Executive for their Books division working across Central Europe, Eastern Europe. Undertaking territory visits to market channels; library suppliers, specialist booksellers and academics in Europe.

To identify new business prospects. Compiling reports, product lists. Analysis of sales data. Attendance of book fairs and exhibitions as required

An interest and awareness of overseas cultures.

German language skills required.

This is an excellent opportunity to join this international publishing house in a role for a graduate with 1 /2 years work experience working in Publishing or online product development. Academic publishing experience advantageous not essential. Previous product experience and video product experience

Development of video products for sale into the library market. To lead projects as assigned including market research, product testing, requirements development, and report generation. Demonstrate a deep curiosity in all aspects of video, working diligently to build a strong knowledge of the target users, buyers, and the competitive market. Interact regularly with customers and the wider market to ensure you are best positioned to support the Program Manager, Video in defining and prioritizing features, business models, and content development.

This prestigious publishing house are currently seeking a candidate with strong experience of working with digital content and planning, tracking, scheduling and checking e-learning content. The main purpose of this role is to work closely with the Publishers on a number of projects. Investigating, quantifying and collecting data on source content. Tracking and driving forward the editorial stages of a number of electronic resources and projects in the portfolio, ensuring content and products are produced on time and within budget.

The ideal candidate for this role would be educated to degree level with strong experience of working with digital content and planning, tracking, scheduling and checking e-learning content. They must have a solid understanding of metadata, XML and digital publishing and be proficient in Microsoft office.

This is an exciting opportunity to join this international company in a role for an experienced sales professional. Enthusiastic, confident with experience of sponsorship sales advantageous.

The role involves selling advertising, reprints and sponsorship opportunities. The job is office based and will require some conference travel.

• Meeting sales targets and delivering sales growth

• Building multi-level business relationships

• Developing and implementing sales plan for allocated portfolio

• Build and convert pipeline of new business

• Good organisational and prioritisation skills.

• Strong communication skills.

• Results orientated with a consultative sales approach.

  Initiative, drive and looking for a role in progressive company with excellent progression. Competitive salary and excellent benefits.

Our client is a leading international publisher of academic books and journals looking to appoint a Sales Representative to promote books and electronic products to HE lecturers and secure adoptions across selected universities across the Midlands, East Anglia, North & East London.

Key duties:

• Achieve sales targets for territory, targeting key adoptions in universities and managing bookshop account relationships
• Research, identify and contact all lecturers in the HE sector and use a consultative selling approach to secure adoption
• Gather and feedback relevant hard and soft information from lecturer discussions
• Maintain a pipeline of existing and prospective business opportunities across the territory
• Work to and achieve sales targets and regularly report on sales success
• Promote new and backlist titles to retailers, and ensure adoption sell-through
• Provide territory and market feedback to facilitate development of new products in line with market needs

Experience / skills required:

• Previous sales or customer service experience
• Some experience or understanding of academic publishing
• Excellent communication skills and good presentation skills
• An ability to think strategically and work under pressure
• An ability to work alone with minimum supervision as well as part of a team

For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations to stephaniehall@atwoodtate.co.uk

Contact:            Stephanie Hall

Tel:                   020 7487 8313

Closing date:     August 18th 2014

Atwood Tate embraces diversity and seeks to promote the benefits of diversity in all of our business activities and to develop a business culture that reflects that belief.  We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief.

We’re looking for an experienced publishing sales candidate to take on this excellent opportunity with one of the UK’s leading academic publishers. Our client is looking for a Field Sales Representative to be responsible for driving adoptions within universities and bookshops across the Midlands, East Anglia and parts of London.

The successful candidate for this role will be field based with key responsibilities including:

•        Hitting target sales in territory

•        Traveling to meet with key customers on a regular basis

•        Demonstrating the publisher’s products and services, particularly with university lecturers and understanding their needs

•        Give feedback to the publisher so that they may adapt their product concepts and development

•        Negotiate profitable and beneficial sales deals

The successful candidate for this role will have previous experience within academic sales. You will have excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) with a real drive to succeed. This will be particularly important for helping you build relationships with university departments and lecturers as well as academic retailers. A clean driving license is also essential for this position.

Closing date: Monday, 18 August

To apply for this position, please contact Chelsea Vernon at Inspired Selection publishing recruitment agency (email: c.vernon@inspiredselection.com). Please provide a CV and your current salary details in your application. To view all current opportunities available via Inspired Selection, please visit our website at www.inspiredselection.com.

Inspired Selection operates an Equal Opportunities policy.  We treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.

Looking to build on your sales experience? An exciting opportunity has opened up at a leading academic publisher for a talented Sales professional to join as a Sales Representative covering North/East London, East Anglia and Midlands.

Sales Representative – Higher Education –North London and East Anglia, Midlands – £Competitive + Bonus + Car + Benefits – Ref: 13151NT

Our client, one of the worlds’ leading academic publishers, has an exciting opportunity for a confident, dynamic and resourceful individual to join their growing business and help grow the sales of their market leading range of books and electronic products.

The successful candidate will be responsible for driving the sales of our client’s books and electronic products through the following responsibilities:

• Proactively meet with academics and take the time to listen to their needs.
• Use this information to create sales offers which genuinely caters to their needs.
• Use your experience to inform departments within the company on the market situation.
• Dealing with academic book stores to make sure stock if available.
• Working with key customers to maximise the exposure and the sales of book products.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:

• Sales experience, ideally but not essentially from a publishing background.
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills.
• Ability to understand things fully, and get to the bottom of people’s needs, doesn’t make and act on assumptions.
• Ability to do everything possible to achieve targets and goals.
• A ‘head for business’, spots commercial opportunities and tenaciously follows up on them.
• A full clean driving license in order to travel freely.

You will be rewarded with a competitive salary, company car and bonus, plus benefits package along with the chance of joining an innovative organisation, making a real difference in the industry whilst advancing your career.

If you feel that your skills meet the requirements of this Sales Representative position and you would like to be considered for the role please send us your CV today.

If we do not contact you within one week of your application, unfortunately we are not able to assist you in your search for employment at the present time.

An exciting opportunity for a digital marketing executive to join this dynamic marketing team in a company based in Oxford. Potential candidates will have excellent digital skills to increase brand awareness. A confident articulate candidate seeking a role to grow in and progress and to make a considerable contribution to the digital marketing strategy. To promote the organisation internationally, to increase awareness, capture market share and retain and increase the portfolio of clients. You will utilize online channel and use creativity, innovation and analytics to achieve success in a competitive landscape via a variety of digital marketing techniques including social media, PPC and SEO strategies. Working with the campaign marketing executive to come up with engaging ad-hoc and seasonal promotions for email marketing, social media and other digital channels. Experience of web content management using a CMS, HTML, Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop) and CRM tools all advantageous. Publishing sector experience advantageous not essential. ideally a min. of 1/2 years experience.

Social media

Search Engine Marketing

Google AdWords

SEO

Head of Customer Experience - a leading global educational publisher is looking to appoint the position of Head of Customer Experience with their HE Services, UK.  Based in the South East, their offices are a commutable distance from London.

Reporting to the Director of Learning Services, you will provide leadership and strategic direction to the Customer Experience team including direct management of the many specialist roles in the team; Training Consultants, Implementation and Support Manager, Customer Intelligence Analyst and Integration Engineer. As part of the Higher Education Services Management team, you  will work closely with Heads of Sales, Marketing and Operations. You will also be responsible for the effective design, development and delivery of all support, implementation, training and analytics services.  Particular focus will be placed on increasing the value, realising revenue and demonstrating the efficacy of their services suite.

As this is a senior leadership position, candidates will have to be able to demonstrate very strong people management experience over a range of roles.
You will have a proven record of achieving results through a team and first class organisational, planning and project management skills.

You will have an excellent background in delivering technical/training/support and analytics services for customers in the use of digital products.
Experience of the Higher Education market is an advantage but not essential as the ideal candidate could come from another digital sector.
Very strong market research skills and previous sales experience will be highly desirable.

For further details on this senior position, please contact Donald Smith at d.smith@inspiredselection.com or call me on Tel. 01865 304029

A nine month contract has opened up for a Development Editor at the London office of one of our leading educational publishing clients. The role, reporting to the Commissioning Editor, sits on the ELT team and focuses on the development of quality content. The main responsibilities of the role include researching and understanding the market fully and identifying possible authors.

The successful applicant will fully engage with the content and contribute to the look and feel of the projects they work on. Additionally, they will ensure all company procedures are adhered to and best practice guidelines are implemented. They will ensure all details are communicated in order for the project to run smoothly and monitor the work of authors and contributors to ensure it is of a high quality and delivered to schedule.

The ideal applicant will be educated to degree level or equivalent with an ELT qualification. They will have a knowledge of the ELT market and an appreciation for an international range of teaching and learning solutions. A familiarity with the publishing process is important, along with an understanding of the time and costs involved. Attention to detail is imperative to ensure output is market-leading and the Development Editor  will display, at all times, a market-focused approach to their work. Experience of working with a range of new media and digital projects is required.

For a full description of the role, please send your CV with a brief paragraph outlining your relevant skills to Amy Martin, email: a.martin@inspiredselection.com. 

Closing Date:  August 12th, 2014

Salary: Competitive

Inspired Selection operates an Equal Opportunities policy.  We treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.

Head of Customer Experience opportunity at leading learning solutions publisher.  You will be responsible for the development and delivery of support, implementation, training and analytics services across the full range of digital products and platforms.

Key duties:

• Provide leadership and strategic direction to the Customer Experience team including direct management of specialist staff
• Focus on increasing value, realising revenue and demonstrating the efficacy of the services suite
• Recruit, train and coach staff and be responsible for learning development plans
• Establish the post sales customer journey, ensuring all roles are engaging with customers appropriately
• Design and lead the Customer Experience team’s use of salesforce
• Design and implement customer experience product testing prior to product launch
• Ensure effective planning and preparation for customer training events and deliver train the trainer programmes
• Define the service and value proposition for HE customers 
• Create a strategic plan to grow the services provision and develop new services in accordance with market and customer needs and to increase revenue

Experience / skills required:

• Solid experience in a management position and background in delivery of technical/ training/ support & analytics services for customers, using digital products
• Excellent knowledge of learning technologies and their application in global Higher Education market
• Knowledge and experience with VLE environments including Blackboard & Moodle and third party integrations
• Strong leadership qualities and solid people management experience
• Excellent training skills with relevant professional qualification ideally
• Ability to work effectively as a manager within a matrix structure
• Aptitude to pick up technical processes and language quickly
• Strong organisational, planning and project management skills
• Highly numerate with strong commercial acumen
• Willingness to travel with full driving licence

For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations to helenspeedy@atwoodtate.co.uk

Contact:            Helen Speedy

Tel:                   020 7487 8379

Atwood Tate embraces diversity and seeks to promote the benefits of diversity in all of our business activities and to develop a business culture that reflects that belief.  We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief.

Our client, a leading Global Publisher based in London. They are now looking for an experienced Executive Assistant which a strong track record to support the Global Head, FTO.

This role will be responsible for the organisation and running of the Finance office and the diary of the Global Head, including extensive diary management, travel plans, leadership report preparation, preparing documents for meetings, analysing some data, updating reports and other clerical duties.

If you are a confident, organised and hardworking Executive Assistant looking for their next challenge we would invite you to apply.

Key Attributes

Team player

Strong communication skills

Passionate

Results oriented

Displays high integrity and honesty at all time

Ability to establish effective working relationships quickly

What you should bring

Significant PA experience.

Experience in working in a complex, matrix international environment

Typing speed 60/70 wpm

Word, Excel & PowerPoint skills

Some previous project management experience advantageous

To apply for the role please send a CV, covering letter and details of salary expectations to Suzy Astbury at Inspired Selection publishing recruitment agency by email: s.astbury@inspiredselection.com. CVs asap please, early applications may be prioritised. Please note that due to the volume of expected applications only successful applicants will be contacted.

**Inspired Selection operates an Equal Opportunities policy. We treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.

Are you comfortable with bibliometric analysis? Fluent in market research and the STM publishing landscape? A leading STM and Academic publisher in Oxford needs you.

Key duties:

• Identify key trends and developments in the global STM market
• Manage major database systems, including project management responsibility
• Prepare and give commentary on market positioning reports
• Manage the effective assimilation of information relevant to key business areas
• Develop and implement research methods to solve important business issues
• Assist in preparation of budgets where required

Experience / skills required:

• Experience in an STM publishing environment is required
• You will have an understanding of how academic research works
• A high level of analytical skill and a methodological approach is essential
• You will have excellent coaching and mentoring skills
• An advanced degree in a scientific discipline is highly preferred

For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations to clairelouisekemp@atwoodtate.co.uk

Contact:            Claire Louise Kemp

Tel:                   01865 339 628

Atwood Tate embraces diversity and seeks to promote the benefits of diversity in all of our business activities and to develop a business culture that reflects that belief.  We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief.

Our client, an Oxford-based business information publisher, is looking to recruit a Digital Marketing Executive to join them. The role has been created due to growth and is a fantastic opportunity for the successful applicant to make a significant contribution to the company’s marketing campaigns and make the role their own.

The Digital Marketing Executive will have a keen understanding of new technologies and digital innovation. They will be market savvy and aware of changes and trends in the industry. Working closely with other members of the marketing team, they will focus on brand identity and marketing campaigns, creating engaging promotions for email marketing and social media channels. Additionally, they will ensure that all relevant parties have content and information and will assist with day-to-day management of website content and development. Social media management and competitor analysis are key parts of the role.

The ideal candidate will have a good understanding of online marketing and a working knowledge of Google Adwords and SEO techniques. Experience of web content management through CMS and HTML would be beneficial and the successful applicant will have excellent communication skills and be able to work independently and make decisions. They will be IT savvy and looking to expand these skills through CRM tools and blog-writing. Any demonstrable experience of working with the Adobe Creative Suite is desirable.

For a full description of the role, please send your CV with a brief paragraph outlining your relevant skills to Amy Martin, email: a.martin@inspiredselection.com.

Closing Date: Early applications may be prioritised.

Salary: Competitive

Inspired Selection operates an Equal Opportunities policy. We treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.

Our client, a highly prestigious scientific publisher based in Oxfordshire is now seeking a Senior Publishing Information Manager to join their Research and Academic Relations department in delivering an effective and receptive information and research service to the organisation on a global scale.

The Senior Publishing Information Manager will have a wide reaching expertise within the scientific field and have both the bibliometric knowledge and research experience in order to give strategic advice to senior colleagues across Europe. This role will have responsibility for managing activities within the information team, ensuring they are in line with departmental goals as well as developing and maintaining competitor programmes in order to analyse and report on competitor activities.

The successful candidate will have a strong research background ideally educated to PhD level or equivalent in a scientific discipline as well as having experience of working within a scientific publishing environment. The Senior Publishing Information Manager will be an excellent communicator, with a strong ability to influence guide and coach team members as well as build relationships, negotiate and present to senior colleagues and stakeholders in the business. Organisation, planning and prioritisation skills are key as well as a high attention to detail and the ability to work proactively and drive for a successful result.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a candidate with strong research skills within the scientific field to join a global scientific publisher in the delivery, and dissemination of essential information and research.

To apply for this position, please contact Esme Richardson at Inspired Selection publishing recruitment agency (email: e.richardson@inspiredselection.com). Please provide a CV and your current salary details in your application. To view all current opportunities available via Inspired Selection, please visit our website at www.inspiredselection.com.

**Inspired Selection operates an Equal Opportunities policy. We treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.

Morgan Healey are retained consultants for this assignment.

Our client, a global scholarly publisher, requires an eProduct and Business Analysis Director for their Journals Division.

Reporting to the Managing Director you will create and implement the strategy and roadmap for the online platform hosting ~2000 journals, 3 databases and 42 reference works as well as a growing line of digital archive products. You will provide direction and leadership to the department (10 staff) comprising product managers and business analysts. You will support the journal publishing programme by leading the team performing business analyses for all projects. Supporting and building strong stakeholder relationships across all departments internally and with vendors externally is also crucial to the success of this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Delivering on the product roadmap for the platform to budget and to time
• Indirectly ensure usage growth and revenue growth by deploying the right features and functions on the platform
• Make sure the company remains at the forefront of the leading publishers with its online products; deliver regular competitive and actionable analyses
• Act as lead on commercial and contractual sign off when buying in publishing services
• Actively participate in company Steering Groups on Company strategy
• Ensure the business analysis produced is of a high standard (i.e.) requirements are elicited using techniques appropriate to the project and audience; provides cost benefit and option analysis; requirements are fully documented per the Project Lifecycle
• Sponsor a climate of continuous improvement across the department and inter-department by supporting others to identify workflow process obstacles and encouraging solutions.
• Sponsor department understanding of Lean Six Sigma.
• Be an ambassador for the company at all times and actively engage externally to promote our online products
• Build annual budget for department, monitor it for effective spend and ensure expenses are tracked and monitored.

Skills & Experience:

• A minimum 10-15 years’ experience in a senior product or programme management role
• An excellent track record of delivery to time and budget
• Experience of working across departments and with stakeholders at all levels in an organisation
• Deep understanding of publishing-related technologies and industry matters
• Workload and time management of own and department work to secure results
• Educated to degree level
• Influencing, strong negotiation skills, teamwork and relationship building
• Decision maker, mentor and coach
• Drive to deliver results and continuous improvement
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written)
• Budget management

Apply online or send an up to date CV to:

James@morganhealey.com

+44 (0)1827 373750

http://morganhealey.com

Leading experts in STM Publishing & Digital Content Recruitment

We are looking for someone with strong marketing experience, ready for a new challenge in the Oxfordshire area.

Our client, a professional publisher of business information, is looking to hire a new Direct Marketing Executive to join their new marketing team. Reporting into the Head of Marketing, this role will be responsible for implementing successful online and offline marketing campaigns which will support business objectives. This is a rare opportunity to get involved with a new department and to implement forward thinking marketing techniques and have your voice heard.

Your key responsibilities will include: co-ordination of print and marketing collateral, liaising with external agencies, using CRM systems for customer segmentations, managing email marketing campaigns, copywriting and working closely with the sales team to establish target markets and strategies. The successful candidate will have campaign experience and are quick to pick up new IT systems.

This is a rare opportunity to get involved with a new department and to implement forward thinking marketing techniques and have your voice heard. If it’s one for you, do get in touch!

To apply for this position, please contact Abigail Barclay at Inspired Selection publishing recruitment agency (email: a.barclay@inspiredselection.com). Please provide a CV and your current salary details in your application. To view all current opportunities available via Inspired Selection, please visit our website at www.inspiredselection.com.

**Inspired Selection operates an Equal Opportunities policy. We treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.

Our client is a leading publisher of science and health information with offices worldwide. They are looking for an experienced Executive Assistant to join them in London to support the Global Head. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with previous PA experience working in an international environment with excellent IT skills.

Key duties:

Organise and run the department's office and the diary of the Global Head

Provide support, including diary management, travel plans, leadership report preparation

Prepare documents for meetings

Analyse data

Update reports and other clerical duties

Experience / skills required:

Significant PA experience

Experience in working in a complex, matrix international environment

Typing speed 60/70 wpm

Word, Excel & PowerPoint skills

Some previous project management experience advantageous

For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations to stephaniehall@atwoodtate.co.uk

Contact:            Stephanie Hall

Tel:                   020 7487 8313

Atwood Tate embraces diversity and seeks to promote the benefits of diversity in all of our business activities and to develop a business culture that reflects that belief.  We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief.