Export Sales Executive ─ Books
Egmont is the UK’s top specialist children’s publisher selling almost 40 million books and magazines each year for babies to teens. The company is home to some of the world’s best loved authors, illustrators and characters such as Michael Morpurgo, Andy Stanton, Michelle Magorian and Lemony Snicket plus Winnie-the-Pooh, Wallace & Gromit, Tintin, Mr Men, Barbie, Thomas the Tank Engine and Ben 10.
Egmont UK is part of the Egmont Group which was founded in 1878 and is Scandinavia’s leading media group and Europe’s largest children’s publisher telling stories through books, magazines, film, TV, music, games and mobile in 30 countries throughout the world.
Egmont UK has an exciting opportunity for an Export Sales Executive to join the Group Sales team.
Reporting to the Head of Export Sales, the primary function is to provide an excellent service to our distribution partners and commission agents across the world. It involves resolving sales queries, stock checking, processing orders on internal systems, as well as communicating all marketing and publicity activities and updates. Preparation and dispatching of sales materials and presentations as well as organising the department’s overseas sales trips and Book Fair attendance is also part of the remit. Some additional smaller territory management responsibility will form part of the role.
The successful candidate will first need a positive can-do attitude, an eye for detail and the ability to multitask, as well as being a quick learner of new systems and processes, highly organised and possess good people skills. Naturally, you’ll also need good computer skills, especially MS office, PowerPoint, database and excel spreadsheet skills as well. Experience in an international sales environment, ideally in publishing or bookselling is desirable.
If you would like to join the exciting world of children’s publishing at Egmont, please download an application cover sheet from our website www.egmont.co.uk and send with your CV to recruitment@euk.egmont.com or write to Recruitment, Egmont UK Limited, The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Rd, London, W11 4AN.
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Closing date: 20th May 2016
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