Macmillan Education Hiring for Education Consultant – Macmillan Caribbean Job at London, England , UK Full Time

Macmillan Education provides world class content in the most relevant, engaging and flexible formats to support students, teachers and institutions through a lifetime of learning. Macmillan Education produces content for English Language Teaching (ELT) and for Schools curricula around the world whilst Palgrave Higher Education develops and distributes textbooks, e-books and interactive e-learning resources primarily for University-level students.

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Education Consultant, Macmillan Caribbean

Location: London

Closing date: October 31st 2021

Macmillan Education have a fantastic opportunity for an Educational Consultant to build and maintain strong relationships with local representatives, key distributors, schools, Ministries of Education and other educational organisations across the Caribbean. You’ll be responsible for achieving sales growth and driving brand awareness of the Macmillan Education blended learning portfolio throughout the region. You’ll also have the opportunity to travel, when appropriate and required.

Key Tasks

Work with the Sales Manager to implement strategies to achieve sales targets and strong growth throughout the region

Travel to priority territories to promote and sell print and digital resources from the Caribbean and Macmillan Education blended learning portfolios

Build, develop and maintain strong relationships with local representatives, key distributors, schools, Ministries of Education and other Educational Organisations throughout the region

Provide timely customer service for all contacts in the territory and follow up on all potential leads

Liaise with the central Caribbean team, local representatives and Ministries of Education to identify promotional opportunities such as workshops and teacher training

Conduct local market research to highlight potential educational partnership opportunities

Analyse sales data to identify market trends, new opportunities in existing markets and additional revenue streams

Assist the Sales Manager with stock management and reprints of Caribbean titles

Support the Caribbean publishing team with market research in support of new projects as required

Provide input into and make recommendations for new publishing strategy

Experience:
Experience in a consultative sales role with demonstrable examples of sales achievements, preferably within the education sector

Knowledge and experience of the publishing industry and digital content delivery preferable

Skills / knowledge:
Drive and determination to generate sales growth

Strong consultative sales skills

Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills

Market research skills

Good level of competence using Microsoft Office (including MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel)

Qualifications:
Educated to degree level

Full UK driving licence

All candidates are working remotely until the offices reopen where you will be expected to be based in the office in line with our working from home policy.

To apply: Please submit a CV and covering letter outlining your experience and interest in the role as well as your salary expectations and notice period.

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At Springer Nature we value and celebrate the diversity of our people. We recognise the many benefits of a diverse workforce and strive for an inclusive workplace that empowers all our colleagues to thrive. Our search for the best talent fully encompasses and embraces these values and principles.