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Open Position: Sales Support Manager & Sales Team Assistant (Full-time Position)

We are looking for you to support Knowledge Unlatched in building our position in the digital publishing landscape. You will help to make our over 450 library partners around the world happy supporters of Knowledge Unlatched and Open Access more generally. With your 3-5 years’ experience in the media industry, you understand our clients’ needs and you can help us to continuously meet their expectations.

What you’ll be doing

75% of your time will be focused on customer and sales support:

• Support our existing customer base in Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific
• Work together with the sales team to make the implementation of Knowledge Unlatched a success
• Provide implementation support and ensure all our customers are familiar with the functionalities of our digital platform as well as our business models
• Interact with our customers on the library and publisher side, provide them with helpful feedback, necessary documentations, and reports
• Create and maintain valuable long-term relationships with our customers. You’ll be working closely together with staff members from the world’s leading academic libraries and scholarly publishing houses

25% of your time will include administrative work for the KU management and sales team:

• Provide administrative support for the KU team on a day-to-day basis
• Prepare professional business communication documents including memos, letters, invoices, reports, and emails and make sure everybody is literally on the same page
• Arrange appointments and travel plans so our sales team gets a foot in the door of our customers

What we’re looking for

• You have a BA or MA with excellent grades
• You have a good understanding of the media business and the publishing world, which helps you to understand the needs of our customers quickly
• You have strong communication and interpersonal skills, and you easily interact and build relationships with others
• You have an excellent command of the English language
• You are outgoing, positive, and friendly, and you can cope with stressful situations
• Previous work experience in customer or sales support is a big plus

What we offer

• A professional, dynamic, and creative team that positively impacts the academic publishing world
• An office in the heart of Berlin
• Flat hierarchies and excellent opportunities for your professional development
• To work for a small enterprise means shaping the company from the very start, to accept responsibility, to learn from failures, to manage flexibility, and to enjoy an ambitious work environment

Apply

We are looking forward to you joining the KU team. Please apply with your CV and your salary expectation at jobs@knowledgeunlatched.org

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