Join the Ubiquity Press team!

Ubiquity Press is more than a publisher – we’re also engineering new technology that will change and improve the future of research communications worldwide. We’re a dynamic and idealistic company, and can offer the excitement and advantages of working for a rapidly-growing company. We have a wide focus: from supporting open access university publishing and infrastructure, including research data and software, to solutions for the developing world. Headquartered in London, with a distributed workforce in North America and Europe, Ubiquity Press offers an open and supportive environment where staff are encouraged to grow and develop.

We look for talented people with broad publishing and/or technical skills, who have a research background and interest, and who genuinely want to have an impact on the world. Applicants are evaluated solely on their ability to contribute to the success of the mission, and the company recognises the strength and insight that diverse teams bring - to this end, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, life experiences, and perspectives to join our team.

Sales Executives - Open Access Advisers X3

Job Type: Permanent, full-time

Location: London, UK or USA (Hybrid - London office OR remote)

Salary: Basic (depending on experience) + Uncapped Commissions

Please note that most of ]u[ Ubiquity’s staff work in a hybrid model where office space is available in our headquarters in London, but most team members  work remotely. The successful candidate based in the UK and will be required to travel to the London office regularly, but not too frequently (on average once or twice a month), in order to attend Team meetings and social events

Description:

As ]u[ Ubiquity is quickly gaining ground in all its segments and gaining lots of interest from academic libraries, societies, consortia, universities and groups of researchers worldwide, we need three passionate open access believers to advise our stakeholders in choosing the best ]u[ Ubiquity services options according to their specific needs.

The Open Access Advisers, who will be reporting to the Chief Commercial Officer, will be representing all of ]u[ Ubiquity’s range of open access solutions (journals, partner presses and institutional repositories) in their allocated territory (dependent on location). They will be the first point of contact for any interested parties and will actively seek new partnerships to promote our services.

If you’re looking for a role where you can actively take part in helping the dissemination of research in all academic fields, please read further.

Main Duties:

• Coordinate with marketing colleagues for targeted campaigns.
• Actively seek new opportunities for development.
• Lobby relevant research funders for open access funding.
• Attend and present at relevant events.
• Collaborate with  colleagues across all departments to ensure customers’s expectations can be met.
• Report on activities.
• Match company’s ethics and high standards.
• Hit realistic revenue targets.
• Provide customers’ feedback and market knowledge to Product Directors and Chief Commercial Officer for continuous improvement of our offering.
• Take ownership of your allocated territory. 
• Update the CRM.
• Ability to build and maintain positive and effective long-term relationships with customers.
• Preparing for, attending, and contributing to meetings and events to build strategic awareness and to gather market relevant intelligence.

About you:

• Must have significant academic publishing or research library experience with a strong focus on open access.
• Dynamic, keen to succeed and resilient with the ability to work under pressure.
• Sales experience desired.
• Strong communication skills in English are a must, both in writing, through remote communication tools and in-person, including confident presentation skills.
• Good organisational skills, detail-oriented and capable of handling multiple priorities.
• Proactive attitude and commercially minded while keeping customers’ best interests at heart.
• Tech- and online-savvy.
• Honesty and integrity held in high regard.
• Your personality will make the whole difference. Your success will be ours.

Application Process

Please send your salary expectations, CV, covering letter summarising how your experience of open access  in academic publishing or research libraries can be applied to the role, to marianne.josserand@ubiquitypress.com. Successful applicants will be invited for online interviews, with the aim to make a quick decision.