Job Title: Library Sales Representative, Canada

Salary: $79,200 - $102,900 CAD

Location: Canada, Remote

Contract: Permanent, Full-time (with up to 20% travel)

We are looking for a Library Sales Representative to oversee partnerships with academic institutions in Canada. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to broaden your experience in academic publishing and sales in a supportive and values-oriented environment.                                          

A mission-driven, not-for-profit publisher of books and journals, we are dedicated to serving customers in higher education through world-leading research and education products and services. Together with our academic community, we are playing a leading role in advancing open research to drive greater collaboration, transparency, and accessibility.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role

Join Cambridge's Library Sales team and be at the forefront of exciting change in the publishing industry.  Our team is tasked with bringing innovative acquisition models for journals, ebooks, and higher ed services to a diverse market of academic institutions in the Americas.  Digital product sales require an increasingly balanced approach, combining data-driven techniques with strong communication, listening, and relationship-building skills. We are looking for a curious, self-motivated, tenacious and empathetic individual; comfortable working both in a team and independently.

About you 

As our next Library Sales Representative, you will have sales experience with academic publishing experience. You will have excellent oral and written communication skills, including comfort with presenting.

You have a customer-first mentality with the ability to multi-task and work under deadline pressure. To be successful in this role, you will have the ability to work autonomously, to plan and execute the sales approach for your territory. 

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

 We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being Sunday 24^th November 2024 and interviews are scheduled to take place on the week commencing Monday 2^nd December 2024. 

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks due to working in a regulated industry.

Why join us 

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

 Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.

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