Sales Consultant

Are you passionate about selling books? Do you have a commercial mindset? Can you see commercial opportunities and think creatively?

The international Copenhagen-based publisher Saga Egmont is looking for you to help us expand our position as one of the world's largest digital publishers.

About Saga Egmont
Saga Egmont employs around 100 people who develop, licence and produce stories across formats in 35+ languages. We have a large sales and distribution network for digital content, and our content is sold through more than 1,000 retailers worldwide. We are a trusted partner with more than 40 distributors and our content is streamed on more than 80 streaming services and +100 local and global libraries across the world.   

We are driven by an ambition to make literature accessible to all readers and every day we work to ensure that our vast catalogue of content is available where the readers are.

As a sales consultant, you will be part of a sales team of three people and responsible for sales and marketing towards streaming services, digital libraries, and digital retailers, but also business development of new sales and distribution channels.

Your work will be to secure and expand Saga’s existing large network of channels. Your focus will be Spanish and English-speaking markets, but also France, Italy and the Netherlands. You will be responsible for scanning the markets for untapped business opportunities and ensuring that agreements are subsequently finalized.

In addition to cultivating new sales channels, you will, together with the Head of Sales, ensure that the publisher's large catalogue is priced and discounted to optimize the commercial a la carte markets.

We imagine that you are an outgoing person who is not afraid to be proactive in initiating dialogue with new partners. You have strong analytical skills that you are brought into play with new customers and when identifying opportunities. You are adept at communicating complex business models and bringing them to life, ensuring that people and systems work together. 

Primary tasks:

• Overall, scan all major European markets and identify major retailers of books. Fill in the blanks with new agreements

• Overall, analyse each major European market for potential new partners for books; telcos, phone manufactures, podcast and radio-producers, media platforms – you name it.
• Sell the catalogue or parts of it to existing retailers or alternative business channels, such as media companies.
• Cultivate new business, including streaming services, libraries, sales channels and distributors.
• Develop and ensure that the publisher's large children's catalogue is available for interactive children's services
• Develop and execute price campaigns globally with the publisher's major global partners
• Ad-hoc tasks related to sales and marketing and business development
  
  

Who You Are:

• Outgoing and energetic, have a can-do attitude and can translate the partners’ needs to business objectives and deliver the outcomes
• Fluent English language skills and professional Spanish language skills
• Experience in the publishing industry, media industry, music industry or similar (experience working with rights before is an advantage)
• Have an interest in literature and digital books
• Are commercially minded and can think outside the box
• Have a flair for working with large amounts of data in multiple different systems
• Quick to learn new IT systems and used to working in Excel
• You are a highly organized and focused multi-tasker with strong attention to detail who can work independently.
  
  

What we offer:

• An exciting job that gives you a great insight into the publishing industry globally.
• An office space in the heart of Copenhagen
• Full-time (37-hour) with the possibility of flexibility
• A cosy, dynamic workplace with international editorial teams
• Young, talented and outgoing colleagues who are very passionate about what they do
• Salary according to qualifications
• Term 12 months (with possibility for extension)