Job Description

Job Title: European Advertising Sales Executive
Location: London (Hybrid Working)
Organisation: Springer Nature
Application Deadline: 18th July 2025
About Springer Nature Group
Springer Nature opens the doors to discovery for researchers, educators, clinicians and other professionals. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals, platforms and technology solutions reach millions of people. For over 180 years our brands and imprints have been a trusted source of knowledge to these communities and today, more than ever, we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be found, verified, understood and used by our communities - enabling them to improve outcomes, make progress, and benefit the generations that follow. Visit group.springernature.com and follow @SpringerNature / @SpringerNatureGroup
About the Brand
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About the role
We are seeking a highly motivated and customer-focused Sales Executive to join our team. Nature Careers is the leading career and recruitment platform for scientists and the world's largest scientific job board and forms part of Springer Nature, the leading global research, educational and professional publisher.
It provides job seekers with a platform to develop their careers and recruiters with a platform from which to attract suitable candidates.
The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic about delivering exceptional customer service and managing a high volume of customer interactions across Europe. You'll enjoy a competitive salary, commission structure, and bonuses. Comprehensive training and a collaborative environment support your growth, with opportunities for career advancement within the company. Engage with diverse customers, exceed sales targets, and gain insights into various industries.
If you're customer-focused, thrive in sales, and want to impact Europe's job market, join our team and play a crucial role in connecting job seekers and employers across Europe while advancing your career.
Role Responsibilities

• Selling digital and print advertising to scientific recruiters in Europe.
• A key focus on Branded Content, digital advertising solutions and recruitment subscription packages on Nature Careers.
• Managing existing accounts as well as new business development.
• Lead sourcing, cold calling and selling advertising online and in print.
• Regularly meeting and liaising with clients and agencies to discuss and identify advertising requirements within the designated territory.
• Writing clear and customised proposals including products across the entire Springer Nature portfolio of journals and websites.
• Upkeep of all ongoing sales activities in CRM and be able to provide clear revenue figures and sales forecast to management on a weekly basis.
• Developing complete market awareness, understand competitor strengths, weaknesses and sales methods and keep track of share of market across the entire territory.
• Attend relevant exhibitions, career fairs, conferences, trade shows and other events in the market.

Experience, Skills & Qualifications:
Essential

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Comfortable with prospecting and cold calling
• Excellent phone manner and high level of customer service
• Strong organisational skills, ability to cope under pressure
• Good knowledge of general office computer software and CRM systems (including MS Office and Salesforce)
• Client oriented and pro-active sales approach
• Ability to demonstrate lead generation and new business development techniques.

Desirable

• Previous sales experience preferably within B2B environment and comfortable with cold calling
• Fluency in French would be an advantage, however this is not an essential requirement
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred.

Key relationships:

• Advertising clients, including any companies and institutions that recruit scientists, in academia, government and industry
• Internal departments, including sales, production, marketing, editorial and online development

Springer Nature is a Disability Confident Committed Employer and we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities. If you consider yourself to have a disability or learning difficulty and wish to submit your application in an alternative format or would like to discuss reasonable adjustments during the application and interview process, please get in touch either by phone on +44 (0)207 014 4020 or by email SpringerNatureUKCareers@springernature.com so we can make any necessary arrangements.
At Springer Nature we value the diversity of our teams. We recognize the many benefits of a diverse workforce with equitable opportunities for everyone. We 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.
Springer Nature was awarded Diversity Team of the Year at the 2022 British Diversity Awards. Find out more about our DEI work here https://group.springernature.com/gp/group/taking-responsibility/diversity-equity-inclusion. For more information about career opportunities in Springer Nature please visit
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Job Posting End Date: 18-07-2025