Fast Facts
Join OUP as an Inside Sales Representative, where you'll connect with professors to promote digital course materials and contribute to improved student outcomes in higher education.
Responsibilities: Interact virtually with college professors, promoting digital course materials and generating new adoption opportunities through calls and email campaigns.
Skills: Strong computer skills, attention to detail, exceptional organization, problem-solving abilities, and excellent communication skills are crucial for this role.
Qualifications: Sales experience preferred but not essential; experience in higher education or with CRM software like Salesforce is also a plus.
Location: Hybrid position available in Cary, NC or New York City, NY, with full remote options in the United States.
Compensation: $51459 - $59000 / Annually
We are the world’s largest university press. That means we serve the academic community as no other publisher can. We work in partnership with institutions and learned societies to bring a world of knowledge to the fingertips of students and researchers worldwide.
The goal is impact. Together with our academic communities, we curate and seamlessly connect together the ideas that push their fields forward, so they can learn from them, add to them, and continue a virtuous cycle of scholarship.
And because we are a part of the academic community and guided in everything we do by our mission, we re-invest in our people, our publishing, and the world-leading research institution of which we are part.
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ABOUT THE ROLE
This role provides pedagogical solutions to learning challenges in higher education classrooms, directly impacting improved student outcomes.
Key Accountabilities include:
- Interact virtually with college and university professors to promote our digital course materials and influence adoption decisions.
- Responsible for making an average of 30 calls a day, supported by email campaigns, to secure opportunities to engage in a needs analysis conversation and demo our products to generate and sustain OUP adoptions.
ABOUT YOU
- Strong computer skills and digital literacy
- High level of attention to detail and accuracy
- Exceptional organizational and time management skills and ability to problem solve, prioritize, and manage heavy workloads and deadlines
- Ability to work independently with a team-focused mindset
- Excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills
- A professional manner and the ability to communicate persuasively
- Experience in a Sales role preferred but not essential
- Experience in the Higher Education industry and social sciences disciplines preferred but not essential
- Experience with Salesforce or other CRM preferred but not essential
BENEFITS
We care about work/life balance at OUP. We offer 15 days’ vacation time that rises with service, 10 sick days, plus floating holidays, personal days, company holidays, and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect of working hours and the use of technology to support regular remote working, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.
We care for you and your dependents by offering health, dental, and vision insurance plans to our full-time employees. Each plan has multiple levels of coverage to fit your needs and has a high level of contribution made by OUP. In addition, we offer Employee Assistant Programs for all full-time employees, regardless of whether you elect in health insurance. We also offer life insurance and disability insurance.
We help make your money go further by providing a non-elective contribution on your behalf to your retirement plan of 7% of your salary and a matching contribution to the retirement plan of 50% on the first 6% of employee contributions on based earnings.
This role is eligible for a Sales Bonus.
Position Location: This role can be done in a hybrid environment in Cary, NC or New York City, NY (2 times a week in office). The role can also be done in a remote environment in the United States.
GJC Level: I4 (for internal purposes only)
Salary: $51,459 - $59,000 dependent on skills and experience
