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Reference: 46869

Date Added: 31 July 2014
Closing Date: 31 August 2014

Job Title: French Speaking Political Communications Sales Executive

Working For: Dods

Location: London

Salary: £20,000 + performance incentives (up to £26,000 OTE)

Length of Contract:

Job Details

Dods is the leading communications specialists in the UK and Europe. This is exciting an opportunity to work for a busy EU sales team based in our London office.

We are looking for ambitious and driven individual to join our team as Political Communications Sales Executive. In this role, you will learn and understand French and EU political communications as well as learn about selling to political stakeholders. The position is initially telephone based but will lead to face-to-face account management selling complex solutions to a broad mix of clients around France and Europe.

Reporting directly into EU Commercial Manager, you will learn and gain experience in the following:

• Understanding ‘why people buy’;
• Understanding what our clients want/need;
• Delivering consistent monthly targets;
• Assisting in the delivery of Dods products and services;
• Identifying and act on opportunities for growth of the business.

Person Specification:

• Political knowledge imperative – preferably of French institutions;
• Comfortable and competent on the phone;
• Good interpersonal and communication skills;
• Can listen and empathise with clients;
• High work rate;
• Willingness to learn;
• Knowledge of the EU and French markets;
• French mother tongue or equivalent.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your commercial and business skills within a very successful team. Dods offers an extensive training and development programmes, and this role offers a great career path for the right candidate.

Closing Date: 31 August 2014

Interview/Start Dates

Interviews are ongoing and start dates flexible.

Application Details

To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter explaining what you would bring to the role to obe.seddiq@dods.eu with “Political Communications Sales Executive” in the subject line of the email.

Website: http://www.dods.co.uk

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