Business Development Executive

We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual who has excellent verbal and written communication skills and is Social Media savvy. The candidate should to be a good team player, well organised and capable of working to deadlines.  The intern would be trained in planning marketing campaigns for these events. The position is available either as a one year placement or as a permanent role for a recent graduate.

About UNICOM

UNICOM is a dynamic, innovative and friendly company, where all employees are valued and are treated with respect; this is highlighted in our 'Investor in people Silver' accreditation.

We are a business-to-business training and conference company specialising in the areas of Information Technology, business and management and financial modelling.  Established in 1984, the company has considerable market reputation and serves a blue-chip client base, which includes 90% of FTSE top 100 companies, public sector and other large organisations. The company is seeking a dynamic and goal-oriented Business Development Executive to supplement the existing team in increasing revenues and helping the company grow. Its products include:

1. Conferences
2. Public training (classroom and online)
3. In-house training
4. Showcase events
5. Webinars

For further information please see www.unicomlearning.com

Ideal Candidate

A business development executive professional has three primary responsibilities:

• Identifying new sales leads.
• Pitching products and/or services.
• Maintaining fruitful relationships with existing customers.

When it comes to generating leads, day-to-day duties typically include:

• Researching organisations and individuals online (especially on social media) to identify new leads and potential new markets.
• Researching the needs of other companies and learning who makes decisions about purchasing.
• Contacting potential clients via email or phone to establish rapport and set up meetings.
• Planning and overseeing new marketing initiatives.
• Attending conferences, meetings, and industry events.

Business Development Executive Key Tasks :

To be an effective business development executive, an individual must be:

• Socially adept .
• Good with numbers.
• Able to provide quality leadership to a team of sales people.

The skills you need to excel in this position include:

• Strong communication and IT fluency.
• Creative talents and the ability to solve tough problems.
• In-depth knowledge of the industry and its current events.
• The ability to handle pressure and meet deadlines.
• Skill in prioritizing and training obligations.
• Attention to detail.
• Excellent time management and organisation.

The recruitment process:

In the first instance please email your CV with a covering note to contact@unicomlearning.com  explaining why you are suitable for this position. Successful candidates will be invited to an interview via skype and then to meet us in our Unicom office.

Salary: Competitive + Commission       Start Date: Immediate start available.

Account Executive

We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual who has excellent verbal and written communication skills and is Social Media savvy. The candidate should to be a good team player, well organised and capable of working to deadlines.  The position is available either as a one year placement or as a permanent role for 1 to 3 Years of Experice.

About UNICOM

UNICOM is a dynamic, innovative and friendly company, where all employees are valued and are treated with respect; this is highlighted in our 'Investor in people Silver' accreditation.

We are a business-to-business training and conference company specialising in the areas of Information Technology, business and management and financial modelling.  Established in 1984, the company has considerable market reputation and serves a blue-chip client base, which includes 90% of FTSE top 100 companies, public sector and other large organisations. The company is seeking a dynamic and goal-oriented Business Development Executive to supplement the existing team in increasing revenues and helping the company grow. Its products include:

1. Conferences
2. Public training (classroom and online)
3. In-house training
4. Showcase events
5. Webinars

For further information please see www.unicomlearning.com

Ideal Candidate

An account executive professional has following responsibilities:

• Raising Invoices and checking with the Sales Team
• To do Day-to-day
• Making Data Entries (Accounts)
• Preparing Management Accounts
• Making Payments
• Maintaining relationships with vendors
• Working closely with the UK team

The skills you need to excel in this position include:

• Strong communication and IT fluency.
• Creative talents and the ability to solve tough problems.
• In-depth knowledge of the industry and its current events.
• The ability to handle pressure and meet deadlines.
• Skill in prioritizing and training obligations.
• Attention to detail.
• Excellent time management and organisation.

The recruitment process:

In the first instance please email your CV with a covering note to contact@unicomlearning.com  explaining why you are suitable for this position. Successful candidates will be invited to an interview via skype and then to meet us in our Unicom office.

Salary: Competitive + Commission       Start Date: Immediate start available.

Publications Executive

POSITION:

Publications Executive with two filial companies as below

Companies:

UNICOM Seminars Limited and OptiRisk Systems Limited

JOB SPECIFICATION:

The profile of an ideal Candidate is set out below:

Educational Background:

High achiever possibly in top 10% two out of three in the following periods of studies. CGPA for all periods of studies will be required.

• School Levels: Primary and Secondary school levels.
• Bachelor's Degree: English or History or Media studies or Mathematics, Statistics, or Business Studies.
• Master's Degree: Masters level study is welcome but not essential.

Skills/Requirements:

The candidate is expected to possess:

1. Good to excellent competence in written and spoken English language; further another language.
2. A business level understanding in the domains of Management topics, Information and Communications (ICT) technologies.
3. Some experience of typesetting tools such as Latex or Scientific Word
4. Basic to Intermediate level competence of MS Office. In particular tools such as Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and Publisher.

JOB SPECIFICATION:

Key aspects of the role include but are not limited to:

• Conduct research and identify authors/contributors to UNICOM's areas of business.
• Identify potential authors/contributors in the area of UNICOM's Events and Training business.
• Manage relationships with
• our publishing partner: Taylor Francis CRCPress; especially subject editors and their support staff,
• book editors and authors
• Experts in the topic areas of the book(s) which we plan to co-publish.
• Manage workflow of manuscript preparation and proof reading.

Experience:

1. The candidate will have between two (2) and five (5) years of work experience in some aspects of publishing and book production.
2. we are willing to consider as an intern/trainee, an otherwise suitable person, who is an early-stage entrant to the publishing profession.

Career Development:

UNICOM and OptiRisk place special emphasis on career development. So, the companies encourage employees to attend training courses and gain professional qualifications. In case of this appointment, the training, will be in the area of Book Publication.

Written Tests:

The candidate will have to take a time bound written test.

Compensation/Other Considerations:

Highly competitive. UNICOM and OptiRisk's compensation policy is to remunerate by a fixed amount and a variable amount.

Hours of work:

The selected candidate can work fairly flexible hours Monday to Friday; but the total hours per week is set at 35. The employees of the company are based in multiple geographical locations: Australia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India, Italy, Germany, UK and Brazil. They work fr0m home in multiple time zones. The time for interactions and collaboration is anchored around the GMT time zone. In particular, the selected candidate should be available to interact via phone/Skype/Zoom/GoTo Meeting/Teams with the team between 09:30 and 17:30 GMT in the winter and 09:30 and 17:30 BST in the summer.

How to Apply:

Please email your CV to shrey.jhunjhunwala@unicom.uk with a short covering note explaining why you are suitable for this position.