Art Archive Senior Researcher

The Art Archive based in North West London is a leading image library specialising in ancient cultures, art, history and civilisations offering clients a speedy, efficient service via our website
www.picture-desk.com.

We are looking for an experienced, proactive researcher to join The Art Archive team. The role will encompass providing clients with an outstanding picture research service, creating marketing newsletters, cataloguing and integrating new images whilst maintaining the smooth running of the archive.

As our sister library is The Kobal Collection, liaising with the film researchers to promote this collection will be an integral part of the role.

Candidates will have:
At least 2 years’ experience in a picture library or related business
A degree in history or history of art
A keen interest in art and history and cinema
An excellent visual memory
Excellent computer skills
Excellent communication skills
Good organisational skills and a meticulous eye for detail.
Excellent numeracy/literacy

Salary, depending on experience, with generous benefits.

Please apply with a letter, CV and salary expectations to Cheryl Thomas, The Picture Desk Limited, 2 The Quadrant, 135 Salusbury Road, London, NW6 6RJ fax 020 7624 3355, ct@picture-desk.com

Closing date for applications 12 March 2012

The Picture Desk is an Equal Opportunities employer.

Image Source is looking for a German Speaking Sales Executive with to join our dynamic sales team. We are based in fabulous offices in the heart of Soho, London, and represent some of the world’s premium content brands in RF, RM and Footage.

The right candidate will have relevant industry experience in both telephone selling and face to face selling and will be able to demonstrate a strong record of sales achievement within the Stock Photo Industry.

This is an outstanding opportunity to work for one of the most creative brands in our industry in our central London offices as part of a vibrant and energetic team.
Image Source has recently been awarded Investors in People and has a commitment to developing people. We are a market leader in the industry with a strong commitment to innovation, people development and career progression.

We are looking for bright, ambitious people with :

• Proven experience and knowledge of stock photography sales either in RF or RM
• Highly motivated, organised and results driven
• Ability to work effectively on an individual basis as well as part of a team
• Excellent communication skills and highly presentable
• Native German speaker

Please send a CV and covering letter to Viola Lambert, HR Manager, Image Source Ltd, 41 Great Pulteney Street, London W1F 9NZ or by e-mail to viola.lambert@imagesource.com

Closing date 1st March 2012

Junior Account Manager – London Office
Gallery Stock represents high-end, premium Rights-Managed imagery offering creative content by some of the most distinguished and celebrated photographers in the world.

We are seeking a dedicated and hard working Junior Account Executive to join our UK Editorial Sales Team, but also to support the entire image licensing team (magazine, books and commercial).

Previous experience working as a Sales Executive in a photo agency would certainly be advantageous but is not a pre-requisite. Assuming previous experience, good contacts within the picture buying industry would be useful.

The primary Sales role will involve:
- Call and email existing and prospective clients
- Research and deliver client requests
- Analyse clients’ photo buying needs
- Proactively make offers to clients
- Obtain and communicate feedback
- Identify published images, track image downloads, reconcile self-billing statements
- Negotiate and process sales
- General admin support and cover within the sales team

Requirements:
- Excellent computer skills with detailed knowledge of Excel, Word and Photoshop
- An excellent visual memory
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
- Proactive and have the ability to multi-task under strict deadlines
- Candidate must be comfortable handling client relationships with authority and ingenuity
- Exceptional organizational skills and a willingness to show real initiative and a meticulous eye for detail
- Dedicated, dynamic yet structured with close attention to detail

Responsibilities:
- Maximise revenues from your assigned clients by keeping them constantly updated with new and topical material, making image offers and generally offering a high level of client service
- Develop new business in conjunction with our business development manager
- Candidates will enjoy providing high levels of client service
- Able to take direction but also show initiative and work independently providing our customers with an expert and prompt research service
- Assist as required with customer support and marketing

Hours: Full time (8 hours per day to cover shifts), permanent
Start date: Feb 2012

If you are interested in applying for this position, please send your CV by e-mail along with a brief explanation as to why you think you would be a suitable candidate for the role, to:
stewart@gallerystock.com

http://www.gallerystock.com

Sound business sense? Good client liaison skills? Imaginative? Creative thinker?
Zooid Pictures is the world’s leading media research and licensing organisation; sourcing, originating and licensing photos, footage, illustration, sound and text for major international publishers, broadcasters and museums since 1984.
A successful company bucking market trends, we are looking for an ambitious and agile business brain to joint our small management team, ensure targets are maintained, our strategic plan is delivered, our vision promoted and our business developed through all the remarkable projects that we deliver to our blue chip Clients.

Strategic Planning
You will contribute to the further the development of Zooid business and demonstrate imagination, strategic rigour and achievement in driving the business forward.
• work alongside the Managing Director and contribute to weekly production and management meetings
• research new business opportunities for our unique services both in existing markets (with major international broadcasters, publishers and museums), and add new markets
• deliver our Strategic Plan through by strengthening relationships with existing clients, visiting prospective clients, trade fairs and negotiating key supplier agreements
• act independently to oversee strategic development during the MD’s absences, providing him with informed proposals for management and strategic decisions, financial troubleshooting and developing new business initiatives.
• As a member of a small team you have a real opportunity to influence company policy and your own growth and rewards.

What we offer:
We offer you the opportunity to engage with a young and successful company leading its field in creative media; 
and a chance to positively develop your future together with that of the company.

Further details and to apply:
http://www.zooid.co.uk/about-us/jobs.php
Closing date : 07 Feb 2012

Who we are
The Photoshot Group owns and represents some of the world’s leading photographic collections. Based in Clerkenwell, central London, our comprehensive libraries enable us to quickly and easy fulfil any picture requirement. Our collections range from live news and sport, to entertainment and music through to nature, travel, interiors and creative imagery and includes famous agency names such UPPA, LFI, Idols, NHPA, World Pictures and Redcover.

Our requirement
We are looking for a senior Account Executive who will be responsible for successfully generating new business opportunities in addition to building and maintaining current client relationships. The Account Executive will work with other departments within Photoshot to ensure that their accounts run smoothly from a technical and administrative perspective. The role requires a sound knowledge of the celebrity/entertainment industry.

Responsibilities/Tasks
- Successfully meet and exceed monthly sales targets and key performance indicators through a combination of
proactive telesales and client visits
- Build, maintain and optimize professional relationships for existing client base
- Extract key information to understand client business needs
- Identify opportunities for new business development for all Photoshot products
- Provide detailed reporting on account activity as requested

Characteristics
- Proven successful business development experience essential
- Proven successful account management experience essential
- Experience of working to targets and deadlines essential
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Highly organised, flexible and positive “can-do attitude”
- Excellent attention to detail
- Previous Industry-related experience
- Understand and work with the Photoshot brand
- Advanced computer and Office software skills

In return we offer…
- Competitive and rewards based compensation
- 23 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Dynamic team environment
- Convenient Central London location
- Hours are 9 – 6 Monday to Friday

Full-time
Contact: Joanne Rees
jrees@photoshot.com
Photoshot Holdings Limited
29-31 Saffron Hill
London

Closing date : 24 Feb 2012

German Speaking Account Manager – Gallery Stock

Premium Rights-Managed image library Gallery Stock are seeking an experienced German speaking Account Manager to join this agency’s talented commercial team in London and sell from London into the German market.
The successful application will be a self motivated, organised and detail oriented sales professional with an existing database of active image buying clients in Germany across all client segments: corporate, agency, editorial and media.

The Account Manager is the daily liaison for German clients and must generate revenue by understanding how this agency’s portfolio can provide them with creative image solutions.
This is sales role and the Account Manager must be comfortable with aggressive monthly sales targets and finding new contacts within Germany.

The Role:
This position focuses on selling Rights Managed, premium stock content.
Must be comfortable with high touch sales, managing special relationships with established photographers who require a connection before a sale can be made.
Must be comfortable and enthusiastic about closing deals on hi-touch, unreleased images that require negotiation with models and model agencies.
Accountable for driving revenue by meeting or exceeding monthly and quarterly sales targets by growing accounts and/or transactional servicing with a focus on relationship based selling.
Execute custom photo research for clients, prepare lightboxes and make outbound telephone sales calls to existing accounts to follow up on specific projects.
Pitch new and incoming content to existing client base.
Offer quick, flexible, and friendly customer service to a variety of clients on tight deadlines.
An understanding of a variety of customer segments is vital: magazines, broadcast, digital media, books, and more.
An understanding of the value of a high-end product is crucial.

Requirements:
Minimum of two years outbound/inbound sales or account management experience – specifically in the photo stock syndication arena.
Must be able to multi-task.
Knowledge/use of Customer Relationship Management systems preferred
Basic computer literacy (Internet, Word, Excel, Filemaker Pro, etc.)
Fluency in written and spoken German

Gallery Stock has a genuine passion for visual media and is dedicated to maintaining a standard of aesthetic and technical excellence. If you are passionate about great photography as well as passionate about selling it, then this could be the role for you.
There is a good salary and commission package on offer for the right candidate and the opportunity to get involved in an exciting and creative agency with career potential.

Email Cv’s to: stewart@gallerystock.com
Gallery Stock is a premium Rights-Managed image library offering creative content from some of the most distinguished and celebrated photographers in the world.

http://www.gallerystock.com