German Speaking Publishing Onboarding and Product Specialist
Constant Recruitment · London, England ·
Job Description German Speaking Publishing Onboarding & Product SpecialistRemote UK Based£50,000Are you fluent in German with a background in newspaper publishing or production? Do you understand what actually goes into getting a newspaper from content through to the finished page?
Would you enjoy a varied role combining clients, technology, onboarding, training and product development? We are recruiting for a successful digital publishing technology company working with newspaper and media organisations around the world.
They are looking for a German Speaking Publishing Onboarding & Product Specialist to work closely with publishers as they implement and adopt an innovative automated page layout solution. Fluent German is essential for this role , and additional European languages would be a real advantage.
This isn't a traditional account management role and it isn't purely technical either. You will sit between the client, product and development teams , helping publishers successfully introduce the technology into their existing production environment.
You could be demonstrating the product to a client one day, managing an implementation the next, delivering training or working with the development team to explain how the product could be improved. What will you be doing?
Demonstrating the product to prospective and new clientsManaging new client onboarding from initial setup through to go-liveUnderstanding existing newspaper production workflows and how the technology will fit into themHelping clients integrate the product with their existing systems and processesBuilding and managing project plans and keeping implementations on trackRunning client training sessionsProducing clear onboarding and training documentationWorking closely with clients to understand their requirements and challengesFeeding client feedback and ideas back into the product teamTranslating client requirements into clear information for developersHelping identify ways the product could be improved for publishersWhat are we looking for?
You will ideally have a background within newspaper publishing, newspaper production or a closely related publishing environment .We are particularly interested in people who understand the practical side of producing newspapers the newsroom, production process, pagination and the systems involved in getting a daily or weekly publication out.
You will also need: Fluent German this is essentialStrong English communication skillsAdditional European languages would be usefulExperience working directly with clients or customersGood project management and organisational skillsConfidence managing several pieces of work at the same timeThe ability to communicate comfortably with both clients and technical teamsAn understanding of digital publishing and how it fits alongside print productionA practical, commercially minded approach to problem solvingAn interest in technology, automation and how products can be improvedConfidence using AI tools as part of your day-to-day workExperience with XML, structured content feeds, publishing CMS platforms or page-plan data would be useful but isn't essential.
This is a really interesting opportunity for someone from the publishing world who wants to move into a more varied technology-focused position while still using their knowledge of how newspapers actually operate. The role can be fully remote , but you must be based in the UK .