Sales assistant, UK Sales

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading publishing company in London is seeking a UK Sales Assistant to support the Children's Sales teams. Responsibilities include general support and administration tasks. The ideal candidate possesses excellent communication, time-management, and organizational skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Excel. This full-time position offers a hybrid working pattern and a competitive salary of £27,000 per annum.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Flexible Fridays

AXA Healthcare Plan

Qualifications

• Experience in a publishing or book trade environment helpful.
• Ability to adapt to changing daily tasks.
• Confidence in dealing with people at all levels, particularly over phone/email.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for the Children's and Children's Education Sales teams.
• Field queries and process orders efficiently.
• Prepare sales figures and sales analysis as needed.

Skills

Good communicator

Attention to detail

Time-management skills

Proficient in Microsoft Excel

Strong numerical skills

Tools

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Teams

Job description

UK Sales Assistant, UK Consumer Sales

The opportunity

We are looking for an enthusiastic, well-organised and confident communicator with excellent time-management skills and attention to detail to work within our fast-moving UK Sales department.

Sales Assistants perform a key support role within the wider UK Sales team working across all Bloomsbury Consumer titles. The role will include assisting on the day-to-day administration and operations of the team and our customers. This particular appointment will support one specific area of publishing, the Children’s and Children’s Education and Special Sales teams and will report in to the Head of Sales, Children’s.

This is a superb opportunity to join a high performing UK Sales team of a top 5 UK publisher and to work in a vibrant and successful publishing sales environment.

The role

• General support for the Children’s, Children’s Education and Special Sales teams across all imprints
• Administration support for a range of individual UK retailer accounts
• Fielding queries and processing orders
• Prepare presentations for retailers and internal briefings
• Prepare sales figures for the Sales team and senior sales colleagues on request
• Provide sales analysis for a range of needs, including Annual Business Reviews and internal trackers
• Responding to ad hoc requests for book samples / Advance Information (AI) sheets / book jackets
• Assisting at events and signings across the Sales department and organising stock
• Absence cover for colleagues as required e.g. holidays / flexi Fridays
• General ad hoc admin and UK Sales tasks for whole team

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Good communicator who is confident with dealing with people at all levels, particularly on the phone and over email / video
• Excellent attention to detail and focused on efficiency at all times
• Strong time-management, prioritisation and organisational skills with keen awareness of deadlines
• Ability to adapt to changing daily tasks
• Strong numerical and written skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Teams, and beneficial to have knowledge of internal systems such as Biblio and Nielsen Bookscan
• Experience in publishing or book trade environment helpful

Additional information

The role is a full time, permanent position.

Salary per annum : £27,000

The role is based at our London office 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP on a hybrid-working pattern of 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred). Allocated office days for this role are : Monday & Tuesday.

Please apply with a CV and covering letter addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only) via the ‘APPLY NOW’ button detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by 23 : 59 on Thursday 27th November 2025.

Bloomsbury Benefits

As well as a fantastic opportunity to join a global award-winning organisation, Bloomsbury offers the following competitive benefits package :

Working Pattern

• Hybrid working pattern of : 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred)

Holidays

• 25 days holiday
• 3.5 days Christmas company holiday

Other Benefits

• Two paid Personal Wellness Days
• Flexible Fridays – take Friday afternoon off by working an additional3 hours and 30 minutes earlier in the week
• Work Anywhere Fortnight - For two weeks of any calendar year. The minimum period for Working Anywhere is one week, the maximum period is two weeks.
• Season Ticket Loan
• Learning & Development - Free access to LinkedIn Learning, BookMachine Campus, InRehearsal & IPG Skills Hub
• Share Save Scheme
• AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)
• Ride to Work Scheme
• Peppy Health App
• In-house Doctor
• Eye Care Voucher Scheme
• EAP Advice and Counselling

Company culture – Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom, Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, and Parents, Guardians and Carers, Multi-Faith) and Mental Health First Aiders trained across the UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources

For additional benefits see below

Bloomsbury is a place where anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability, or socio-economic status can thrive, feel comfortable, and be heard and accepted. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

The Book Trade Charity provide financial assistance for people looking to get into the publishing industry; you can find more information and talk directly here : http : / / booktradeentrysupport.org