The Vacancy

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 [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] 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.

This position is eligible for [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]’s Rental Deposit Loan Scheme. To assist candidates who want to start and to establish a career in publishing, [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] offers an interest-free rental deposit to support securing somewhere to live. The rental deposit loan can be up to £3,000 and will be paid back over 2 years.

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.

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[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] reserve the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Benefits

• Hybrid working pattern: 2 days office / 3 days home
• 25 days holiday plus 3.5 days Christmas company holiday
• Two paid Personal Wellness Days
• Flexible Fridays
• Work Anywhere Fortnight
• Season Ticket Loan
• Learning & Development - free access to LinkedIn Learning, BookMachine Campus, InRehearsal & IPG Skills Hub
• Share Save Scheme
• AXA Healthcare Plan
• 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, Mental Health First Aiders

The Company

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a leading independent publishing house, established in 1986, with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes, and is the originating publisher and custodian of the Harry Potter series. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] has offices in London, New York, New Delhi, Oxford and Sydney. Within [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]’s Academic division, it publishes under [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], as well as under a number of prestigious and historic imprint names.

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is committed to creating a working environment that stimulates creativity and collaboration, is respectful of difference, is inclusive and ethical in its practice, and promotes well-being.

Please read more on our Missions and Values here.

Please read our environmental policy here.

Employee Testimonials

“It’s a friendly team, I feel part of a community and there’s such a breadth and variety of publishing” - Marketing Executive, Academic

“There is a passion for books and authors. People want to read and that comes from the top” - Commissioning Editor, Special Interest

“[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] has a strong International outlook, it’s good to be part of a global publishing team.” - Intern, Education

Contact

Address: 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP

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