International sales assistant

Closing date for applications: 6 October 2025

Salary: £27,000

Are you organised, proactive and passionate about books? Join an award-winning, international sales team and help bring outstanding titles to readers worldwide.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, well-organised and confident communicator with excellent time-management skills and attention to detail to work within our dynamic and ambitious international sales department. The international sales assistant performs a key support role within the wider international sales team, working across all Bloomsbury consumer, Head of Zeus and special interest titles, and with our client publishers Alma Books and Titan Books. The role will include assisting in the day-to-day administration and operations of the team and supporting sales to customers around the world, including bookshops, distributors and online retailers. This role will report to the head of international sales (special interest). This is a superb opportunity to join the high performing and award-winning international sales team of a top 5 UK publisher and to work in a vibrant and successful publishing sales environment. Based in our Bedford Square office this will be a hybrid-working position.


Responsibilities

• General support for the international sales team
• Fielding queries from customers and processing orders through our distributor
• Working closely with the warehouse and Bloomsbury operations team to be sure of successful supply to all accounts
• Maintaining the key titles order form and presentation
• Creating slides for internal sales meetings
• Preparing sales figures for customer meetings and book fairs
• Running title sales reports when requested
• Preparing the team for book fairs and attending London and Frankfurt book fairs as required
• Responding to requests for catalogues / book samples / title information sheets / book jackets
• Representing the international sales team at ad hoc internal meetings

Knowledge, skills & experience

• Excellent communicator who is confident with dealing with people at all levels, particularly on the phone/Teams and email
• Excellent attention to detail with a focus on efficiency and a keenness to learn
• Excellent time-management, prioritisation and organisational skills, with a close eye for detail and keen awareness of deadlines
• Experience of multi-tasking and prioritising a busy work-load with competing demands on your time
• Ability to adapt to changing daily tasks
• Strong numerical skills, written and verbal communication skills
• Strong IT skills, particularly Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Teams
• Some prior publishing experience is desirable for this role

Additional information

The role is a full-time, permanent position with an annual salary of £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 (or fully office based if preferred). Allocated office days for this role are: Monday and Tuesday

This position is eligible for Bloomsbury’s Rental Deposit Loan Scheme. To assist candidates who want to start and to establish a career in publishing, Bloomsbury 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' button detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by 6th October 2025. Bloomsbury reserve the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.


Bloomsbury Benefits

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

• Hybrid working pattern of: 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred)
• 25 days holiday
• 3.5 days Christmas company holiday
• Two paid Personal Wellness Days
• Flexible Fridays – take Friday afternoon off by working an additional 3 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
• Share Save Scheme
• AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)
• Peppy Health App
• In-house Doctor
• Eye Care Voucher Scheme
• 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

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.

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