Online sales assistant

Salary: £27,000

Location: 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.

Help drive online sales activity through data reporting, account support and market analysis at a leading publishing house.

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 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. Bloomsbury has offices in London, New York, New Delhi, Oxford and Sydney.

An opportunity to join the Sales Team of a top 5 UK Publisher at a time of dynamic investment and growth. We are looking to recruit an Online Sales Assistant with good organisational skills to work in our fast-paced online sales team. Reporting to the Senior Account Manager, eBooks this position will play a key role to support the wider online team who are managing and growing all our accounts and assisting on the day-to-day administration and operations for the team, compiling data for analysis (weekly account updates and other sales reports) and be the first point of contact for general internal queries about our online accounts internally and externally.

The ideal candidate will have initiative, a natural curiosity, enthusiasm, will be data driven, good at multi-tasking and with a love of spreadsheets and ready to join a highly motivated and dynamic team. Based in our Bedford Square office this will be a hybrid-working position.

The role
Account Administration:

• Compile and prepare weekly sales report for Amazon
• Manage internal and Amazon agendas and minutes
• Maintain our sales traces and compile data for reports to share internally
• Manage compliance checks process
• Assist with online accounts administration (including Infringement claims, author approvals, etc)
• Processing Amazon retro claims
• Create and circulate monthly promotion update emails to divisional specialists
• Prepare digital customer presentations
• Assist with digital accounts administration
• Support the Senior Account Managers and Divisional Specialists across online and digital

Market Analysis:

• Keep records of sales data and compile data for regular reports to share internally including weekly sales across all formats
• Maintain our digital sales trackers and conduct regular audits for accuracy
• Managed availability checks on key retailers
• Supply ad hoc sales figures requests

Team support and admin in tune with other Sales Assistants:

• Provide support for general sales admin and ad hoc business analysis

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Excellent attention to detail
• Organised and can prioritise tasks
• Strong numerical skills
• Experience with Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Strong communication skills
• Systems such as Biblio, Nielsen, Cognos and PowerBI helpful not essential

Additional information

The role is a full-time and permanent

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 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 Thursday 18th June 2026.

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Bloomsbury reserve the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications

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 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
• 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

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



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