Online sales executive, special interest

Closing date for applications: 8th December 2025

Salary: £29,000 per annum

This is an exciting 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 executive with proven account handling experience to work in our fast-paced online sales team. Reporting to the senior account manager – online physical, this position will play a key role within the Bloomsbury special interest division and will be the primary point of contact for all questions regarding online accounts for the division. The role will curate and shape our strategy with our online customers and seek to maximise the sales of our key publishing brands across a range of subjects including military history; science and nature; sport, philosophy; current affairs and business. This position will also develop and grow our backlist sales, external and internal initiatives from metadata to customer promotions.

The ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail and initiative, a natural curiosity, enthusiasm for online sales, will be data driven, good at multi-tasking and working to deadlines and with a love of spreadsheets and ready to join a highly motivated and dynamic team.

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.


Responsibilities

Account administration

• Stock management and forecasting for new release and promotions
• Curation and compilation of company-wide Retailer update(s)
• Manage and grow print and/or digital library aggregator accounts
• Work closely with Special Interest divisional team and Senior Account Managers for Physical, eBook and audiobook to select books for retail promotions in line with organisational strategy

Divisional internal responsibility

• Be the Online Sales Team specialist on Special Interest products for the division
• Presence at wider sales meetings to represent online sales
• Liaise with M&P teams regarding online sales promotions
• Manage sales spikes from M&P activity and communicate stock status to relevant parties
• Work closely with the operations team to manage supply and maintain availability on site

Market analysis

• Perform deep dive analysis needed to ensure that we are dynamic on pricing for our Frontlist, and importantly, our Backlist
• Prepare and share regular critical market analysis to educate the business
• Maintain a high level of knowledge of the platforms and monitor trends to keep internal teams up to date
• Keep records of sales data and compile data for regular reports to share internally including weekly sales across all formats
• Provide support for regular and ad hoc business analysis including Annual Business Reviews

Knowledge, skills & experience

• Excellent attention to detail
• Organised and can prioritise tasks
• Strong numerical skills
• Proficient with Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Strong communication skills
• Proficient with systems such as Biblio, Nielsen, Cognos and Vista

Additional information

The role is a full-time, permanent position. 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 and Tuesday.

Please apply with a CV and covering letter addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only) via our website detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by 23:59 on Monday 8th of December 2025. For best results, please use a desktop to apply as some mobile browsers may not fully support the application portal. 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 and 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
• 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.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.