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Bloomsbury Publishing is looking for a Head of Sales, Children’s to join our UK Sales Team. The candidate will lead our retail growth strategy and work with our extraordinary list of bestselling children’s and children’s education authors and brands, including: Katherine Rundell, Martha Mumford, Tom Percival, Catherine Doyle, Katya Balen, Andrew Jennings, The Week Junior and Harry Potter.

This role presents an exciting opportunity for an experienced, enthusiastic and sales/profit driven professional. The candidate should demonstrate a real passion for launching and growing children’s titles and brands in the UK market and be keen to join the fast-moving and high-performing Sales Team of a top 5 UK publisher at a senior level.

The successful candidate will be solution driven and have extensive knowledge of the UK Children’s market plus a recent track record of sales growth in UK retail accounts. They will be a confident communicator keen to work collaboratively with internal and external contacts to further grow our sales and market share in line with Bloomsbury’s exciting overall future growth plans.

Knowledge, skills and experience

Direct management or experience of all UK key accounts including Ireland
Team management experience and leadership qualities
Solution driven - able to identify and highlight potential obstacles to achieving objectives and propose solutions where appropriate
Highly numerate and comfortable with forecasting, budgeting and data analysis, ideally with experience of the budgeting process
Strong and confident communicator, well-practiced in presentation skills across all mediums

Bloomsbury Benefits

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
Work Anywhere Fortnight
Season Ticket Loan
Share save Scheme
AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)
Peppy Health App
In-house Doctor
Eye care Voucher Scheme

And a range of other benefits as listed on our company website: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/connect/work-with-us/rewarding-you/

Additional information

The role is a full-time permanent position

Salary Pay Point or Range: £50,000 to £58,000 depending on skills and experience

Application Deadline: Friday 22nd August 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

Seniority level

Seniority level
Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Industries
Book and Periodical Publishing

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