Key Account Manager, UK Childrens Sales

A key member of the UK Sales team the Key Account Manager will sell all Bloomsbury Consumer Childrens Non-Consumer Childrens and Agency titles to select key accounts. They will contribute to decision-making planning and strategy from acquisition through to publication and will also work closely with counterparts on the Adult Consumer Digital and Special Sales teams to drive overarching retail strategy as well as delivering growth for the Childrens lists. This role will report in to the Head of Sales Childrens who reports into the Sales Director Childrens.

The role

Contribute to achieving and exceeding the annual Childrens Consumer and Childrens Education sales budgets by managing profitable sales of titles into selected key accounts.

• Negotiate and deliver promotional and range deals to secure best possible space and marketing activity for Bloomsbury titles.
• Liaise with the Publicity & Marketing teams to ensure market-leading execution of shared strategic title plans in order to hit ambitious targets and maximize sales.
• Conduct annual strategic reviews of key accounts business with Bloomsbury and make recommendations to drive sales in all forward strategic customer plans.
• Participate in the whole publishing process from acquisition to publication working closely with colleagues from the editorial marketing and publicity departments across both Childrens Consumer and Non-consumer Divisions.

Knowledge skills and experience

• Experience of UK Retail account management
• Excellent communicator who is confident with dealing with people at all levels both virtually and in person
• Strong presentation skills
• Excellent time-management prioritisation and organisational skills with a close eye for detail and keen awareness of deadlines
• Ability to build effective relationships with key external contacts as well as in-house colleagues
• Experience of multi-tasking and prioritising a busy workload
• Strong numerical skills
• Strong IT skills particularly Microsoft Excel Powerpoint Word and Teams

Additional information

The role is a full-time permanent position

Salary range per annum: 35000 - 38000 depending on experience

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 Mondays and Tuesdays.

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 Sunday 7th December 2025.

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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 additional3 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

For additional benefits see below

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.

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

Bloomsbury Publishing 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. Within Bloomsburys Academic division it publishes under Bloomsbury as well as under a number of prestigious and historic imprint names. Read Our Story for how it all began.

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