Sales Administrator, Bloomsbury Digital Resources

Sales Administrator, Bloomsbury Digital Resources

The opportunity

Bloomsbury Digital Resources is committed to serving a global community of students, scholars, instructors, and librarians by providing creative online research and learning environments that deliver excellence and originality.

An exciting role has become available to join the Bloomsbury Digital Resources UK and Europe sales team as the Sales Administrator. This team has continued to deliver year on year revenue growth and this position helps to provide the foundation to that continued success by providing administrative support.

Reporting to the Head of Sales for the UK and Europe, you’ll be working closely with our existing university library customers, providing them with pricing and information on their Bloomsbury subscription renewals.

This is a great role for someone looking to start a career in academic publishing sales or sales operations. It will provide an opportunity to learn the full sales cycle, sales processes, systems, and to work within a friendly and highly experienced sales team.

The role

The Sales Administrator plays a key role in supporting the sales operations of the Bloomsbury Digital Resources sales team. The role is primarily supporting the Head of Sales for the UK and Europe by working with key customers and managing the subscription renewal process, but also provides administrative assistance to the wider sales team as required. Typical tasks include:

• Prepare and send subscription renewal quotes to university libraries
• Process subscription renewal orders on Salesforce
• Complete end user license agreements for subscription renewals and/or new business orders
• Provide university libraries with product usage reports
• Assist with order processing when required by the sales team

Knowledge, skills and experience 

We’re looking for a confident and articulate communicator that is able to build relationships with colleagues and customers. The role would suit a self-starter with a proven ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and prioritise workloads as per the needs of the team. The role will require use of Microsoft Office applications and Salesforce, so experience in both would be highly beneficial.

Additional information

The role is a full-time, permanent position

Salary Pay Point or Range: £28,000 – £30,700

The role is based at our Oxford office, Kemp House, Chawley Park, Cumnor Hill, Oxford OX2 9PH, 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 Wednesday and Thursday.

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 via the ‘APPLY NOW’ button with your CV (Word or PDF format only) and detail how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by Friday 4th of April 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 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 13 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.  

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