Sales & digital marketing assistant (1 year maternity cover)

Closing date for applications: Sunday 15th February 2026

Salary: £31,041 - £36,563 (depending on experience)

Location: London (Hybrid after probationary period)

Contract: Maternity cover (1 year fixed term contract)

Fluent in German and interested in publishing? Join Usborne Publishing to support sales and digital marketing for its German-language children's books. Usborne is an independent, family business, creating books which spark curiosity in children of all ages.

The Usborne German language publishing team looks after all commercial, sales and marketing activities related to our German own-language publishing programme. The team works closely with German distributors, sales representatives, PR agencies, editorial and production teams to ensure that German editions of Usborne books are published, promoted and distributed effectively.

We are looking for a proactive, highly organised and detail-focused individual with excellent administrative, communication and digital skills to join our German language publishing team on a maternity cover basis. This role offers a varied mix of sales support, digital marketing, bibliographic administration and regulatory compliance responsibilities.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting sales activity and external partners, including monitoring new titles, preparing advance materials and coordinating with sales, distribution and PR contacts.
• Maintaining accurate scheduling and title information, ensuring records are kept up to date and data is entered accurately.
• Assisting with digital marketing activity, including social media content creation, metadata accuracy and performance reporting, working closely with marketing colleagues.
• Preparing marketing and sales materials, including presentations, advance information sheets and catalogues (print and digital).
• Uploading and maintaining digital catalogue content and supporting online visibility of titles.
• Supporting compliance with relevant regulatory requirements, including gathering and submitting required product and packaging information.

What we’re looking for:

• Native-level written and spoken German and excellent English language skills.
• Experience in a busy administrative, sales support or marketing environment, with experience from within publishing or a related industry a bonus.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks.
• Exceptional attention to detail, particularly when working with metadata and bibliographic information.
• Clear, confident communication skills when liaising with internal teams and external partners.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a small team.
• Digital content creation skills, including writing engaging copy for online use.
• Confidence in interpreting and reporting on social media data.
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office; experience with databases such as Biblio is an advantage.

This role is based in our London, Farringdon office and we work a 35-hour working week. After a successful initial induction period, we then operate a hybrid working model of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home subject to business need.

In addition to our transparent salary grading structure, for this role we also offer a range of benefits including:

• 25 days paid holiday entitlement plus bank holidays
• Industry-leading Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Mental Health First Aiders.
• Healthcare Cashback scheme.
• Virtual GP service.
• Enhanced Family Friendly benefits.
• Paid Volunteer Day.
• Rewards and Discount services and shopping.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• 75% discount on Usborne books.

We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role and therefore applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK at the point of application.

Usborne is dedicated to building a diverse taskforce that reflects the wide range of communities that read our books globally. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented demographics in Publishing.