Sales Executive, International Sales in London

This is an exciting opportunity to join the successful International Sales Team at HarperCollins, working across the HQ, Pavilion, 4th Estate and William Collins imprints. The Sales Executive role will involve supporting the Heads of International Sales and managing accounts directly. It will require an extremely high level of organisation, communication and attention to detail. It requires the ability to swiftly learn new systems and confident use of Microsoft Office applications. The successful applicant will exhibit outstanding relationship management and be able to problem-solve. We're looking for a personable, bright individual who can learn quickly and use their own initiative. The candidate will ideally have some experience in a client-facing role with excellent interpersonal skills. The candidate must be able to think creatively and take immediate responsibility for/ownership of specific projects and customer relationships. As well as being heavily customer-facing, the role will sit across some of the most exciting, bestselling authors and brands in the market, so a love of reading and talking about books is essential.

Core Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional administrative support across international territories, including but not limited to:

• Collating numbers for print runs and managing print meeting process
• Collating numbers for proofs and samples and supplying when necessary
• Creating internal and external PowerPoint presentations
• Generating order forms
• Managing meeting schedules for Heads of International Sales and wider team
• Attending and minuting meetings and circulating actions in a timely manner
• Managing and maintaining database of sales and marketing assets
• Creating sales reports

Experience required

• Sales, administration, account management or customer service experience
• Microsoft Office – intermediate to advanced capability for Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and Word
• Knowledge of and a keen interest in books

Skills required

• Must have excellent attention to detail
• Exceptional customer service and communication skills
• Confidence with learning new systems and processes
• Organisation – the ability to prioritise and manage workload effectively
• Proactiveness – use initiative and problem-solve
• Professional, reliable, able to work quickly under pressure

Benefits

• Hybrid working model (3 days in the office)
• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays (option to buy and sell holiday days)
• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Private healthcare cover and life assurance
• Summer Hours
• Free access to HeadSpace, employee assistance programme (24 hour helpline), mental health first aiders, and a wellbeing portal
• Season ticket loans (from day 1 for entry level) and cycle to work scheme
• Relocation Rent Support Loan
• Employee networks: HC All In (open forum), Elevate (for ethnic minority colleagues), HarperParents, Menopause at Work, Pride at HC, Social Mobility Network and Neurodiversity at Work
• Unlimited training on our Learning and Development portal, management courses (up to MA level) and mentoring programmes
• Virtual GP and eyecare vouchers
• Gym membership discount
• Onsite physiotherapy (London only)
• Charitable donation matching and 2 volunteering days
• We're a certified Carbon Neutral company
• Free e-books and audiobooks, digital newspaper subscriptions and discounts on books
• Subsidised canteen and retail discounts
• Onsite prayer room

At HarperCollins, we value authenticity and integrity in our recruitment process. To ensure a fair and accurate evaluation of all applications, we ask that all responses to assessment questions reflect your own thoughts, experiences, and capabilities. This allows us to fairly assess your knowledge, skills, and experience to determine how they align with the role. We value diverse perspectives and genuine contributions, even if answers are not perfect. The use of AI tools or external assistance to generate responses is discouraged unless explicitly permitted for specific tasks.