
Digital Sales Executive
HarperCollins Publishers
- Closing: 11:55pm, 6th Aug 2025 BST
Perks and benefits
Work from home option
Healthcare
Retirement benefits
Wellness programs
Employee Assistance Programme
Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
Extra holiday
Professional development
Mentoring/coaching
Paid volunteer days
Flexible benefits scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Candidate happiness
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Job Description
This is an excellent position in a dynamic sector of publishing, providing support to the Digital Sales team.
The role will require an extremely high level of organisation and initiative, as well as an ability to rapidly acquire a high level of competency on company systems and confident use of Microsoft Office applications, with an excellent working knowledge of Excel. We’re looking for personable, bright individual who can learn quickly and use their own initiative. A problem solver with an aptitude for analysing large sets of data and ability to draw conclusions and make recommendations.
The role offers solid experience supporting the team selling to major UK and global digital retailers. It’s a real opportunity for gaining an unmatched insight into the digital publishing landscape, online retail, and the workings of publishing divisions across all genres.
Responsibilities:
Data and Analysis
Prepare lists of titles to feature in key retailer promotional programmes ensuring optimum performance across the catalogue
Interrogate sales reporting, identifying trends and creating contextualised reports on sales promotions.
Manage the global properties schedule ensuring backlist activity across all the HC companies is aligned and communicated
Develop a strong working knowledge of the HarperCollins global catalogue, understanding seasonal patterns and commercial opportunities
Work closely with the insight and analytics departments to ensure strategic alignment.
Digital Sales
Provide administrative support to the Digital Sales Team
Support the Digital Sales team in selling effectively to all key digital retailers, across eBooks and digital audio for all HarperCollins publishing divisions
Support Sales Managers and Directors for learning and best practice.
Keep effective records of all promotions, ensuring the promotion planner is fully up to date with accurate details of key promotional pricing.
Create and maintain quarterly promotion overviews, communicating updates to the Digital Sales team
Liaise effectively with publishing divisions and sales teams to ensure information is shared and promotion plans are clearly communicated
Manage the global properties schedule ensuring activity across all the HC companies is aligned.
Coordinate all general office administration across the department ensuring the smooth management of information and resources.
Collate the weekly digital sales report, working closely with other members of the team to identify key points of interest for communication.
Key Skills and Experience:
Admin experience with excellent attention to detail
Experience of utilising advanced Excel
Knowledge of PowerPoint and Word
Experience of supporting a busy team
Ability to communicate at all levels, both written and verbally
Professional, reliable, able to work quickly under pressure and use own initiative
Effective time management
Very organised
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
Green Electric/Hybrid Car Benefit Scheme (salary sacrifice)
With Trees for Life we plant a tree in the Highlands of Scotland for every permanent hire
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.
If you wish to discuss anything regarding this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly to stephanie.jemmett@harpercollins.co.uk with subject heading ‘Vacancy Query’ plus the job title and we will aim to get back to you within 5 working days.
Please note, if you are interested in the role you would need to submit your application via Applied. We do not accept email applications.
Removing bias from the hiring process
Applications closed Wed 6th Aug 2025
Removing bias from the hiring process
- Your application will be anonymously reviewed by our hiring team to ensure fairness
- You’ll need a CV/résumé, but it’ll only be considered if you score well on the anonymous review
Applications closed Wed 6th Aug 2025