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In the UK and certain countries in Europe, you can buy directly from Usborne or from an Independent Usborne Partner. In the USA you can buy books via links to Usborne Books & More, the website of our US distributors.
Elsewhere in the world we provide links to local online retailers who will fulfil and deliver your order. Please check the retailer’s delivery destinations to make sure they deliver where you are.
In China, you can buy Usborne books in English and in Chinese (simplified characters) via online and offline retailers.
Thinking of applying for a job at Usborne?
The Company
Usborne is an independent, family business, creating books which spark curiosity in children of all ages. These range from books for babies such as the bestselling That’s not my… series of touchy-feely books, to YA fiction from acclaimed authors such as Holly Bourne and Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé – with everything from Magic Painting to Politics for Beginners in between. The company is now a market-leader in children’s publishing and one of the best-known brands in children’s books and if you want to work somewhere close-knit enough for people to know your name, but which has a first-class reputation around the world, Usborne is the place for you.
The Team
Usborne’s Community Partnerships division supports our community-based sales force in building successful home-based businesses selling Usborne books directly into homes, schools, online and via social media throughout the UK and Europe.
The Role
The Sales Leadership & Business Development Manager is tasked with designing and delivering a sales & business development and field leadership strategy to generate company sales and recruiting growth for the Community Partnerships division.
Main duties:
Experience
The successful candidate will be a motivating, supportive and creative sales leader who has extensive demonstrable experience working with multiple remote teams throughout the UK and Europe.
With excellent communication, public-speaking, and presentation skills, they will excel in mentoring and coaching sales teams to reach their full potential, fulfilling the division’s sales and recruitment objectives and strategy.
They will have experience in developing compelling incentive and promotional campaigns to motivate and drive the sales force and achieve recruitment targets.
Experience or an understanding of the direct sales industry would be advantageous but more important are sales leadership, training and interpersonal skills and a keen interest in the way that books help children to learn and develop.
This role will require attendance at all company (and some leader-led) events plus the flexibility to work occasional evenings and weekends as needed, to support and fulfil our sales activities. Some international travel may also be required.
Location and benefits:
We offer a 35-hour working week from our Eynsham office just outside of Oxford, where after a successful induction period we offer a hybrid working model of three days in the office and two days working from home.
In addition to our transparent salary grading structure, for this role we also offer a range of benefits including:
We particularly encourage applications from Black and Ethnic Minority candidates who are currently under-represented within this area.
To apply please access our recruitment portal Applied
Applied is recruitment software to debias the recruitment process.
Usborne is dedicated to building a diverse taskforce that reflects the wide range of communities that read our books globally. Decisions are made based on the individual’s skills and experiences and we particularly encourage applications from underrepresented demographics in Publishing.
Based in London, near Farringdon Station. Our marketing, PR, sales, accounts, editorial, design, production, foreign rights and foreign language departments are all based in this office.
We have additional editorial and design offices in Wolverhampton and Eynsham, near Oxford, and our direct sales division, Usborne Community Partnerships, is also based in Eynsham.
In the first of a new blog series about working at Usborne, Emma Lagarde and Irene Olivo take us behind the scenes of the Usborne Rights department…
