On this website you can browse and buy Usborne books in English, French, German, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Dutch, Korean and Brazilian Portuguese.
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. Whilst the company is now a market-leader in children’s publishing and one of the best-known brands in children’s books, the company retains a friendly and familial feel. 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
The Usborne Community Partnerships Marketing team support our Independent Usborne Partners in building successful home-based businesses selling Usborne books in homes, schools, online and via social media throughout the UK and Europe.
The Role
We are looking for a proactive, innovative and creative individual to join our fast-paced, small and friendly team to take responsibility for producing, editing and proof-reading a wide range of enagaging marketing communications to inspire and motivate thousands of Independent Usborne Partners to build their businesses.
Creating a fresh and consistent marketing tone, you will take responsibility for developing website assets, digital communications, event materials and printed marketing materials and any other materials needed to deliver the editorial content across our channels.
Working closely with the rest of the marketing and events and business leadership teams you will help to deliver the voice of our communications and contribute to the overall business and marketing strategy.
In addition this individual can develop an involvement for tracking and analysing the communications to ensure our messages are effective and impactful as well as being involved in the community partnerships website administration.
Experience
The successful candidate will ideally have:
• 18 months to 2 years relevant experience
• Demonstrable experience writing engaging copy for our websites, email communications and printed marketing materials.
• Be able to confidently interpret editorial briefs
• The ability to work to a high standard in a fast moving environment where two days are never the same.
• Excellent communication skills in order to work with a wide range of internal stakeholders.
• Excellent time management and prioritisation skills
• An enthusiasm to continually seek to improve and develop our content and how we deliver it.
An interest in children’s books, along with a knowledge of the direct sales industry would be an advantage although not essential.
Location and Benefits
We offer a 35-hour working week from offices in Eynsham, where after a short initial induction period we offer a hybrid working mode of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.
In addition to our transparent salary grading structure, for this role we also offer a range of benefits which include:
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…
