SPECIAL SALES EXECUTIVE

Special Sales Executive

Company: Quarto

Location: London

Is the role full time? Yes

Is the role permanent? Yes

Salary: From £28k, depending on experience

Contact: [email protected]

Closing date: 10 July 2026

Job Description

Quarto is seeking a Special Sales Executive to join the fast-paced Special Sales team. This role is ideal for an enthusiastic and organised Special Sales Assistant/UK Sales Assistant looking to progress in Sales.

Quarto creates inspiring books for adults and children published across the globe. As the Special Sales Executive, reporting to the Head of Special Sales, you will manage and grow sales across both the adult and children’s publishing lists into Special Sales retailers; from major wholesalers, select key high street accounts and specialist retailers.

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 09.30 am to 5.30 pm. This role does include select weekends in line with trade show schedules. We currently operate a discretionary hybrid model, with three days in our London office and two working from home.

About The Role

You’ll join a focused Special Sales team, taking on a mixture of high street and wholesale accounts and driving sales across the entire Quarto list, adults and children’s titles. You’ll collaborate across departments internally, develop new business initiatives, and become a key member of the UK Sales team feeding back on acquisitions and market trends.

What You Will Be Involved In

• Maintain budgeted customer accounts, maximising sales opportunities
• Provide market insight on acquisitions, sales, selections and promotional opportunities
• Target new business
• Collaborate across both UK and US stakeholders
• Attend key gifting trade shows, increasing profitability
• Maintain customer requirements in a timely manner, from stock to sales materials
• Administrative support for the Head of Special Sales

About You

You’ll bring at least one year’s experience within Sales, and a desire to grow and learn within the Special Sales department. You’ll excel in a busy environment, where initiative and proactivity is vital, alongside having a keen eye for detail and a confident approach to sales.

You Will Be Able To Show You Have

• Organisational and prioritisation skills
• Customer relationship skills and market awareness
• Excellent interpersonal abilities
• Ability to work independently
• Strong presentation, database and spreadsheet analysis
• Detailed logistics understanding

What we can offer

A supportive, open environment with development opportunities, as well as the following benefits:

• 25 days paid holiday per year (increasing up to 30 days per year), plus bank holidays
• Cultural appreciation day (to honour a cultural holiday which is significant to you, separate to your holiday entitlement)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff discounts on selected shops, retailers, and restaurants
• Health Cash Plan
• Pension
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Summer hours
• Free books scheme
• Active social and diversity committees
• Open plan, hot desking office environment

How to apply

Please send a CV and cover letter to [email protected] by the closing date and state the vacancy name in the email subject title.

Ensure You Cover The Following

• Your motivation and what appeals to you about this particular role
• What key skills, experience and achievements you have that you think are relevant to this role, and why. Please provide examples of how you have used or demonstrated those.
• Where you saw the vacancy advertised

All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for the vacancy.

We employ individuals based on their abilities and welcome applicants from all backgrounds regardless of disability, ethnic origin, gender, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, belief, age, or sexual orientation.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we aim to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible for disabled people. Therefore, we encourage you to inform us of any reasonable adjustments you may require during your interview process. Please note, you only need to disclose information that you are comfortable sharing in order for us to accommodate your request.

Please note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are only able to respond to candidates selected for interview. We will keep applications on file for 6 months should a suitable vacancy arise. If you’d rather we didn’t, please let us know with your application.

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