Sales Support Assistant
LOCATIONS: Dundee, UK or London, UK (with occasional travel to London, UK)
Beano Brain, a leading kid, youth and family insights agency, is hiring for a Sales Support Assistant to join the team in either our Dundee office in Meadowside or in London office on Fleet Street. Beano Brain is part of the DC Thomson media and publishing company.
Beano Brain is a team of collaborators who balance being supportive and transparent with rebel thinking. While fostering a non-hierarchical environment where team members take initiative and aren’t afraid to challenge each other’s thinking, Beano Brain gives everyone on the team a voice.
No two days are the same at Beano Brain! There are a mixture of tasks and responsibilities to get involved in, from desk research or talking to Insight Directors and putting together a case study on your findings, to email outreach to getting involved in great events.
This an opportunity to upskill in sales from an experienced Commercial Director at a growing business. You will use your excellent interpersonal and problem solving skills to persuade and motivate internal and external stakeholders.
The Sales Support Assistant will improve commercial discipline, data quality, and campaign effectiveness, ensuring the sales team focuses on high‑value opportunities and measurable outcomes. The successful candidate will enable consistent pipeline growth and commercial conversion by generating high‑quality prospects, maintaining accurate CRM data, and delivering targeted outreach and events that connect Beano Brain insights with priority clients.
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To apply for this role, please follow our online application process and submit a CV and cover letter.
Closing date for applications: 3rd August 2026 at 12noon
DC Thomson is a family-owned business headquartered in Scotland, with a presence in London and across the globe. A 200-year-old company that is purpose led and future focused. And our purpose is clear: to champion, entertain and bring together our communities.
We are home to some of the UK’s best loved media brands that have been the voice of our communities for generations – from the iconic Beano, Stylist and People’s Friend to the UK’s biggest puzzle brand Puzzler and a portfolio of regional newspapers and radio stations including two of the top three best-selling regional dailies in the UK - The Press and Journal and The Courier. We have a thriving genealogy community (Findmypast), a trusted technology solutions business (Brightsolid) and a global marketing agency (Fifth Ring). From our long-established media brand, Energy Voice, an influential authority in the global energy conversation, we launched E-FWD, a membership organisation where the industry’s forward thinkers are coming together to drive the movement to secure, clean energy.
We have the influence and ambition to make a real difference towards tackling the critical issues of our time. Assets and knowledge built over decades of supporting high growth, innovative businesses allow us to make bold, long-term visionary decisions. DC Thomson is backing businesses that are making an impact in energy transition, water technology, the circular economy and food security amongst others.
Philanthropy and supporting the communities we live and work in is part of DC Thomson’s DNA, both through our brands and the Thomson family trust – The Northwood Charitable Trust.
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