You need to focus on finding a sales job in the UK; ideally with a multi-national for max future flexibility and go from there.
A few other points:
1. You have zero sales experience. How do you know if you like and/or are even good at sales? You need to test the waters with the least amount of risk FIRST before doing anything else. Even if you are good at, you might not like it as a way to make money long-term.
2. B2B sales (the jobs with 100k+ base pays with possible commissions in the 7 figures) is a highly competitive and highly volatile field to be in even if you're really good at sales, are a US citizen, and are working with a good company. You can be the best sales guy on the planet but you don't have any control if your company has bad marketing, bad management, bad product, bad timing etc, etc. Didn't make your number? You're looking for a new job. Made your number and the company sucks for other reasons? You're looking for a new job.
You don't want any visa/right to stay in the US drama tied to a sales job unless you've got a big war chest to live off of. Dangerous game otherwise and I doubt most companies would go for it. Maybe a superstar sales guy. Not the new guy. Not a chance.
3. There are plenty of companies that have both US and UK sales operations. Not all are large big corporations either; many have less than 500 employees and are very accessible if you hustle. The big companies are accessible as well but you might have to work through more layers to get to where you want to go.
4. In the UK, at least if you're unemployed you've got NHS and better unemployment compensation/social welfare to fall back on in between jobs. You have also have more extensive workers rights/vacation time.
US? You can be laid off with no notice for pretty much any reason and at best, you might get up to 6 months of unemployment if you qualify (you get nothing if fired for cause and/or you quit voluntarily) at a value $900-1600 a month (poverty wage in the US) while also having the state government up your ass to do bullshit interviews for low-wage garbage jobs. Have a medical issue? You're fucked unless you're got cash on hand to buy near-worthless hugely overpriced health insurance on the Obamacare exchanges (like 400-500/month premiums with 5k+ deductibles and so effectively, you have to spend at a minimum $5,500+ before any insurance monies kick in).
5 and final BIG point: If you're not willing to hustle to get an interview (meaning, prospecting hiring managers via cold calling, LinkedIn, e-mail, hand-written letters, walking into businesses, etc), then you're not a good fit for sales; especially high level sales jobs. The vast majority of people doing the actual hiring don't give a shit about your degree, your non-sales background (unless your experience has led to useful contacts/industry knowledge), or what you're doing now. Can you close a deal or not? That's ALL that matters.
A few other points:
1. You have zero sales experience. How do you know if you like and/or are even good at sales? You need to test the waters with the least amount of risk FIRST before doing anything else. Even if you are good at, you might not like it as a way to make money long-term.
2. B2B sales (the jobs with 100k+ base pays with possible commissions in the 7 figures) is a highly competitive and highly volatile field to be in even if you're really good at sales, are a US citizen, and are working with a good company. You can be the best sales guy on the planet but you don't have any control if your company has bad marketing, bad management, bad product, bad timing etc, etc. Didn't make your number? You're looking for a new job. Made your number and the company sucks for other reasons? You're looking for a new job.
You don't want any visa/right to stay in the US drama tied to a sales job unless you've got a big war chest to live off of. Dangerous game otherwise and I doubt most companies would go for it. Maybe a superstar sales guy. Not the new guy. Not a chance.
3. There are plenty of companies that have both US and UK sales operations. Not all are large big corporations either; many have less than 500 employees and are very accessible if you hustle. The big companies are accessible as well but you might have to work through more layers to get to where you want to go.
4. In the UK, at least if you're unemployed you've got NHS and better unemployment compensation/social welfare to fall back on in between jobs. You have also have more extensive workers rights/vacation time.
US? You can be laid off with no notice for pretty much any reason and at best, you might get up to 6 months of unemployment if you qualify (you get nothing if fired for cause and/or you quit voluntarily) at a value $900-1600 a month (poverty wage in the US) while also having the state government up your ass to do bullshit interviews for low-wage garbage jobs. Have a medical issue? You're fucked unless you're got cash on hand to buy near-worthless hugely overpriced health insurance on the Obamacare exchanges (like 400-500/month premiums with 5k+ deductibles and so effectively, you have to spend at a minimum $5,500+ before any insurance monies kick in).
5 and final BIG point: If you're not willing to hustle to get an interview (meaning, prospecting hiring managers via cold calling, LinkedIn, e-mail, hand-written letters, walking into businesses, etc), then you're not a good fit for sales; especially high level sales jobs. The vast majority of people doing the actual hiring don't give a shit about your degree, your non-sales background (unless your experience has led to useful contacts/industry knowledge), or what you're doing now. Can you close a deal or not? That's ALL that matters.