Assistant Editor London, England
Job description
What you’ll be doing
The position offers the opportunity to desk-edit and support commissioning editors across a high-volume and profitable list. It will also involve writing copy, cover briefs, metadata, checking covers and completing sales sheets, and is a good position for someone passionate about commercial fiction, who is looking for their next step up.
Who we are looking for
The ideal candidate should be highly organised, efficient, proactive, digitally savvy and able to work as part of a large team, with excellent administrative and IT skills (Windows and Excel). A true passion for reading commercial fiction and genre fiction, particularly romance fiction, and impeccable spelling and grammar are essential, as well as a meticulous eye for detail, good communication skills and the ability to manage their time, prioritise and work well under pressure. We are looking for candidates with a proven track record of desk editing/project managing multiple titles.
What we offer
Our staff are our greatest asset and our benefits reflect this. In addition to 28 days annual leave days per year + bank holidays, we have an extensive list of benefits that include: a wide-ranging training library, development programmes including mentoring, Cycle to Work vouchers, Private Medical Insurance, eye care vouchers, up to 70% off book purchases, a charity book shelf, 2 community days per year, many employee networks to join, summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months!), season ticket loans, rent deposit loans, generous pension schemes and much more!
This role can be based at our London office, or at any of our new regional offices in Edinburgh, Newcastle, or Sheffield, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week, but will likely involve some travel to London for major meetings.
Our Commitment
Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.
If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.
The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org
Who we are and what we do
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Editor to work on a commercial fiction imprint at Little, Brown: the Piatkus Fiction imprint, which publishes women’s fiction and romance authors such as Nora Roberts, Julia Quinn, Sally Thorne and Ana Huang.
