Editorial Assistant London, England
Job description
What you’ll be doing
You will be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of administrative and editorial processes on our lists, as well as assisting the wider team. You will be in charge of reprints for our extensive backlist and will check all of our ebooks. You will organise and minute meetings, update metadata, process invoices and assist on creating pitches and presentations. You will liaise with authors, agents and licensors and will be responsible for mailing out contractual copies and gratis orders. You will assist editors with market research and will be responsible for gathering data for regular trends reports. You will be expected to master the publishing systems and the editorial and production processes that go into making a finished book.
Who we are looking for
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and energetic assistant who is just as comfortable with completing administrative tasks as they are with contributing to creative brainstorms. The successful candidate will be organised, efficient, dependable and proactive, with the ability to problem solve, communicate effectively and prioritise multiple tasks.
Previous publishing experience is not required, but applicants must have excellent spelling and grammar and a sharp eye for detail, as well as a keen understanding of the children’s books market. We value imagination, ambition and collaboration, and are looking for somebody who is eager to grow their skillset.
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!
The role will be based at our London office, Carmelite House, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.
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
Hachette Children’s Group, a division of Hachette UK, publishes a huge range of books for children and young people. Our stable of talent includes Cressida Cowell, Leigh Bardugo, Matthew Syed, Patrice Lawrence, Dr Ranj Singh, Juno Dawson, Dermot O’Leary, Rosie Jones, Onjali Q. Raúf, Lauren Child, Tim Peake, Alex T Smith, Alice Oseman, Benjamin Zephaniah, Rachel Bright, Kes Gray and Jim Field, to name just a few.
Hachette Children’s Group is also home to the enduring and exciting books of Enid Blyton, including new extension titles alongside the classics. Enid Blyton is one of the world’s bestselling children’s authors. Sales of her books are in excess of 500 million copies, and they have been translated into over 40 languages. Enid Blyton Entertainment (EBE) is fully owned by HCG, making us both publisher and licensor of the Blyton brand. While safeguarding the legacy of her extraordinary stories, we make the most of the huge scope for activity in every area, across the world.
HCG has an excellent track record in building licensed properties into stellar publishing successes and we work with a range of top licensors including Universal / Illumination, DHX and the BBC. We aim to build long term partnerships as well as tapping into emerging trends, and we create bespoke publishing programmes for each brand in our portfolio. We publish for all age groups from 3 – 11 in a wide range of formats including picture books, activity, novelty, fiction and non-fiction. We are also the market leaders in series fiction, publishing established favourites such as Rainbow Magic and Beast Quest, as well as creating exciting new brands and series for young readers.
