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Opportunity information

Salary £21749 per year
Duration 15 months
Advert closing date 09/03/2023

Description

Simon & Schuster are looking for an enthusiastic apprentice with a keen interest in starting a career in the publishing industry to join their thriving Adult Fiction team. This is an exciting opportunity to get your first taste of the Publishing Industry and a chance to learn about how an independent publishing house operates.

• General admin tasks including using systems, printing, photocopying and mailings
• Providing editorial and administrative support and overseeing the smooth and timely publication of the titles on the list
• Assisting with organisation of book launches
• Attending meetings
• Overall support for the smooth running of the Fiction team
• Author support such as gifts and contractual copies
• Providing administrative support including diary management
• Generating and maintaining editorial data on our internal systems
• Ensuring books get to copyeditors, proof-readers, typesetters and authors on time
• Being a key point of contact between sales, marketing, publicity, art and editorial
• Processing and managing invoices
• Liaising with freelancers, generating and processing related paperwork
• Assisting with writing copy and briefing covers
• Creating/updating/checking our AIs
• Preparing prelims, end-matter and corrections for paperbacks/reprints/new editions
• Collating proof-readers’ and authors’ proof corrections when required
• General editorial research (looking up Nielsen Bookscan figures etc)
• Reading and reporting on submissions
• Regularly communicating with authors and their agents
• Contributing ideas for backlist reinvigoration
• Monitoring titles online and updating metadata

Entry requirements

• You’ll need to attend an online Zoom screening interview with our Talent Team (don’t worry, we’re a friendly bunch!) and pass initial assessments in Maths and English.
• You will need to be within a commutable distance to the office location listed.

Training to be provided

To meet the requirements of the Level 3 Publishing Assistant apprenticeship programme you will need to spend 6 hours a week of your time undertaking off-the-job learning, which will include:

• Formal training, including online learning and internal learning events
• 1-2-1s with your coach and line manager
• Observing and shadowing colleagues
• Writing up learning reflections for your portfolio

Things to consider

Skills required

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Future prospects

Full-time employment within the Simon & Schuster team.

London, Greater London, England, WC1X 8HB