Assistant editor, The World Atlas of Wine, Octopus

Closing date: 4th April 2025

Salary: £30,000 per annum dependent on experience (+bonus +benefits)

Location: 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.

Passionate about books and wine? This role has the perfect blend...

Octopus publish books for everyone. We love to enlighten, nourish, entertain and most of all inspire readers and listeners everywhere. Octopus is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 11 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds.

As Assistant Editor, The World Atlas of Wine 9th Edition, you will have a unique opportunity to help create the ninth edition of the world’s most famous wine reference book, assisting the Managing Editor with updating the text, maps, and photographs.

Responsibilities

The role reports to the Managing Editor for The World Atlas of Wine and the duties include:

• Taking in text corrections in the InDesign files
• Tracking text changes in the Word documents for co-edition partners
• Checking the maps at all stages, and locating and marking-up the locations of wineries and vineyards on pdfs of the maps
• Keeping the map and text tracker documents up-to-date
• Assisting with photo research and other research projects

Who we are looking for

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience working with Excel and Word is essential
• Experience working with Indesign and Adobe Acrobat is strongly advantageous
• Some publishing experience is required, ideally in illustrated books
• Excellent attention to detail and strong editorial skills
• Knowledge of/interest in wine is helpful but not essential
• Good organisation and communication skills and the ability to use own initiative

What we offer

Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:

• 28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• Generous pension schemes
• Rent deposit loans
• 2 community days per year
• Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
• Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Eye care vouchers
• Wide-ranging training library
• Development programmes (including mentoring)
• Up to 70% off book purchases
• A charity bookshelf
• 12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks
• Season ticket loans
• And much more!

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

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