Editor (15 month FTC)

Closing date: 16th March 2025

Salary: £30,000-33,000 dependent on experience (+bonus +benefits)

Contract: This is a 15-month, fixed-term contract.

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.

Octopus Publishing Group are looking for an enthusiastic and conscientious editor to work full-time on a fixed-term 15-month contract.

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.

The role will involve working on a wide range of non-fiction illustrated and mono titles, in subject areas including food, drink, gardening, health, MBS, craft, design, sport, general reference and popular science. This role would suit an assistant editor or someone with extensive editorial assistant experience who has started to manage their own projects and who is looking to take the next step.

What you'll be doing

• The successful candidate will work directly with the commissioning editors and authors, overseeing schedules and managing all stages of the editorial process under supervision, from manuscript stage to finished books.
• You will be able to produce high-quality, accurate work both independently and as part of a team.

Who we are looking for

• The ideal candidate will have proven editorial experience, and be familiar with illustrated 4-colour non-fiction publishing.
• Fluency in using InDesign is essential.
• Experience in managing your own projects would be preferable.

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)
• 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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