Editorial assistant

Closing date: 17th April 2025

Salary: £27,000 based in London; £24,840 based outside of London (+bonus +benefits)

Location: The role will be based at our Sheffield or London office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.

Do you have a passion for gift and illustrated books? Would you thrive on the challenges and relish the opportunities when supporting the OH editorial team?

Part of Welbeck, within Headline at Hachette UK, OH has a mission to publish beautiful gift books that find a passionate and diverse audience all around the world. We create illustrated titles covering a multitude of subjects including food, drink, fashion, lifestyle, music, film and sport. We work with brands from Shakespeare’s Globe to Kew Gardens, expert authors and a wide range of freelance writers and photographers. Headline is a division of Hachette UK, and home to the very best of commercial publishing, with authors including Maggie O’Farrell, Matthew Perry, Matthew McConaughey and Oasis.

“OH is a buzzing imprint where everyone has a voice – you can channel your creativity and at the same time become integral to the team. Not only do we get to make beautiful books that entertain, engage and inspire, but we get to work with the most talented people in the industry. What’s not to love?”

Heather Boisseau, Editorial Director

“I know it’s a cliché, but no two days at Welbeck are the same, with such a unique range of titles on all the subjects we love, like music, fashion, sport and cookery. It’s this variety of titles that make it such a fantastic place to work, with the challenge of shaping the books to appeal to our stylish readers.”

James Empringham, Art Director

What you'll be doing

OH is looking for an enthusiastic, organised and enterprising individual to assist in the smooth running of the publishing programme across our lifestyle imprint and our popular ‘Little Books’ series. The successful candidate will provide administrative and editorial support to senior colleagues in the acquisition and creation of new illustrated titles. This is an exciting chance to join a team that makes beautiful and successful gift books sold around the world! If you’re someone with publishing experience or the desire and drive to break into this exciting industry, then we’d love to hear from you.

Who we are looking for

• This is a key role for someone looking to move into, or progress within, illustrated book publishing.
• They will need to be flexible, creative, have excellent attention to detail, and the ability to assist with all aspects of administration, co-ordination and driving of the OH publishing programme.

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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