Editorial assistant

Closing date: 8th September 2025

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

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

Do you have a love of gift and illustrated books? Would you thrive on the challenges and relish the opportunities when supporting the Welbeck editorial team?

Part of Headline at Hachette UK, Welbeck Illustrated has a mission to publish beautiful books that find a passionate audience all around the world. We create illustrated titles that are published in more than 30 languages and 60 countries, covering lifestyle, food, drink, fashion, music, film, sport and more. We work with brands from Chanel to Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, the Guardian to FIFA, and with expert authors from botanists to mixologists. Our recent publications include New York Times bestseller Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs, the Little Books of Fashion series and Sunday Times bestseller Formula One 2025.

What you'll be doing

The editorial assistant at Welbeck Illustrated supports the commissioning team day-to-day with both administrative and editorial tasks. The role covers close involvement in all administrative and editorial activities leading to the successful publication across all illustrated non-fiction titles, including but not limited to:

• managing editorial processes,
• providing administrative support to the team,
• publishing programme maintenance,
• metadata and keyword entry,
• managing reprint processes,
• liaising with authors and freelancers on frontlist projects,
• liaising with internal and external colleagues,
• taking in corrections on InDesign files and checking plotters,
• organising and minuting meetings,
• contributing to ideas meetings,
• managing TIs,
• processing purchase orders and invoices,
• researching sales statistics and market trends,
• and drafting freelance contracts.

Who we are looking for

• At Welbeck Illustrated we are looking for an efficient, adaptable candidate who is full of excitement for the beautiful and bestselling books we create.
• The successful candidate will provide administrative and editorial support to senior colleagues working across a range of illustrated non-fiction books, from cookery and sport to fashion and photography.
• The ideal role for someone with fantastic organisational and communication skills, either with previous publishing experience or looking to break into the industry.
• We would love to hear from candidates who can demonstrate their attention to detail, creative thinking and love of the written word.

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
• Dental 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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