Editorial assistant, Aria - Head of Zeus

Closing date: 7th November 2025

Salary: £27,000 per annum

Contract type: The role is a full-time, permanent position.

Reporting to: Editorial director of Aria

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a detail oriented and highly organised editorial assistant to join Head of Zeus.

The candidate will work across genres on a wide range of titles and provide administrative assistance across the fiction department. An interest in genre fiction is essential, and a general understanding of the eBook/commercial market would be useful.

You will work closely with a publishing director and editorial director and one assistant editor on all aspects of Aria’s and Head of Zeus’s commercial fiction publishing.

Responsibilities

To assist with the day-to-day running of the imprint and provide support across fiction imprints:

• Creating/checking AI’s (Advance Information sheets) and new entries for acquisitions
• Updating keywords/metadata and reviewing Amazon copy
• Ensuring Biblio entries for all titles are up-to-date and feeding out correctly
• Maintaining digital and print schedules and critical path for Aria titles
• Preparing and checking catalogue copy

To assist Aria publisher and editorial director with editorial management of books:

• Liaising with authors and production department from copyedit stage onwards
• Liaising between production dept and editors to ensure deadlines are met and that books are typeset as per critical path
• Proof collation and checking corrections on pages
• Providing information for prelims
• Proofreading and signing off prelims for print
• Proofreading cover
• Adhoc tasks as required

Communicating with authors:

• Notifying authors and agents of digital promotions
• Sharing sales figures
• Ordering gratis/contract copies from warehouse for authors and agents
• General support with author visits/author meetings

Knowledge, skills and experience

• A demonstrable passion for commercial publishing is essential; the successful candidate will have real market awareness and be able to talk about books in the market
• Ability to work efficiently and prioritise tasks as they come in
• Excellent communication and time management skills
• Top notch project management skills, good organisation and meticulous attention to detail
• A positive and collaborative approach to working

Additional information

The role is based at our London office 5-8 Hardwick Street, London EC1R 4RG on a hybrid working pattern of 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred).

As an assistant role, this position is eligible for Bloomsbury’s Rental Deposit Loan Scheme. To assist candidates who want to start and to establish a career in publishing, Bloomsbury offers an interest-free rental deposit to support securing somewhere to live. The rental deposit loan can be up to £3,000 and will be paid back over 2 years.

To apply

Please apply with a CV (Word or PDF format only) and answer the application questions via the ‘APPLY NOW’ button on our website detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by 23:59 on Friday 7th of November 2025.

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Bloomsbury reserve the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

Bloomsbury is a place where anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability, or socio-economic status can thrive, feel comfortable, and be heard and accepted. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required.

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