Editorial director, Blink, commercial non-fiction

Closing date for applications: 31st July 2025

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 per annum, depending on experience

Location: 5th Floor, HYLO, 105 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8LZ

Reporting to: Publishing Director, Blink

Working pattern: Hybrid - minimum of two days per week in the office; up to three days per week working from home

Department: Editorial

Imprint: Blink

Are you a publishing leader with an eye for spotting emerging trends and the next big thing in non-fiction? Take your deep editorial expertise and interest in popular culture, podcasts, celebrity and social media to this role with imprint Blink.

Do you have hands-on publishing experience and a proven track record of success? If so, then we’d love you to join our team of commercially-minded and self-starting publishers to help lead our commercial non-fiction imprint, Blink, here at Bonnier Books UK. Blink is seeking a creative, experienced and well-connected Editorial Director to join its market-leading non-fiction team. The successful candidate will report into the Publishing Director.

This is an incredible opportunity to become part of our fast-moving, open, friendly, and highly successful publishing team acquiring and publishing general non-fiction on a small and focused list that has featured bestselling books from authors like Freddie Flintoff, Lily Allen, Boy George, Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer and Professor Steve Peters, among many others. As Editorial Director of Blink, you will take your knowledge of commercial non-fiction and bring it to bear, acquiring 10-15 new titles a year in a broad range of commercial non-fiction – including celebrity autobiography, sport, film/TV, gift and humour, popular history and memoir. You will already have excellent contacts with a wide range of agents, authors, ghostwriters and talent managers, and a proven track record in publishing successful, bestselling titles in the categories above.

Most importantly, you will have a high market awareness and a strong sense of initiative. Our preferred candidate will have proven themselves to be a consistently good publisher with an eye for trends and the ability to publish books that combine commercial subjects with high-quality writing. You are likely to already have several bestsellers under your belt. This role will suit candidates who are used to working in fast-paced and exciting environments, who are excellent communicators and strong team players, who are full of ideas and love to drive them through to fruition. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

Key responsibilities

• Acquiring, editing and publishing 10-15 titles a year that support the vision and ethos of Blink in line with commissioning criteria
• Full management of all parts of the publishing process: contract negotiations; structural editing; first-class creative oversight; liaising with authors and in-house editorial, design, production, sales and wider comms teams to deliver highly effective and best-in-class publishing
• Reporting into the non-fiction Publishing Director, you will provide leadership across Bonnier’s commercial non-fiction. Working alongside our non-fiction editorial team and the wider business you will have significant input in list strategy, branding and awareness.
• Maintain a strong eye on new market trends across home and international markets, and identify key opportunities

Knowledge, skills and experience

• A proven track record of demonstrable commissioning experience
• Excellent contacts
• Negotiating experience
• Self-motivated with the ability to manage and prioritise a varied workload to meet multiple deadlines

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.