Editorial operations assistant

Closing date: 20th April 2025

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

Location: Sheffield, London

Contract: Permanent

Looking to start your publishing career with a detail-focused, supportive role at the heart of a major publishing house? Join Hodder & Stoughton as an editorial operations assistant and help keep our titles running smoothly behind the scenes.

With over 150 years of ground-breaking publishing from book lovers, original thinkers and market leaders, our unwavering mission has been to publish the most compelling voices in every genre. We continue to find new ground, new audiences and new voices with every title we publish. We are passionate readers and believe in the power of words to change lives.

Hodder & Stoughton 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.

What you'll be doing

The Editorial Operations Assistant is responsible for setting up titles and contract details on our Bibliographic system (Biblio Suite) and running regular checks on metadata for all Hodder & Stoughton imprints, ensuring that information is complete, correct and timely. They will also provide administrative support for cross-departmental processes, including reporting, minute taking and data cleansing.

Who we are looking for

• We are looking for someone who is organised, accurate and calm under pressure.
• They must be a good communicator, problem solver, and someone who can juggle multiple priorities.
• The ideal candidate will also have good Excel skills, and previous experience of data input in an administrative role would be an advantage.
• Previous experience in the publishing industry is not necessary.

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!

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.

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

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.