Managing editorial assistant - Vintage (FTC to August 2025)

Closing date: 21st January 2025

Salary: £27,500 plus benefits

Are you organised, proactive, and looking to land a role in publishing?

With a catalogue of over 6,000 titles, Vintage publishes some of the world’s most thought-provoking, unforgettable, beautifully designed books – from contemporary trailblazers to our red spine Vintage Classics. Our broad family of authors ranges from world-class prize-winners to emerging talent, including Toni Morrison, Margaret Atwood, Jo Nesbo, Afua Hirsch, Rukmini Iyer, Ocean Vuong and Ian McEwan.

What you'll do

• Attending weekly progress meetings and maintaining the department diary, ensuring this is kept up to date.
• Recording and monitoring the progress of titles against the critical path, communicating key dates to the relevant parties and chasing progress.
• Circulating all cover proofs and ensuring they are reviewed promptly.
• Proofreading covers and marketing materials.
• Coding invoices, recording costs and organising posting for the team.
• Preparing prelims for a number of paperback editions.

What you’ll bring

• Excellent organisation skills to keep books on schedule.
• Ability to be both proactive and reactive, anticipating problems and intercepting them as they arise.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to work closely with colleagues and external contacts, including authors.
• Use of diplomacy and tact to follow up on deadlines.
• Impeccable attention to detail and accuracy.
• Stellar proofreading skills.

Disability Confident

If you have opted in to our disability confident scheme, below are the essential criteria you must meet to be considered. Please note, there may be occasions where the volume of applicants means we can’t take all eligible candidates to interview.

• Demonstrable interest in Publishing and/or Managing Editorial and/or Vintage.
• Proven written ability showcased through your application.
• Experience/knowledge of MS Office Excel/Word/Outlook.
• Demonstrable understanding of managing multiple stakeholders at varying seniorities.
• Demonstrable communication skills.

Application instructions

Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on Tuesday 21st January.

• Please ensure you include a cover letter, as it is a crucial part of our assessment process. The cover letter offers an opportunity to show how your experience and interests align with the role requirements. Typically, we expect the cover letter to be no more than one page in length.
• As part of your cover letter, give us an example of a project you’ve organised and made happen, from conception through to delivery (in no more than 250 words).
• If selected to interview, you will be asked to complete a short proofreading test.

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

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.