Production assistant

Closing date: 17th February 2025

Salary: £27,000 per annum (+bonus +benefits)

Location: The role will be based at our London office, Carmelite House, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.

Want to learn more about production processes in the publishing industry?

Little, Brown's identity is personified by our innovative, dynamic and free-thinking people. Across our thirteen imprints, you won't find a wider range of titles anywhere in UK publishing. We pride ourselves on quality and diversity. A repeat recipient of the Publisher of the Year award, we're one of the most successful and dynamic publishers in the UK.

Little, Brown 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.

This is a great opportunity for someone to learn the basics of Production within an open-plan and friendly but demanding office environment.

What you'll be doing

You will maintain our publishing programme, which means you will:

• Learn a broad-based knowledge of typesetting and the printing process.
• Help with our substantial reprint lists and Print on Demand programme by checking specs and costs and raising purchase orders on our Biblio system.
• Look after e-book corrections for our backlist.
• Update existing systems and archives.
• Produce reports, specifically in Excel.
• Support the team with everyday administrative duties.
• Represent Production at meetings to track and share information on the progress of projects.
• Carry out checks on our books to ensure high quality standards are met.

Who we are looking for

We are looking for a candidate who is:

• Organised, efficient and dependable.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office package, especially Excel.
• A natural communicator – confident in building strong relationships with colleagues, suppliers and other stakeholders.
• Capable of working in a busy team environment where you are encouraged to work collaboratively.
• Highly organised with the ability to prioritise workload, multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Meticulous about detail and able to complete tasking with thoroughness, accuracy and consistency.

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!

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

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