Production assistant (5 month FTC)

Closing date: 29th November 2024

Salary: £27,000 based in London pro-rata; £24,480 based outside of London pro-rata (+benefits)

Hours: This role will be part-time (roughly 26 hours per week).

Location: This role can be based at our London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Sheffield or Manchester offices.

Support book production processes at a leading publishing division.

At Orion, we believe every story matters. Open, agile, passionate and innovative, our mission is to bring the best publishing to the greatest variety of people. Ambitious to continually raise the bar, we believe good stories can come from anywhere and so encourage and value contributions from everybody here.

Orion is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 12 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

• You will undertake a range of production tasks, including but not limited to control of 2nd format mono production projects.
• You will carry out tasks that support our print-on-demand and automatic stock replenishment programmes.

Who we are looking for

• We are looking for bright, organised candidates who will relish the opportunity to make an important and concentrated contribution to Orion's publishing programme.
• We are looking for at least some grounding in print publishing, though more important is the skillset of being organised, responsible and demonstrable attention to detail. 

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)
• 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.