Publishing operations assistant

Salary: £25,900 p.a.

Location: This full-time role is based in our Edinburgh office with the option for hybrid working once training is complete.

Work across publishing operations, helping prepare books for publication and keeping key production processes running smoothly.

Canongate Books is one of the UK’s leading independent publishers: B Corp certified and shortlisted for both Publisher of the Year and Independent Publisher of the Year at this year’s British Book Awards.

We’re looking for a highly organised and detail-oriented Publishing Operations Assistant to join our team. Reporting to the Head of Editorial Management, the successful candidate will play a key supporting role in the smooth running of our publishing operations processes.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Preparing books for publication, including checking corrections, collating and typing queries and liaising with authors on outstanding and reprint corrections.
• Supporting permissions work, including assisting with clearing text and image permissions.
• Maintaining accurate Biblio records and data
• Raising purchase orders in Sage and Biblio to enable invoice payment.
• Proofreading and checking proofs, jackets, marketing materials and rights guides as required.
• Typesetting bound proofs as and when required.
• Licensing jacket artwork to offsetting publishers, raising SOs and logging deals on Biblio.
• Handling incoming permissions requests via PLS and email.
• Providing ad hoc administrative support across publishing operations.

Who we are looking for

This role would suit someone proactive and detail-oriented who enjoys variety and takes pride in keeping things accurate and on track. You’ll be involved in many areas of publishing operations, from preparing books for press and clearing permissions, to maintaining our bibliographic data and handling licensing administration. If you’re comfortable managing multiple tasks and working collaboratively, we’d love to hear from you.

We also offer a wide range of benefits: Employee Benefits (canongate.co.uk)

To apply, please send your CV (including contact details for two references) and a covering letter to Vicki Rutherford, Head of Editorial Management, detailing why you feel you are suitable for this role.

Canongate is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. If you don’t meet every requirement listed but believe you have the skills and experience to thrive in this role, we still want to hear from you.

We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We value potential as much as proven experience, and are happy to provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive we are unable to respond to everyone. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date then unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for the position.

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.