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Closing date: 3rd March 2025Salary: £34,500 - £38,500 dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)Location: The role will be based at our London, Sheffield, Bristol, Edinburgh, Manchester, or Newcastle office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.&nbsp;Quercus has a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our brilliant Production team.&nbsp;Quercus is a dynamic, award-winning publisher. Known as a hit-maker that regularly finds books that surprise and delight readers, we are international in our outlook and publish an exciting and diverse range of authors. From established bestsellers to new voices, what draws our publishing together is the magic ‘quirk' in Quercus: independence, flair, warmth and creativity.&nbsp;Quercus 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.&nbsp;What you'll be doing<ul><li>As a Senior Production Controller, you will take the lead on a variety of titles, mostly mono fiction and non-fiction, with some special editions and colour books.</li><li>You will project-manage all editions, print and digital, to ensure they are delivered on time, within budget and look fabulous, to enable Quercus to fulfil their ambitious publishing programme.</li><li>You will work closely and collaboratively with internal teams across Editorial, Design, Sales, Inventory, Marketing and Publicity, as well as external suppliers, to identify and implement creative solutions for manufacturing, cost, and scheduling challenges.</li></ul>This is an interesting, varied and creative role which offers the opportunity to work on a wide range of books in a friendly, inclusive and experienced team.&nbsp;Who we are looking for<ul><li>The successful candidate will be highly organised and be able to prioritise multiple tasks.</li><li>You will be enthusiastic and curious to learn, and have a can-do attitude and a keen eye for detail.&nbsp;</li><li>A proactive team player who is also able to work independently, you will be able to demonstrate good commercial awareness and solid problem-solving skills.</li></ul>&nbsp;What we offerOur staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:<ul><li>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)</li><li>Private medical insurance</li><li>Generous pension schemes</li><li>Rent deposit loans</li><li>2 community days per year</li><li>Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)</li><li>Retail discounts through Hachette rewards</li><li>Cycle to Work scheme</li><li>Eye care vouchers</li><li>Wide-ranging training library</li><li>Development programmes (including mentoring)</li><li>Up to 70% off book purchases</li><li>A charity bookshelf</li><li>12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including&nbsp;Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing&nbsp;and religious networks</li><li>Season ticket loans</li><li>And much more!</li></ul>&nbsp;Our commitmentHachette 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&nbsp;<a href="http://www.booktradeentrysupport.org/" target="_blank">www.booktradeentrysupport.org</a>Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Carmelite House

Hachette UK

Senior production controller

Salary: £28,000 - £35,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insightsContract type: Various - Fixed term and Freelance PAYELocation: BristolWorking pattern: This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working.Interviews: Expected to be held in-person week beginning 10th or 17th March 2025&nbsp;Are you a storyteller with a love for wildlife? Bring your expertise to the BBC Studios NHU team!BBC Studios Natural History Unit (NHU) is the best-known producer of natural history content in the world - responsible for some of the most successful factual content of the past 10 years. With pioneering technology, unprecedented access, and innovative storytelling, we inspire audiences across the globe. &nbsp;Our output includes everything from breathtaking landmarks (The Green Planet; Seven Worlds, One Planet; Dynasties; Blue Planet II; Planet Earth III), returning series (Big Cat 24/7), kids content (Andy’s Adventures and Deadly) and technically challenging live shows (Springwatch; Blue Planet Live), to Prehistoric Planet - the ground-breaking AppleTV+ Original, The Americas for NBCU, and Ocean Xplorers for National Geographic Disney+. &nbsp;&nbsp;Programmes made by the NHU denote quality, originality, factual integrity and world-class storytelling. &nbsp;BBC Studios NHU is looking for a number of experienced and enthusiastic researchers to become part of a pool to be appointed as and when work starts on any new projects within the Unit.&nbsp;About the role<ul><li>Researchers will need to be highly creative and organised with good storytelling skills.&nbsp;</li><li>They will have the ability to take an innovative, ambitious and imaginative approach to developing outstanding content ideas.&nbsp;</li><li>As well as researching and setting up stories and shoots, they will be a good team player offering practical support to the Producers and Assistant Producers throughout the series including pre-production; location and/or studio filming; and post-production.&nbsp;</li><li>They would also be expected to have great contacts in the field and experience of working with scientists.</li></ul>&nbsp;Knowledge, skills and experienceEssential<ul><li>You should be able to demonstrate a passion for wildlife and have experience working on behaviour-led, presenter-led or children's natural history for a mainstream audience.</li><li>You'll need to be able to find new and emotionally engaging behavioural stories for television and be a good team player, working collaboratively but with the confidence to work independently as well.</li><li>Excellent organisation and communication skills are essential, with an ability to build relationships with a variety of people from different backgrounds - including scientists, park rangers, trackers and fixers.</li><li>You'll have experience in setting up international or UK filming shoots, liasing with on screen talent and a good understanding of new technology.</li></ul>Desirable<ul><li>A specialist knowledge and experience of working in challenging environments.</li><li>Experience of working on behavioural shoots on location.&nbsp;</li></ul>&nbsp;Life at BBC StudiosWe don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours <a href="https://performancemanager.successfactors.eu/S001190811T2/Our_BBC_Values.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce, that represents the audiences we serve, and encourages applications from candidates from&nbsp;any background, especially people from diverse communities. Equity of opportunity is important to us, and we endeavour to make our processes equal, fair and meritocratic for everybody. More information on our D&amp;I plan can be found <a href="https://www.bbcstudios.com/media/4497/bbc-studios-diversity-and-inculsion-plan-2021-2024.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group’s science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found <a href="https://www.bbcstudios.com/people-culture/sustainability/" target="_blank">here</a>.As a Level 2 Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. If you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please contact us on <a href="mailto:reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk" target="_blank">reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk</a>&nbsp;What will you gain from working at BBC Studios?<ul><li>We offer a competitive salary package</li><li>Flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance</li><li>Parental leave for new parents, regardless of gender, of up to a year with 18 weeks fully paid</li><li>26 days holiday (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days</li><li>A defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more</li><li>A comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP)</li><li>Excellent career progression – access to courses, webinars, workshops and the opportunity to work in different areas of the organisation</li></ul>&nbsp;Please note: Joining our Researcher Talent Pool will enable you to be offered work as and when opportunities arise. Appointment to the pool will not entitle candidates to permanent contracts in the BBC, those will have to be applied for in the normal way, and neither does it guarantee work.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

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