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Closing date for applications: 3 July 2025Salary: £24,840 (+bonus +benefits)&nbsp;Kickstart your publishing journey and join Quercus as an editorial assistant.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 doingThe role will involve a combination of:<ul><li>Proof reading, checking permissions</li><li>Researching and helping to make plate sections</li><li>Working on advance sales materials, creating keywords, writing copy, writing metadata</li><li>Taking minutes at meetings, including editorial meetings</li><li>Writing cover briefs and completing TIs (under supervision)</li><li>Collating proofs, checking copy-edits</li><li>Organising meetings and travel where needed</li><li>Liaising with internal/external contacts to ensure adherence to critical path</li><li>Managing purchase orders and payments</li><li>Writing copy, checking proofs, checking ebooks</li><li>Maintaining submissions log</li><li>Liaising with authors and agents, with guidance</li><li>Processing expenses as required</li><li>Managing purchase orders and payments and delivery advances</li></ul> &nbsp;Who we are looking forWe are looking for someone with:<ul><li>A meticulous eye for detail</li><li>Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team</li><li>A pro-active, problem-solving attitude</li><li>Coolness under pressure</li><li>An interest in commercial non-fiction</li><li>Knowledge of, or aptitude for, relevant applications/systems</li><li>Personal organization</li><li>Excellent standard of written and spoken English</li><li>Ability to communicate and build positive working relationship with contacts at all levels</li><li>An opinion on what makes a great book</li><li>Adaptability</li></ul>Experience:<ul><li>Work or other experience demonstrating reliability and adaptability, not necessarily in publishing</li></ul> 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>Dental 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>The role will be based at our Manchester or Sheffield office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week. &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 include in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Carmelite House

Hachette UK

Editorial assistant, Non-Fiction

Closing date: 7th July 2025Salary: £50,000 - £65,000 dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)Location: This role can be based at our London, Sheffield or Bristol office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week. Are you an experienced and commercially focused editor of expert-led / literary non-fiction with a strong network of industry contacts?Hodder Press is the home of authoritative narrative non-fiction at Hodder &amp; Stoughton. Our imprint celebrates expert thinking and distinctive voices. We love high quality non-fiction that asks big questions, challenges perspectives and brings an expert view to essential topics.We are a boutique list within one of the world’s biggest publishing groups, Hachette. Our team are highly experienced in working with authors who are looking to share their ideas with a truly broad audience, from providing close editorial support to creative publicity and marketing campaigns.With an international outlook and an emphasis on beautiful design, Hodder Press publishes experts from around the world in science and psychology, cultural and natural history, current affairs and social sciences as well as the very best of nature writing and memoir. Our authors include Michael Morpurgo, Venki Ramakrishnan, Tristan Gooley, Suzanne O’Sullivan, Lucy Easthope, Clive Oppenheimer, Nicklas Brendborg, Gabriel Zuchtriegel and Zakia Sewell. What you'll be doingYou will edit and publish the Editorial Director’s non-fiction list of expert-led non-fiction on subjects like history, science and nature, as well as acquiring select new titles in line with the list's strategic aims. You will be comfortable working closely with a range of authors and agents and leading on the publishing strategy for high-profile publications. Reporting to the Non-Fiction Executive Publisher, you will also contribute significantly to the overall Hodder Press and Hodder Non-Fiction strategy.Activities will include but are not limited to:<ul><li>Oversee, edit and publish the Editorial Director’s non-fiction list of 6-8 new titles a year</li><li>Champion and retain ownership of those books through publication, collaborating effectively with authors, agents and key departments across the company</li><li>Opportunity to commission a select number of new titles, focusing on international, expert-driven non-fiction and according to the agreed Hodder Press strategy</li><li>Deliver superb author- and agent-care and communication</li><li>Market research and development of innovative ideas for the list</li><li>Develop and maintain strong market awareness in home and international territories to identify publishing opportunities</li><li>Work with the Executive Publisher to develop and deliver a strategy to grow the front and corelist for Hodder Press</li></ul> 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>Dental 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> 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.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Editorial director / publishing director (12 month FTC)

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