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Closing date for applications: 29 September 2025Salary: Starting from £27,000, depending on experience&nbsp; Break into publishing with this entry-level role! Join a leading literary agency and gain hands-on experience supporting bestselling authors and top literary agents.RCW is a leading UK literary agency based in London, representing a globally acclaimed list of bestselling and award-winning clients across every genre, from Zadie Smith and Kazuo Ishiguro to Holly Jackson and Julia Donaldson. As we continue to grow, we’re looking for a proactive, highly organised assistant to join our team. This is a fast-paced, detail-focused role supporting two directors, Jon Wood and Claire Wilson, as well as a primary agent, Eleanor Birne, and working on a wide range of authors—from children’s and YA bestsellers Katherine Rundell and Alice Oseman, to crime and thriller giants Ian Rankin and Steve Cavanagh, as well as celebrated literary fiction voices such as Louise Kennedy and Róisín O’Donnell.&nbsp;We are offering an entry-level role ideal for someone who is excited by the challenge of working for a busy office, quick to learn, adaptable, and highly organised. With lists covering commercial and literary fiction, adult and children’s books, YA, non-fiction, and literary estates, this position is a unique chance to gain broad exposure across the publishing world. You might be a recent graduate, or someone who’s long been passionate about books and looking for your first opportunity in the industry. Full training and handover will be provided. The assistant will work alongside an associate and another support staff member. Previous office experience is preferable and the ability to work well in a team is essential.&nbsp; Responsibilities&nbsp;<ul><li>Anticipating needs and streamlining workflow across the agency</li><li>Negotiating deals for audio rights, speaking engagements, permissions and journalistic assignments and drawing up letters of agreement meticulously</li><li>Contracts: managing all administrative aspects of the contractual process (deal memos, DocuSign, Bradbury Phillips). Reviewing contracts in cases where the publishers draft, liaising with the manager</li><li>Accounts: responding to author queries, invoicing, chasing overdue payments, drafting correspondence, collating annual budget</li><li>Foreign rights: liaising with foreign rights team and co-agents (film and US) providing manuscripts, proofs, blurbs and author information. Filling in quote sheets with news and reviews</li><li>Updating the agency’s website’s client page, and the individual client biographies, as well as providing content for the agency’s Instagram page</li><li>Diary management: planning book fair schedules and trips, organising meetings with editors and clients, managing the publication schedule</li><li>Smooth running and organisation of agent’s office, including file management, handling author approvals, drafting catalogue and managing requests</li><li>Submissions and reading: organising submissions inboxes and providing editorial notes on manuscripts</li><li>Events: organising book fair and Christmas parties (with front desk), setting up, hosting, helping with any other company events or parties (DRF, salons, Anniversaries etc.) Attending book launches and prize ceremonies</li></ul> Knowledge, skills and experience<ul><li>Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written</li><li>Exceptional organisational and multi-tasking skills</li><li>Dynamic, positive approach</li><li>Analytical skills and a keen eye for detail and accuracy</li><li>Ability to work well under pressure in order to meet deadlines and adapt to the demands of the role</li><li>Ability to prioritise and time manage tasks</li><li>Good IT skills (Excel/MS Office/PowerPoint)</li><li>Confidence working in a small team and with a wide range of clients and industry colleagues</li><li>A passion for reading</li></ul> Compensation and benefits<ul><li>Discretionary annual bonus</li><li>Hybrid working arrangement</li><li>Paid time off: 23 paid holiday days + bank holidays; agency closed between Christmas and New Year; summer hours with early finish on Fridays from 9am-1pm&nbsp;</li></ul> We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

RCW Literary Agency

Agent's assistant

Closing date for applications: 10 September 2025Salary: £27,000Location: The role can be fully office based or hybrid. The candidate must be based in the UK with a minimum of 2 days per week in person at our central London offices. The role will require some flexible hours to attend book events in the evenings or weekends with time off in lieu. Are you passionate about global affairs and looking to break into the publishing industry? Join an independent non-fiction publisher and gain hands-on experience shaping impactful books from manuscript to publication.Hurst is an independently owned and run non-fiction press based in London but publishing globally. We produce approximately 90 new titles per year in the fields of history, politics, sociology, war studies, and religion, building on our strengths in African, Asian, East European, and Middle East Studies. We aim to publish books that add meaningfully to conversations or start new ones. Although we are a small publishing house, we consistently achieve coverage for our books in mainstream outlets including the BBC, The Guardian,&nbsp;Financial Times, and&nbsp;The Sunday Times.&nbsp;In the past year, our titles have been shortlisted for the following prestigious international awards: Orwell Prize,&nbsp;Los Angeles Times&nbsp;Book Prize,&nbsp;Financial Times Best Business Book Award, André Simon Food &amp; Drink Awards, Bread &amp; Roses Radical Publishing Award, Gladstone History Prize, and the Templer Book Prize for Military History.We’re looking for a diligent editorial assistant to join our dynamic team at our offices in historic Somerset House in central London. This is an exciting opportunity for a bookworm with a strong interest in global current affairs, in the early stages of their publishing career. The chosen candidate will play an essential role in helping editors get manuscripts into production, working closely with them on a wide range of books at different stages of the editorial process. As we are a small team, there will also be ample opportunity to gain insight into and work closely with other departments, from sales to publicity.&nbsp;You will report directly to our commissioning editor and will play an essential role at every stage of editorial, assisting on both general-interest and academic books. ResponsibilitiesKey elements of the role will include:<ul><li>Editorial skills (proofreading, copy-editing, typesetting preparation)</li><li>Assisting with academic peer review and jacket copy</li><li>Author management</li><li>Metadata skills</li><li>Editorial research for commissioning (diversity projects, reading proposals, etc.)</li></ul> Knowledge, skills and experience<ul><li>Demonstrable knowledge and interest in history and global current affairs</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and a good eye for detail</li><li>Outstanding levels of organisation and capacity for independent work</li><li>Strong interpersonal skills and ability to learn fast in a small team</li><li>Familiarity with Microsoft Office</li><li>Undergraduate degree (BA or equivalent level)</li><li>Foreign-language proficiency would be beneficial, but is not essential</li></ul> Additional informationPlease note: we can only consider candidates with the permanent right to work in the UK.To apply, please send a CV and covering letter to our commissioning editor, Alice Clarke via the 'Apply' button. Shortlisted candidates will be notified and sent an editorial test by September 18th for interviews the week commencing September 29th. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Hurst Publishers

Editorial assistant

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