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Closing date for applications: Monday 16th Feb 2026Salary: £30,000 - £35,000Location: LondonStart date: March 2026Department: Marketing and Communications&nbsp;Use your creativity to showcase life at University College School, producing content that informs, inspires, and highlights the school’s community and ethos.&nbsp;University College School is seeking a creative and detail-focused Content Producer to join our Communications Department. The role involves creating high-quality, on-brand written and visual communications across school publications, the website, social media channels and press materials. The successful candidate will maintain a consistent and up-to-date brand voice that promotes the school, celebrates its ethos and highlights its distinctiveness.&nbsp;Key Responsibilities<ul><li>Content Creation &amp; Editorial</li><li>Digital &amp; Web Communications</li><li>Social Media Management</li><li>Analytics &amp; Reporting</li><li>Visual Content &amp; Brand Support</li></ul>&nbsp;Skills &amp; Experience<ul><li>Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience.</li><li>Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with strong attention to detail.</li><li>Confident and creative in developing content across digital, print and social media platforms.</li><li>Experience in marketing, communications or journalism, with an understanding of how to liaise with the press.</li><li>An interest in education and awareness of issues relevant to the independent schools sector.</li><li>Experience creating digital assets, brochures, presentations and event materials.</li><li>Experience maintaining website content, with an eye for user experience, accuracy and SEO best practice.</li><li>Ability to analyse website and social media performance using reporting tools such as Google Analytics.</li><li>Confident user of Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive) and confident in learning new software.</li><li>Practical experience in photography and videography, including editing and asset management, is desirable.</li><li>Positive, proactive and collaborative, with strong organisational skills and the ability to work under pressure.</li><li>Able to build effective relationships with colleagues across the school and with external agencies.</li></ul>&nbsp;The closing date for applications is 12pm on Monday 16th February 2026 However, please note that we reserve the right to interview and appoint at any stage during this process; early applications are therefore very welcome.&nbsp;University College School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check before commencing employment. This is a requirement as the position is within a school working with children aged under 18. UCS will also undertake its own recruitment checks through contact with previous employers, and others, to confirm applicants' identities and their professional records.&nbsp;We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.&nbsp;&nbsp;Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.&nbsp;

University College School

Content producer

Closing date for applications: Midday on Friday 6th February 2026Interviews: Expected w/c 16th February or w/c 23rd February for shortlisted individuals, held online via Zoom.&nbsp;An exceptional opportunity for emerging theatre-makers to gain hands-on experience on full-scale new productions...For the past 20 years British Youth Music Theatre's Creative Work Placement (CWP) Scheme has helped emerging artists to take their first steps into the theatre industry by providing work placements on our productions as either Assistant Musical Director, Assistant Designer or Assistant Stage Manager. There is one of each of these roles available on every BYMT production. This year, each BYMT production will also have a role available for either an Assistant Director or an Assistant Choreographer.&nbsp;Another exciting development this year is that BYMT have been successful in gaining funding to innovate and diversify their CWP Scheme to include six virtual learning modules before the placement begins, frequent check-ins during the project and detailed feedback after the programme has finished.Each successful candidate will be embedded as an important part of the full scale creative and production team on residential production with a company of between 35-40 young people from across the UK. Each candidate will be partnered with an industry professional who will act as their professional line manager and mentor.Watch the YouTube short about the placement <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/8tkk0-fvKz0" target="_blank">here</a>.A typical BYMT Season includes around 7 full scale productions throughout the year, one during the Easter holidays and the rest across the Summer between the months of July and August. Our productions are all brand new music theatre in a variety of genres and the successful candidates will be placed on a show that best suits their skillset. These placements give the opportunity to take on responsibility akin to a professional role while in a supportive learning environment.&nbsp;Our production locations for 2026 are Birmingham, Exeter, Hull, Manchester and London. However, all projects are fully residential so applications are welcome from across the UK.We are proud to say that some previous CWPs have returned to work with BYMT in other roles and grown their careers form working relationships established on one of our productions.Creative Work Placements will receive full board accommodation (including meals), and an expenses fee of £500 to cover their travel and any further fees incurred on production.Schedule: Each&nbsp;Creative Work Placement will take place over a two-week period including weekends in either April, July or August 2026 (depending on availability). Successful candidates will work 9-hour days with 3 separate hour breaks and will have 2 full days off during the two-week period.BYMT is committed to creating an inclusive culture in all its activities including equality of opportunity for all staff. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We are particularly keen to hear from people from global majority backgrounds and from candidates who self-identify as disabled as they are under-represented in our workforce.Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.For more information and how to apply please visit BYMT's website via the Apply button.&nbsp;

British Youth Music Theatre

Creative work placement (assistant musical director / assistant designer / assistant stage manager / assistant director / assistant choreographer)

Closing date for applications: Sunday 8 February 2026Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)Location: London or Sheffield&nbsp;&nbsp;Take the lead on sales strategy and account management at one of the UK’s largest and most dynamic publishers.&nbsp;Hachette UK is a creative powerhouse and the UK's second largest book publishing group. Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity. We're made up of 10 autonomous publishing divisions and over 60 imprints with a rich and diverse history and an incredible range of authors. We're also the market leader in e-books and publish a range of bestsellers in audio format, the fastest growing part of our business.Our award-winning adult publishing divisions are Orion, which won Publisher of the Year at the 2021 British Book Awards; Little, Brown; John Murray Press; Hodder &amp; Stoughton; Headline; Octopus, and Bookouture. They publish fiction and non-fiction in digital, audio and print format, from the world's best and most diverse authors, including Brit Bennett, Candice Carty-Williams, Martina Cole, Michael Connelly, John Grisham, Stephen King, Stieg Larsson, Nelson Mandela, Stephenie Meyer, Maggie O'Farrell, Delia Owens, Ian Rankin, J.K. Rowling, Colson Whitehead, and Malala Yousafzai. Hachette Children's Group publishes a wide and vibrant range of books for children across all age ranges, while Hachette Learning is a market leader in resources for both primary and secondary schools.Hachette UK is part of&nbsp;Hachette Livre, the world's third largest trade and educational publisher. As well as our headquarters in Carmelite House, London, and our state-of-the-art book distribution centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire, we have recently opened five new offices in Manchester, Bristol, Sheffield, Newcastle, and Edinburgh. The UK region also includes offices in Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, the Caribbean, and Ireland.It's an exciting time to join our business because the publishing market continues to grow and thrive. The UK remains the largest exporter of physical books in the world and book adaptations for film and TV are the foundation of the UK's creative industries.&nbsp;What you'll be doingAn exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Group Sales team at Hachette UK as a Key Account Manager/Director (12 month contract). Reporting to the Divisional Sales Director – Little, Brown Book Group &amp; Hachette Childrens Group, you will be responsible for the management of the supermarket accounts for Little, Brown, as well as working closely with the Divisional Sales Director on forward-looking sales and publishing strategy. You will be responsible for growing the sales profitably by working closely with the wider publishing team including editorial, marketing and publicity.&nbsp;Who we are looking forWe’re looking for a candidate with previous account management experience, as well as someone who has a wide view of the UK market. The role also calls for divisional responsibility on strategy meetings and as such, we’re looking for someone with excellent communication skills and ideally previous experience on working closely with marketing, publicity and editorial colleagues.We’re looking for a team player with strong organisational skills, attention to detail, an ability to multi-task and prioritise, and an enthusiasm for working in a fast-moving commercial environment.The successful candidate will be committed to building internal and external relationships, supporting divisional strategy and beating sales budgets.Excellent Microsoft Office skills (especially Excel and PowerPoint) and data analysis skills are essential.&nbsp;&nbsp;&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>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;AgeWise, Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing&nbsp;and religious networks</li><li>Season ticket loans</li><li>And much more!</li></ul>&nbsp;The role will be based at our London 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 your 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>&nbsp;We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.&nbsp;&nbsp;Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Carmelite House

Hachette UK

Key accounts manager/director (12 month FTC)

Closing date for applications: Monday 2nd February 2026Salary: From £31,000 dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)Location: London or Sheffield&nbsp;&nbsp;If you’re a media-savvy storyteller with a passion for books, this Senior Press Officer role lets you shape campaigns that put authors in the spotlight.&nbsp;Little, Brown's identity is personified by our innovative, dynamic and free-thinking people. Across our thirteen imprints, you won't find a wider range of titles anywhere in UK publishing. We pride ourselves on quality and diversity. A repeat recipient of the Publisher of the Year award, we're one of the most successful and dynamic publishers in the UK. Little, Brown is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 10 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds.Four-time winner of the Publisher of the Year award, Little, Brown Book Group is one of the most successful and dynamic publishers in the UK. We publish as wide a range of titles as anyone in the industry, and pride ourselves on the quality, variety and diversity of our publishing output.On Sphere, we publish some of the world’s biggest brand-name novelists and an array of bestselling non-fiction. Piatkus, Constable and Robinson are home to a vast range of fiction and non-fiction titles, with multiple Sunday Times&nbsp;bestsellers, backlist category killers, break-out voices, and perennial classics alike. Our award-winning Publicity department are responsible for promoting bestselling authors; most recently Rebecca Yarros' Onyx Storm, Robert Galbraith's The Hallmarked Man, Anna Huang's&nbsp;The Defender, Joanna Page's&nbsp;Lush, Bjorn Borg's&nbsp;Heartbeats, Ozzy Osbourne's&nbsp;Last Rites and&nbsp;Yusef/Cat Stevens' Cat on the Road to Findout. &nbsp;&nbsp;What you'll be doingThis role offers the chance to work across a broad range of genres, including crime and thrillers, romance and romantasy, celebrity-led and high-profile non-fiction. The successful candidate will be responsible for running their own campaigns from acquisition to publication across print, digital, broadcast, podcast, and radio; raising author profiles; planning and delivering author events; presenting PR strategies to key stakeholders both internally and externally; and building strong relationships with authors, agents, the media and trade.&nbsp;Who we are looking forWe’re looking for a publicist with at proven experience, including running solo campaigns, and a proven track record of delivering commercially impactful, consumer-focused fiction and non-fiction PR. Organised, confident and imaginative, you’ll have good media contacts and be comfortable managing multiple campaigns at once, prioritising effectively and working calmly under pressure. A team player with exceptional written and verbal communication skills, you’ll also bring excellent social media expertise, confidence using Word, Excel, Canva and PowerPoint, and a genuine passion for commercial publishing and media. This is an excellent opportunity for a Press Officer ready to take the next step.&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>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;AgeWise, Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing&nbsp;and religious networks</li><li>Season ticket loans</li><li>And much more!</li></ul>&nbsp;This role can be based at our London 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 your 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>&nbsp;We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.&nbsp;&nbsp;Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.&nbsp;

Senior press officer

Closing date for applications: Monday 9th February 2026Salary: £35,000 - £38,000Location: London&nbsp;Step into a pivotal sales role at one of the UK’s leading publishers, managing major retail accounts and helping bring children’s books to readers nationwide.&nbsp;A key member of the UK Sales team the Key Account Manager will sell all Bloomsbury Consumer Children’s titles to a selection of UK Key Accounts, including Tesco, WHSTravel and TGJones, and will also work closely with the Special Sales and Adult Sales team to sell in the entire Bloomsbury list to a range of gift and wholesale accounts including Allsorted and Bookspeed. They will also work closely with the wider Special Sales and the Digital teams to drive and contribute to retail strategy designed to achieve growth for the Children’s lists. This role will report in to the Head of Sales, Children’s, who reports into the Sales Director, Children’s responsible for Special Sales. &nbsp;What you'll be doing<ul><li>Achieving and exceeding the annual Children’s Consumer sales budgets by managing profitable sales of titles into selected key accounts.</li><li>Managing the trading relationships and sell-in cycles for a selection of key accounts.</li><li>Presenting new frontlist and backlist range titles on a regular basis to these accounts, negotiate and deliver promotional and range deals to secure best possible promotional space and marketing activity for Bloomsbury titles.</li><li>Liaising with the Publicity &amp; Marketing team to ensure market-leading execution of shared strategic title plans in order to hit ambitious targets and maximise sales from all M&amp;P activity by keeping retailers informed.</li><li>Providing general support to the senior Children’s Sales team as required, including market research, data analysis and researching acquisition figures.</li><li>Liaising with Bloomsbury stock management teams and Hachette warehouse teams to ensure efficient processing of and timely delivery of customer orders</li><li>Analysing sales data/effectiveness of Sales &amp; Marketing campaigns on ROI etc.</li><li>Conducting annual strategic reviews of key accounts’ business with Bloomsbury and make recommendations to drive sales in all forward strategic customer plans.</li><li>Participating in the publishing process – from the acquisition process to publication working closely with colleagues from the editorial, marketing and publicity departments across the Children’s Consumer Division.</li><li>Presenting to the ASM team at Sales Briefings, the wider team at internal meetings and contribute to and produce weekly sales reports as required.</li><li>Attending Marketing meetings, and present sales updates.</li><li>Taking on ad hoc projects as shared across the team.</li><li>Absence cover for colleagues as required e.g.&nbsp; holidays/flexible Fridays.</li><li>General ad hoc support for wider UK Sales shared tasks.</li></ul>&nbsp;Knowledge, skills and experience&nbsp;<ul><li>Experience of UK Retail account management</li><li>Excellent communicator who is confident with dealing with people at all levels, particularly on the phone and over email/video</li><li>Strong presentation skills</li><li>Excellent attention to detail and focused on efficiency at all times</li><li>Excellent time-management, prioritisation and organisational skills, with a close eye for detail and keen awareness of deadlines</li><li>Ability to build effective relationships with key contacts as well as in-house colleagues</li><li>Experience of multi-tasking and prioritising a busy work-load with competing demands on your time</li><li>Ability to adapt to changing daily tasks</li><li>Strong numerical skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills</li><li>Strong IT skills, particularly Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint, Word and Teams</li><li>Proficient with systems such as Biblio, BI, Nielsen, Cognos and Genesis</li></ul>&nbsp;Additional informationThe role is full-time and permanent. The role is based at our London office 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP on a hybrid-working pattern of 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred).&nbsp; Allocated office days for this role are: Mondays and Tuesdays&nbsp;Please apply with a CV and covering letter addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only) via the ‘APPLY NOW’ button detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by 23:59 on Monday 9th February 2026. For best results, please use a desktop to apply as some mobile browsers may not fully support the application portal. Bloomsbury reserve the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications&nbsp;Bloomsbury BenefitsAs well as a fantastic opportunity to join a global award-winning organisation, Bloomsbury offers the following competitive benefits package:&nbsp;Working Pattern<ul><li>Hybrid working pattern of: 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred)&nbsp;</li></ul>Holidays<ul><li>25 days holiday</li><li>3.5 days Christmas company holiday &nbsp;</li></ul>&nbsp;Other Benefits<ul><li>Two paid Personal Wellness Days</li><li>Flexible Fridays – take Friday afternoon off by working an additional&nbsp;3 hours and 30 minutes earlier in the week</li><li>Work Anywhere Fortnight - For two weeks of any calendar year. The minimum period for Working Anywhere is one week, the maximum period is two weeks.</li><li>Season Ticket Loan</li><li>Learning &amp; Development - Free access to LinkedIn Learning, BookMachine Campus, InRehearsal &amp; IPG Skills Hub</li><li>Share Save Scheme</li><li>AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)</li><li>Ride to Work Scheme</li><li>Peppy Health App</li><li>In-house Doctor</li><li>Eye Care Voucher Scheme</li><li>EAP Advice and Counselling</li></ul>&nbsp;Company culture – Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom, Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, and Parents, Guardians and Carers, Multi-Faith) and Mental Health First Aiders trained across the UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources. Bloomsbury is a place where anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability, or socio-economic status can thrive, feel comfortable, and be heard and accepted. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required&nbsp;Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.&nbsp;&nbsp;Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.&nbsp;

Head Office - London

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Bloomsbury Publishing UK: Bedford Square Office

Key account manager

Closing date for applications: Sunday 8 February 2026Salary: £20,000 - £25,000Location: LondonDates: Monday 16 March - Friday 27 March 2026&nbsp;Are you interested in a career in Publishing? Are you obsessed with movies? Does history never cease to amaze you? Are you always dreaming of travelling? Do you love creating content? If any, or all, of these things sound like you, and you would love to spend two weeks with us, then The DK Experience, our remote programme, might be the perfect match for you!&nbsp;&nbsp;Who are we?We’re DK (Dorling Kindersley), the biggest publisher of illustrated non-fiction in the world. We make books covering everything: travel, gardening, cookery, history, children's stories… you name it, we’ve probably got a book on it! &nbsp;We’re looking for creative and passionate candidates to join us on the DK Experience, a paid two week work placement within one of our departments. As much as we’d like to, high demand means we’re unable to offer everyone a place and we’ll be in contact to let you know if you have been randomly selected this time. We will not contact the unsuccessful candidates however if we don’t have a place for you on this occasion, please do keep trying.&nbsp;Where are you from?The programme requires no degree or previous publishing experience and aims to open the doors of our industry to participants from underrepresented regions, communities and backgrounds. Publishing is traditionally very London-centric and people from London or the Home Counties (Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Berkshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Sussex) or who are based in these regions, have traditionally been advantaged in gaining access to the industry.&nbsp;This programme is instead for anyone originally from, or currently living, in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and parts of England outside London and the Home Counties. Please do not apply if you are currently living in, or originally from, London or the Home Counties (If you are from London, we do work closely with LDN and they may have programmes&nbsp; which might be more suitable for you. You can find out more about the LDN Publishing Apprenticeship <a href="https://www.ldnapprenticeships.com/programme-l3-publishing-apprenticeship" target="_blank">here</a>.)&nbsp;Who are you?You need to be above 18 years old to apply. You’ll also come from an experience or background that is currently underrepresented in publishing. This could include, but is not limited to, coming from a socio-economically marginalised background, being of Black, Asian or minority ethnic heritage, having a disabled and/or neurodiverse experience or living with a long-term health condition, or belonging to an LGBTQ+ community.&nbsp;&nbsp;Please note, this programme is not aimed at candidates who already hold a Masters in Publishing.&nbsp;What you'll be doingThis exciting opportunity will be completely remote. All you need is a computer, wifi connection, the right to work in the UK and to be able to commit to two weeks’ full-time work. We’ll be taking you behind the scenes of our publishing house and introducing you to all the different areas of the industry. While you will be placed in a creative department, you’ll also have the opportunity to learn about all the other areas of our company. You’ll attend meetings, try your hand at a variety of editing or designing tasks and get involved in a fun group project with other people on the placement. And along with this engaging creative experience, you’ll be paid the National Minimum Wage.&nbsp;DK is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the varied communities that read our books across the world. We encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of age, religion, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality or social background.DK is proud to announce that we have adopted The Halo Code&nbsp;We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.&nbsp;&nbsp;Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.&nbsp;

Dorling KIndersley

DK Publishing

The DK experience

Closing date for applications: Friday 30th January 2026Salary: £35,000 - £50,000 dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)Location: This role can be based at our London office, or at any of our regional offices in Sheffield, Edinburgh, or Bristol.&nbsp;Help turn stories into insights. Join Hachette UK and play a hands-on role in transforming how data powers one of the world’s leading publishing groups.&nbsp;Hachette UK is a creative powerhouse and the UK's second largest book publishing group. Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity. We're made up of 10 autonomous publishing divisions and over 60 imprints with a rich and diverse history and an incredible range of authors. We're also the market leader in e-books and publish a range of bestsellers in audio format, the fastest growing part of our business.Our award-winning adult publishing divisions are Orion, which won Publisher of the Year at the 2021 British Book Awards; Little, Brown; John Murray Press; Hodder &amp; Stoughton; Headline; Octopus, and Bookouture. They publish fiction and non-fiction in digital, audio and print format, from the world's best and most diverse authors, including Brit Bennett, Candice Carty-Williams, Martina Cole, Michael Connelly, John Grisham, Stephen King, Stieg Larsson, Nelson Mandela, Stephenie Meyer, Maggie O'Farrell, Delia Owens, Ian Rankin, J.K. Rowling, Colson Whitehead, and Malala Yousafzai. Hachette Children's Group publishes a wide and vibrant range of books for children across all age ranges, while Hachette Learning is a market leader in resources for both primary and secondary schools.Hachette UK is part of&nbsp;Hachette Livre, the world's third largest trade and educational publisher. As well as our headquarters in Carmelite House, London, and our state-of-the-art book distribution centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire, we have recently opened five new offices in Manchester, Bristol, Sheffield, Newcastle, and Edinburgh. The UK region also includes offices in Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, the Caribbean, and Ireland.It's an exciting time to join our business because the publishing market continues to grow and thrive. The UK remains the largest exporter of physical books in the world and book adaptations for film and TV are the foundation of the UK's creative industries.&nbsp;What you'll be doingThrough your Owner mentality, problem solving, creativity and proactivity, you ensure the analytics engineering to deliver solutions, making the best use of our data that supports our mission. Core objectives of this role are to assist with the development and rollout out of the Business Intelligence and analytics product(s). And to provide on-going maintenance, support and triage of queries, delivering user training and analysis of change requests.&nbsp; The role holder will act as a conduit between Group IT and its customers both internal and external.The function of the Business Intelligence and Data Engineering team is to develop and support enterprise-level data insight and reporting solutions in response to business-driven requests for change. The solutions must always strive to be accurate and available, making them a trusted source of business information, and ensuring best practices are followed and comply with IT and industry standards. The role encompasses working as a key member of the BI&amp;D team. A team of skilled specialists comprising permanent and contract staff members and managed by the Head of IT: Business Intelligence. The team is responsible for maintaining existing solutions, implementing new solutions, and providing technical, front end and analytical input into strategic projects. The business is currently operating Cognos Analytics as its primary BI tool and is embarking on a transformation towards cloud-based analytics through Power BI and Microsoft Fabric. This role will play an important part in supporting and shaping that transition.&nbsp;The role will work closely with teams across the organisation — including Commercial Analysis, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Distribution and Inventory — to understand diverse business processes and data needs, promote knowledge sharing, and encourage the use of common best practices in analytics and reporting. The role will support approved change requests throughout the full development lifecycle, ensuring that solutions meet agreed specifications and deliver clear business value.The role will play a key part in the design and delivery of the HUK Data Strategy, actively supporting the transition from Cognos to Power BI and from on-premise solutions to a cloud-based analytics platform. This includes building and maintaining data models, reports and dashboards, and supporting user training and adoption. The role will contribute to the organisation’s data and analytics transformation by supporting the migration to Microsoft Fabric and Power BI, helping define future-state standards, patterns and best practices, and supporting the rationalisation, prioritisation and redesign of existing Cognos reports and datasets to ensure they are fit for purpose in the new cloud-based analytics environment.This exciting role will work closely with Business Stakeholders, Data Engineering and IT to ensure migrated solutions are accurate, trusted and aligned with enterprise data architecture.&nbsp;Who we are looking forWe are looking for someone with the following skillset:<ul><li>Experience working in the publishing, distribution, retail or supply-chain sectors.</li><li>Experience supporting BI platform migrations or reporting transformations.</li><li>Experience with Microsoft Fabric or other cloud-based data platforms.</li><li>Experience using Cognos Analytics and/or Power BI reporting solutions in a business environment.</li><li>Experience designing and maintaining BI data models, using Power BI, including joining multiple tables, defining relationships and creating measures and calculations (DAX).</li><li>Working knowledge of SAP data structures or equivalent ERP systems.</li><li>Experience analysing large and complex datasets.</li><li>Understanding of modern cloud-based analytics architectures, including separation of storage, compute and semantic layers.</li><li>Ability to analyse, interpret and clearly explain data to non-technical audiences.</li><li>Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with a wide range of stakeholders across the business.</li><li>Excellent problem-solving, analytical and organisational skills.</li><li>Flexibility and adaptability, with the ability to work effectively in a changing environment.</li><li>Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues, customers and third-party partners.</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>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;AgeWise, Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing&nbsp;and religious networks</li><li>Season ticket loans</li><li>And much more!</li></ul>This role can be based at our London office, or at any of our regional offices in Sheffield, Edinburgh, or Bristol, 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 your 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>&nbsp;We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.&nbsp;&nbsp;Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Data analytics engineer

Closing date for applications: 2 February 2026 at 11.00amSalary: £30,000 - £32,000 depending on experience&nbsp;Bring your organisational skills to a creative environment, supporting training programmes that shape powerful communication while working with industry-leading professionals.Dramatic Resources specialises in inspirational communication skills training for business that draws on techniques from theatre. Our clients include major international corporations and leading global business schools, yet our approach is personal and friendly, with first-class service values.&nbsp;As programme and administration coordinator your prime focus will be the post-sales administration and organisation of our in-person and online training events. You will work with the client account directors to ensure an excellent level of service and communication to our clients and trainer team around the world.&nbsp;You will also provide administration support to the directors and manage the day-to-day of some larger-scale, rolling programmes and projects.&nbsp;&nbsp;ResponsibilitiesClients &amp; logistics<ul><li>Liaising with client contacts on logistical arrangements for confirmed training events</li><li>Collating and sharing detailed logistical information with the trainer team so they have all of the information they need for the travel and successful delivery of each event</li><li>Booking hotels for international travel, supporting the trainer team with their travel arrangements and visas (in conjunction with external travel agent and on booking platform)</li><li>Day-to-day administration of some ongoing, large-scale global training programmes, including booking trainers, creating schedules, distributing joining instructions / Zoom / MS Teams links, setting up, running and sending reports from online scheduling systems&nbsp;</li></ul>Programme delivery<ul><li>Acting as a ‘technical host’ for virtual training courses (opening up links, putting participants into breakout rooms, spotlighting contributors etc.)</li><li>Supporting at in-person events in the UK and, on occasion, internationally</li></ul>Administration<ul><li>Formatting PowerPoints, reminder notes and other materials to be shared with clients / participants &nbsp;</li><li>Keeping detailed records of and collating financial information for each programme delivery, e.g. client invoicing details and trainer expenses</li><li>Entering data and keeping accurate records on company systems, with a high level of attention to detail</li><li>Actively contributing to the smooth running of a small office and being willing to jump in where needed, eg answering the main phone line, replenishing office supplies, supporting team days, meeting and greeting office visitors, etc.</li><li>Providing some general administrative and PA support to the client directors</li></ul>Ongoing projects&nbsp;<ul><li>Managing Dramatic Resources’ quarterly Open Course and contributing to the promotion and development of the course</li><li>To be a point of contact for in-office IT queries and offer some technical support to the wider trainer team</li><li>Supporting the implementation and development of internal processes and operations</li></ul>&nbsp;Knowledge, skills &amp; experience<ul><li>Have excellent organisational, written and verbal communication skills</li><li>Have some experience working in a similar role, or a role with transferable skills (for example, as a PA, event coordinator, training coordinator)</li><li>Understand the importance of absolute clarity and meticulous attention to detail when working with clients and colleagues across continents and time zone</li><li>Be personable, friendly and able to maintain positive relationships with clients and colleagues at all levels</li><li>Have a high level of IT skills particularly with Microsoft Office 365 and the ability to quickly get confident with new software</li><li>Be comfortable working independently and creating practical systems to successfully manage workload</li><li>Be able to take initiative, see the bigger picture and be aware of the needs of others working in a small, fast-moving team</li><li>Have experience of working in the creative industries (desirable but not essential)</li></ul>&nbsp;Additional informationTo apply, please send your CV with a covering letter explaining why you are the best candidate for this job via the 'Apply' button. As we pride ourselves on the standard of our written communication, the cover letter is an important part of this process. There will be initial Zoom interviews on 5th and 6th February, followed by in-person interviews on Friday 13th February.&nbsp; 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.

Dramatic Resources

Programme & administration coordinator

Closing date for applications: Saturday 1st February 2026Salary: £27,000Location: London (hybrid post probation)Department: MarketingReporting To: Head of CampaignsWorking Hours: Full Time&nbsp;Walker Books UK has an exciting opportunity for a marketing assistant to join its creative children’s publishing team, supporting the campaigns that bring much-loved stories and authors to young readers everywhere.&nbsp;Walker Books UK is part of the vibrant international&nbsp;Group that includes Candlewick Press, Holiday House and Peachtree in the USA and Walker Books Australia. Renowned for its truly original publishing and outstanding quality, the&nbsp;Walker Books Group&nbsp;is home to a wide range of children's and young adult books. Award-winning authors and illustrators for the group include Angie Thomas, Sydney Smith, M.T Anderson, Patrick Ness, and Jon Klassen. We are also enormously proud to publish beloved&nbsp;family brands including Lucy Cousin’s&nbsp;Maisy, Michael Rosen’s&nbsp;We're Going on a Bear Hunt,&nbsp;Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram’s&nbsp;Guess How Much I Love You&nbsp;and&nbsp;Martin Handford’s&nbsp;Where’s Wally?&nbsp;This is an exciting entry level role to start your marketing career in a supportive and highly creative environment. You will be joining a small, friendly team, passionate about promoting children’s books. The Marketing Assistant’s primary responsibility is to provide administrative support for the marketing team. This is a great opportunity for a self-motivated individual looking to work in children’s publishing. To be successful in this role, you will be highly organised, able to prioritise tasks and manage your workload independently. You will also have an interest in digital marketing, and confidence working across all social media platforms.&nbsp;What you'll be doingSupporting the Marketing team across consumer, trade, school and library marketing, to include:Marketing material distribution:<ul><li>Collate print quantities on behalf of the marketing team for sales (ASMs, School/Libraries, Export, Foreign Rights)</li><li>Ensure these are distributed appropriately direct from the printer or via the post room for ASM/bookshop quantities</li><li>Send file copies to the author/illustrator and agent as directed</li><li>Oversee and manage requests that come in for marketing materials via the marketing inbox and social media inboxes</li><li>Keep the marketing/POS area tidy and keep across stock levels</li><li>Circulate the Marketing Production Schedule to inform UK, US and Australia teams about what materials we are producing</li><li>Circulate marketing materials from our US team</li></ul>&nbsp;Assist with key retail, school, library and literacy partner initiatives as required, including:<ul><li>Administration for Booksellers Association brochures, bookseller newsletters and BA Indies Book of the Month</li><li>Administration for Waterstones Publishing News</li><li>Assist with World Book Day pitches and activity</li><li>Gather and send assets for partner websites</li><li>Submit titles and gather review content from partner websites like Toppsta and LoveReading</li></ul>&nbsp;Campaigns:<ul><li>Contribute ideas and opinions to campaign planning meetings</li><li>Set up campaign plan templates and circulate manuscripts ahead of meetings</li><li>Keep a calendar tracker of competitor titles/activity</li><li>Support the marketing team in the creation of marketing materials as required to include writing design briefs and working with our in-house designers to produce e.g. bookmarks, activity sheets, stickers</li><li>Helping to create content (visual and written) for the Walker social media accounts and to manage content calendars</li></ul>&nbsp;Social media and digital marketing, including (but not limited to):<ul><li>Writing blog content for the Walker Website</li><li>Uploading new book covers to social media and the website each month</li><li>Upload teaching materials and activity sheets to the Walker Website</li><li>Adding Author/Illustrator biographies and photographs to the Walker website</li><li>Ordering advance/gratis copies for social media photography and Amazon A+ photography, liaising with the photographer to ensure they arrive on time</li><li>Assisting with video/trailer permission agreements</li><li>Work with the PR team to post about events, awards and press reviews</li></ul>&nbsp;Proofs:<ul><li>Department point of contact for editorial. Circulate blads and proofs for feedback from sales, marketing and PR, collating comments and sending back to editorial</li><li>Collate proof quantities from teams across the business and keep a record, giving the final amounts to editorial/production for printing</li><li>Oversee the mailing lists and mailings for each proof working with the mailing house</li></ul>&nbsp;Signed stock:<ul><li>Oversee the signed stock grid, liaising closely with Sales</li><li>Work with the PR Team &nbsp;to co-ordinate signing sessions including booking the room, arranging a team to help and organising stock with Logistics</li><li>Organise ‘signed by the author’ stickers, positional guides and barcode stickers where necessary</li></ul>&nbsp;General:<ul><li>Budget: code invoices/credit card bills and keep the budget updated</li><li>Liaise with sales team on sales conferences including venue hire, booking, circulation of material and running presentation</li><li>Pulling together weekly marketing activity for the Publicity and Marketing newsletter</li><li>Diary organisation for the team as required</li><li>Respond to general enquiries via social media, check marketing inbox daily and deal with correspondence as appropriate</li><li>Attend events as and when necessary, including evenings and weekends</li></ul>&nbsp;Please note the above is not an exhaustive list and does not necessarily include all the duties the job holder may have to perform. This job description may be amended to meet changing needs of the business.&nbsp;Who we are looking forTo be successful in this role, you will be able to demonstrate evidence of the following skills and/or experience:<ul><li>Highly organised, able to prioritise multiple requests and manage a varied workload</li><li>Excellent interpersonal skills</li><li>Highly self-motivated and proactive</li><li>Exceptional attention to detail</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills</li><li>Excellent computer user, particularly with Microsoft Office applications</li><li>Working knowledge of social media channels including Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, X and new platforms as they develop</li><li>Knowledge and enthusiasm of the children’s book publishing or media industry is not essential but would be advantageous</li></ul>&nbsp;Why join Walker Books?We offer:<ul><li>A supportive working environment where all voices are respected and creativity is not hierarchical</li><li>Competitive Salaries</li><li>Hybrid work (at least two days in the office per week) once you have successfully passed probation</li><li>22 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (with annual leave increasing with length of service up to 27 days)</li><li>Enhanced Pension Scheme</li><li>Health Insurance and Health Cash Plan</li><li>Summer hours</li><li>Remote working for up to two weeks per year</li><li>Life Assurance</li><li>Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay</li><li>Access to an Employee Assistance Programme</li><li>Cycle to Work Scheme</li><li>Plus, other great benefits!</li></ul>&nbsp;All children deserve to see themselves, their families, and their communities represented in the books they read. As children’s book publishers, it is our goal to ensure that the books and content we publish authentically and joyfully reflect the world around us. As an employer, we are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive working environment where everyone is included, valued, and empowered to do their best and most creative work. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome candidates from all backgrounds without regard to race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, sex, or any other characteristic protected by law and those not yet protected by law.&nbsp;If you have any queries about this role or require any reasonable adjustments for your application or throughout the recruitment process, please let our team know by contacting us at <a href="mailto:recruitment@walker.co.uk" target="_blank">recruitment@walker.co.uk</a>.&nbsp;Please note we reserve the right to close vacancies before the closing date where we have received sufficient applications. We recommend submitting your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.&nbsp;We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.&nbsp;&nbsp;Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.&nbsp;

Walker Books Ltd

Marketing assistant

Closing date for applications: Thursday 12th February 2026 at 5.00pmSalary: London Living WageLocation: LondonStart date: 6th April 2026 &nbsp;Duration: 4 monthsWorking hours: 9.30am–6.30pm, Monday to FridayInterviews: w/c 23rd&nbsp;Feb and 2nd March&nbsp;Are you curious about a career in talent management and passionate about the entertainment industry? This 4-month internship offers hands-on experience, mentoring and real insight into the world of talent representation.<a href="https://www.intertalentgroup.com/" target="_blank">InterTalent</a> is the UK’s pre-eminent privately owned talent management agency, recently celebrating 30 years as an ever-evolving talent house at the forefront of the entertainment industry. Its work has diversified within the changing media and entertainment landscape to include a full 360-degree model which operates across broadcasting, drama, digital, branding, music, publishing, comedy and sport. InterTalent has won Best Agency for New Talent at the Edinburgh TV Festival New Voice Awards in previous years. As the media landscape continues to evolve at such a rapid pace, InterTalent's extremely talented team of agents continue to push the boundaries of what is possible while making sure personal care for our clients is at the forefront of all of our endeavours. InterTalent's partners include BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Netflix, Sky, Warner Bros, Universal, Spotify, Amazon Prime, National Theatre, GQ, Grazia, Penguin Random House, The Guardian and many more. InterTalent have also launched Project 30 Studios, a production company specialising in talent-led projects, branded content and IP creation, collaborating with the likes of Manchester City, AmEx, Universal Records, Discovery+ and Channel 4.The InterTalent internship is dedicated to finding the best and brightest new faces in talent management, whilst promoting diversity and inclusion. This 4-month internship includes a week in each of our departments, including unscripted, creators, sports, comedy, actors and brand partnerships, followed by three months performing reception duties, providing structured work experience and training in the fundamentals of talent management and representation. The internship also includes mentoring to provide a well-rounded experience. This internship is well suited to individuals aspiring to a career in talent management, especially those without an entertainment industry background. Due to the length and nature of the role, this internship is not available for those in between terms at university but is well-suited to school leavers, graduates and candidates who are interested in talent management. If this sounds like you, join us in shaping a diverse future for talent management!&nbsp;InterTalent is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. We value diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and we strive to create an environment where all individuals feel respected, supported, and empowered.&nbsp;Key activities<ul><li>Gain exposure to several InterTalent departments, gaining significant understanding across a range of genres</li><li>Sit amongst the team day-to-day learning talent management first hand</li><li>Work collaboratively with colleagues on client-based projects and tasks</li><li>Attend meetings with colleagues</li><li>Support colleagues with preparing pitches, events, brand partnerships, client gifting, management of the website</li><li>Gain exposure to deal negotiations and financial processes</li></ul>&nbsp;What we are looking for<ul><li>An understanding of, and interest in, talent management and the British entertainment landscape</li><li>Demonstrable passion for the entertainment industry with an interest in new generation talent</li><li>Knowledge of the current social media landscape</li><li>Strong written and verbal communication skills</li><li>The ability to offer fresh ideas and perspectives to support client projects</li><li>Strong initiative to pick up tasks</li><li>Collaboration and teamwork skills</li><li>The ability to work at pace</li><li>A basic understanding of talent management principles demonstrated via your own research is desirable</li><li>Some proficiency with Canva, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint is desirable</li></ul>&nbsp;To apply<ul><li>Log in to your Creative Access account or register today to apply for this opportunity</li><li>Upload your CV and cover letter as one document (applications without a tailored cover letter will not be accepted)</li><li>Once submitted, you can no longer amend your application, so proof-read carefully</li><li>Do not contact the company directly</li><li>Please email any queries about this role to Creative Access at this address: <a href="mailto:recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk" target="_blank">recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk</a></li></ul> This opportunity is open to individuals from groups that are under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals who identify as Black, Asian, or from other ethnically diverse backgrounds, or people of any ethnicity who belong to the following under-represented groups: disabled people, people with the characteristic of gender reassignment, individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, carers and asylum seekers.The successful candidate for this opportunity will also participate in a Creative Access support programme that sits alongside workplace training. This includes a programme of induction training, monthly masterclasses, wellbeing support, buddying / mentoring and more.

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