4 Operations / Facilities / Admin Opportunities in United Kingdom

Salary: £24,000 (+bonus + benefits)

Gain excellent knowledge of all stages of the publishing process, from acquisition to published books, whilst providing administrative support to our publishing operations team.

The role will work across all of Little, Brown's imprints as well as Hachette US books, liaising with multiple departments and help to ensure that our publications’ data is inputted fully and accurately. Key tasks may include metadata input, dealing with new acquisitions, preparing materials for company meetings and maintaining internal systems.

Knowledge, skills, experience

• Able to communicate with colleagues across the business, work to tight deadlines and take on data input tasks
• Office experience
• Good IT skills
• The ability to prioritise and work well under pressure

Desirable

• Knowledge of Biblio would be a great advantage

What we offer

Our staff are our greatest asset and our benefits reflect this. In addition to 25 days annual leave days per year + bank holidays, we have an extensive list of benefits that include: a wide-ranging training library, development programmes including mentoring, Cycle to Work vouchers, Private Medical Insurance, eye care vouchers, up to 70% off book purchases, a charity book shelf, 2 volunteer days per year to use at your charity of choice, many employee networks to join, summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months!), season ticket loans, rent deposit loans, generous pension schemes and much more!

The role will be based at our London office, Carmelite House, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.

Who we are and what we do

Working with every department in the company, the Little, Brown Operations team have an overview of the entire publishing process. They ensure that all books flow from the moment of acquisition to the very end of their lives on time, on budget and as efficiently as possible. They run key company meetings and make sure that deadlines are met, book data feeds are correct, and they decide how many copies of each book to print, working hard to keep all titles in stock and available. If you are super organised and keen to get involved in all aspects of publishing, a role in Operations might be for you!

Our commitment

Hachette 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 www.booktradeentrysupport.org

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.