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Salary: £27,000 based in London; £24,840 based in Sheffield (+bonus +benefits) &nbsp;Passionate about the craft of bookmaking? Ready to help bring children’s books to life? Join Hachette Children’s Group and play a key role in producing beloved titles for children and young people.Hachette Children's Group is one of the UK's largest children's publishers, our mission is to make it easy for children and young people everywhere to access books and see themselves reflected. We aim to maximise our readers' life chances by inspiring a lifelong love of reading, publishing books for every stage of their journey to adulthood from Enid Blyton to Alice Oseman's Heartstopper.Hachette Children's Group 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 doingWe have a fantastic opportunity to join our busy and friendly team in a varied and creative role working across a range of reprints, special sales and coeditions from our award-winning children's lists. You’ll work across colour and mono titles, and be responsible for all aspects of production from initial costing through to delivery.&nbsp; &nbsp;Who we are looking for<ul><li>The ideal candidate will be highly organised, comfortable in managing multiple tasks and meeting deadlines.</li><li>You’ll thrive in a fast-paced environment, be resilient and work well under pressure.</li><li>You’ll enjoy working as part of a team and building relationships with colleagues and suppliers alike.</li><li>You’ll enjoy problem solving and be able to demonstrate great attention to detail.</li><li>You’re quick to learn new systems and processes.</li><li>You’ll be a strong negotiator with good numeracy and administration skills.</li><li>You will be dynamic, proactive, positive and solutions focused.</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;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 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>We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

Carmelite House

Hachette UK

Assistant production controller

Closing date for applications: Midday 12pm, Friday 18 July 202Salary: £44,620 to £49,730Basis: Full time, Permanent&nbsp; &nbsp;The Barbican Centre is seeking to appoint an experienced, proactive Producer for Learning to join the Creative Collaboration team and lead Barbican’s broad programme of creative learning opportunities with schools, further, higher, SEND and PRU educational providers.The Creative Collaboration department brings together the Barbican Centre’s participatory work with communities, learning, public programmes, and archive, crossing traditional arts boundaries, contributing towards a programme focused on developing diverse, local, and younger audiences. The department’s work is inspired by and built upon principles of collaboration, learning, and access.Working closely with the Senior Producer (Learning &amp; Participation) the Producer (Learning) will be lead on creative learning programmes that utilise the Barbican’s rich and unique artistic offer as a springboard for participation. By engaging artists and other practitioners from the creative industries, the Producer (Learning) will inspire and ignite a passion for involvement in the arts across artforms with students and educators alike. The producer will take a strategic and entrepreneurial approach, to ensure the Learning offer is impactful and always delivered at the highest standards. &nbsp;Ideal candidate will:<ul><li>Demonstrate an ability to work as part of team and collaborate to achieve a shared goal.</li><li>Be an accomplished producer and project manager with strong planning, administration and organisational skills.</li><li>Have extensive experience of engaging artists and creative practitioners to create and deliver accessible learning programmes.</li><li>Have experience of working creatively with educational institutions such as schools, further, higher, SEND and PRU educational providers.</li><li>Excellent communication skills, able to work with a wide range of people from across Barbican teams as well as project partners, audiences and participants. </li><li>A commitment to safeguarding, access, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, and the Barbican’s values.</li><li>The successful applicant will be self-motivated and have good knowledge of arts education and creative learning sector. Excellent interpersonal skills are vital.</li><li>To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please see the ‘Job Information Pack’. &nbsp;</li></ul>How to apply:To apply, please follow the link and submit a CV, and Cover Letter of no more the 2 sides of A4, outlining how your knowledge, skills and experience meet the Person Specification and outline of the role responsibilities. Please address each of the points in the Person Specification where possible. Closing date for application is Midday 12pm, Friday 18 July 2025.&nbsp;Interview are expected to take place in week commencing 28 July 2025.Please note that late applications will not be accepted. The Barbican is committed to EqualOpportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We are members of the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who would like to be considered under this scheme and who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. If you are a disabled person and need adjustments to the application process, please contact us.Please include in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Barbican Centre

Barbican & Guildhall School

Producer (Learning)

Salary: £32,000 per annum Are you someone who loves theatre, has a great knowledge of actors, and wants to work in an exciting and creative organisation?&nbsp;The Donmar Warehouse is seeking a Casting Associate to work with the Casting Director as part of the In house casting team, they will ensure the department runs smoothly and efficiently. The role will work closely with the Casting Director delivering high class casting across Donmar productions, readings and workshops. It's a role with lots of variety that includes the creation of lists, artist and production research, leading communication with agents, preparing and running audition days and leading on casting workshops and readings. We are looking for someone with at least two years experience working in casting. We need someone who has an extensive knowledge of actors, a confident communicator and loves the theatre. Responsibilities<ul><li>Working with the Casting Director to provide strong and consistent casting support across Donmar Warehouse productions. </li><li>Being the point of contact for all casting enquiries and overseeing and delivering the administration functions of the department. </li><li>Leading&nbsp; availability checks with agents and nurturing strong relationships with agents on behalf of the Donmar. </li><li>Deliver casting requirements in the deadlines stipulated by the Casting Director and Artistic team.</li><li>Contributing casting ideas and creation of lists&nbsp; across projects and readings as required, supported by the Casting Director.</li><li>Leading the planning and management of&nbsp; auditions to ensure they run with success. This includes the preparation of materials for meetings,&nbsp; artists and agent liaison, and managing schedules and spaces for auditions.</li><li>Planning and facilitating zoom meetings and online taping as needed.</li><li>Creation and deal memo’s, access riders and contracts, including the processing of invoices as required. </li><li>Working with the Artistic&nbsp; team to plan for readings and workshops. </li><li>Build a strong and supportive environment for all actors and companies in our buildings, attending previews and press nights. </li><li>Leading on communication with different departments within the company, ensuring casting information is shared and updated as required. Including the creation of casting sheets for productions. </li><li>Attendance of show cases and industry events, representing the Casting department.</li></ul> Knowledge, skills and experienceEssential<ul><li>At least two years experience of working in a professional casting environment, this could be in theatre, TV, film.</li><li>A commitment to forging a career in the Casting industry.</li><li>Extensive knowledge of actors across the breath of the industry.</li><li>Good problem-solver and a confident decision maker who is able to establish the best solutions under pressure. </li><li>Experience of attending showcases and performances being able to confidently identify talent.</li><li>Strong knowledge and relationships with UK and US agencies. </li><li>Experience in negotiating deals with agents, and drafting deal memos and contracts for actors. </li><li>Great initiative and ability to organise a large and demanding workload.</li><li>Ability to work under time pressure and capacity to stick to deadlines.</li><li>Excellent administrative and IT skills</li><li>A confident communicator, with experience dealing with large quantities of emails and telephone calls. </li><li>Able to show a commitment to inclusion and diversity in your working practice.</li><li>A passion for theatre and the work of the Donmar. </li><li>Working knowledge of theatre departments and their interaction with Casting Departments.&nbsp;</li></ul>Desirable&nbsp;<ul><li>Has successfully cast a professional theatre production as Casting Director.</li><li>Fantastic knowledge of plays, playwrights, directors and agents. </li><li>Experience working directly with directors and playwrights.</li><li>Experience of working with union and in house agreements. </li><li>Experience of working in a producing venue and understanding of programming processes.&nbsp;</li></ul> We believe that representation matters; diversity of identity, of perspective and of lived experience enriches our work and our lives. We recognise that the Donmar and the wider theatre industry is not representative of contemporary society in terms of workforce, artists and audience. We particularly encourage applications from those who are currently under-represented both at the Donmar and more widely in the industry, and specifically from D/deaf or disabled, or neurodivergent applicants and applicants who experience barriers and inequity due to ethnicity, gender identity and/or socio-economic background.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Donmar Warehouse

Casting associate

Closing date: 7th July 2025Salary: Up to £32,000 dependent on experience (+bonus +benefits)Location: The role will be based at our London office, Carmelite House,&nbsp;with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week. This is an exciting opportunity for an existing audio assistant, with proven experience of working in an audiobook publishing team, to take the next step in their career.&nbsp;Hachette Audio is a small, highly productive audio team who create and publish audiobooks across all the divisions at Hachette. We work with authors and actors to create innovative, award-winning content, and we work with the full publishing team to ensure that audiobooks are core to Hachette’s publishing output.&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 11&nbsp;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. What you'll be doing<ul><li>You will be managing the inbound and outbound supply of licensed audio content, overseeing licence, invoice and PO generation, and you will contribute to maximising the revenue generated from audio masters licensing deals.</li><li>You will be taking responsibility for the casting, recording and production management of assigned imprints/titles, ensuring high quality, cost-controlled, and timely publication of audiobooks</li><li>You will provide support, including some administrative support, to the Audio team.</li></ul> Who we are looking for&nbsp;&nbsp;<ul><li>&nbsp;Previous experience of working in a busy audiobook team, ideally with casting and production experience.</li><li>Experience of working with a DAM system and Biblio or a similar publishing system</li><li>Experience of generating and using scheduling reports using Excel</li><li>A proven track record of clear, persuasive communication</li><li>A proven track record of multitasking</li><li>A proven track record of excellent organisational skills.</li><li>Excellent English language skills and good basic numeracy</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>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.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.

Audio executive (12 month FTC)

Closing date: 10th July 2025Salary: £22,500 - £24,000&nbsp;Gemini Books Group is looking for a detail-driven production controller to support our busy production team.&nbsp;<a href="https://geminibooks.com/" target="_blank">Gemini Books Group</a> is an independent publisher, established in 2023. We make beautiful, illustrated books for children and adults that spark readers’ imaginations. From our founder and other experienced publishers to new recruits and rising stars, all our people share a passion for creating books that readers young and old will want to spend time with.Reporting to the Production Manager, you will have responsibility for managing our production operations from purchase order through to delivery. &nbsp;Key Responsibilities:&nbsp;<ul><li>Managing projects to ensure processes and deadlines are met and problem solve any potential issues.</li><li>Expedite the print production to schedule and cost, inclusive of raising PO’s and ensure the printer is working to the correct specification.</li><li>Progress and chase files, plotters, approvals and advances from Studio, printers and our co-edition customers.</li><li>Collating, checking and sending shipping documents to customers and our accounts team to close orders and send to invoicing. </li><li>Communicate any special requirements to the printer and ensure they are carried out and any additional costs involved are approved.</li><li>Negotiate schedules and simple additional costs with the printer.</li><li>Working with the Production Manager, managing suppliers to meet safety standards and test products where necessary.</li><li>Chasing customers for shipping instructions and carton markings and ensure the printer follows correct guidelines. </li><li>Communicating with 3rd party suppliers in the Far East to ensure customer requirements are met and deliveries are made on time to the relative freight forwarders warehouse.</li><li>Ensure internal database is continually updated.</li><li>Ensure internal control documents are continually updated.</li><li>Work with suppliers to ensure quality standards are met without jeopardising the schedule.</li><li>Build and maintain strong relationships with colleagues, printers and customers.</li></ul>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.

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