25 Book, Newspaper and Magazine publishing Opportunities

Salary: £26,350 per annum

Closing date: Sunday 24th July 2022

Contract: twelve-month fixed-term

This is a great opportunity to learn about children’s publishing from within a leading independent house.

Faber is a leading independent literary publisher. We publish a diverse range of high-profile authors such as Kazuo Ishiguro, Sally Rooney, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Sebastian Barry and Lenny Henry, and we have a backlist containing the works of T. S. Eliot, Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, among many others. Faber is also a supplier of sales and distribution services to independent publishers and has a market-leading creative writing school.

The Faber Children’s team is recruiting a communications assistant to join our small, vibrant, award-winning department, home to authors such as Emma Carroll, Jason Reynolds and Natasha Farrant, and illustrators such as Chris Mould and Allen Fatimaharan. Faber Children’s are also co-founders of the FAB Prize for undiscovered authors and illustrators from underrepresented backgrounds, and the newly launched Imagined Futures Prize.

Working closely with the entire children’s publishing team, the communications assistant will support on campaigns across the list. The role reports to the Children's Publicity Manager.

It is a role for a creative and organised person with a love of children’s books and an interest in publishing and connecting books to readers. A demonstrable passion and aptitude for social media would be an advantage.

Main responsibilities include:

• General administrative and organisational support for the team e.g. booking travel for authors, assisting with mailings, handling publicity and marketing enquiries
• Supporting the team with organisation and promotion of events and launches
• Assisting on key publicity campaigns and working towards independently managing their own campaigns
• Researching key children’s media contacts and partnerships
• Building and managing relationships with bloggers, maintaining the children’s blogger database and co-ordinating blog tours
• Helping to maintain and grow the Faber Children’s social media channels and leading on the monthly Faber Children’s newsletter
• Working towards looking after awards submissions for the Faber Children’s list
• Working closely with library and school reading organisations to highlight key Faber Children’s titles

This is a full time, twelve-month fixed term contract. The candidate will be expected to work at least two days a week from our offices in central London.

If you would like to be considered for this role, please click 'apply' to send us a covering letter and CV quoting reference CA.

Faber has a staff of just over 120, based across our offices in Bloomsbury Square, London, and Harlow. We want all our staff to have the best possible, most positive and enjoyable experience while working at Faber.

Our benefits include:

• Access to Faber titles (including regular staff book clubs), discounted Independent Alliance titles
• Minimum of 28 days’ holiday per year
• Five days per year for volunteering work of your choice
• Full subscription to the Headspace meditation app
• Season-ticket loans
• Cycle-to-work vouchers
• Subsidised eye tests
• Generous pension scheme
• Life assurance and income protection insurance
• Access to online GP and advisory services

We welcome applications from any individual regardless of ethnic origin, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age. All applications will be considered on merit.

Please note that all personal information which we process in connection with your application will be treated in accordance with our Data Protection Privacy Notice at https://faber.co.uk/data-protection-privacy and our Data Protection Policy at https://faber.co.uk/data-protection-policy.

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