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Closing date for applications: 15 August 2025Salary: £32,000 - £36,000 dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)Location: This role can be based at our London or Sheffield office with a blend of in-office (3 days) and home working (2 days) per week. Bring your communication skills and love of books to this role, managing projects that bring award-winning audiobooks to life.The group audio team is responsible for managing the end-to-end audio publishing process for Hachette UK (excluding the Bookouture and Hachette Learning divisions). Composed of expert audiobook editorial staff and the award-winning Carmelite Studios, the team collaborates closely with divisional publishing groups, external producers, agents, authors, and voice talent to produce bestselling and award-winning audiobooks, original audio productions, and other high-quality audio content.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 doingWorking within the audiobook editorial team, you will be project managing a diverse range of audiobooks from across the Hachette UK publishing divisions, ensuring delivery of a high volume of projects on time and to budget. This will include:<ul><li>Working with divisional audio publishing leads to provide editorial and project management support as required</li><li>Instructing the Carmelite Studio team and third party recording studios regarding project requirements e.g. budget, casting, pre-production research and other project specific requirements</li><li>Supporting the Carmelite Studios pre-production team with casting, talent booking and related tasks</li><li>Maintaining accurate production schedule information in Biblio3</li><li>Liaising with internal and external services providers</li><li>Liaising with authors, literary agents and talent agencies</li><li>Negotiating talent fees and agreeing necessary contractual paperwork</li><li>Representing the audio team at business-critical internal and external meetings</li><li>Contributing to the continuous improvement of departmental processes and working practices</li></ul>The role will report to the audio director, publishing and production. Please note that this is an editorial role and not an audio production role.&nbsp; Who we are looking forCandidates must be highly efficient, with a good eye for detail and the ability to multi-task. A can-do, enthusiastic attitude is essential, along with excellent communication skills. Candidates will be:<ul><li>Excellent written and verbal communicators</li><li>Adaptable problems-solvers, who can work independently and think strategically</li><li>Creative and entrepreneurial, with a positive attitude</li><li>Highly organised and time efficient</li><li>Passionate about audiobooks with a keen interest in a wide range of fiction and non-fiction</li><li>Highly knowledgeable about audiobook publishing and the UK audiobook market, with proven audio publishing experience</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>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> Our commitmentThe 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> 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.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Carmelite House

Hachette UK

Audio editor

Closing date for applications: 14 August 2025Salary £27,000 per annumLocation: 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). Allocated office days for this role are: Wednesdays and Thursdays Bring your artworking skills to this entry-level role in publishing and help craft the covers of leading academic titles.&nbsp;We are looking for an artworker to join our busy academic and professional division, which publishes across a range of subjects including Philosophy, Education, Theology, Linguistics, History, Law, Drama, Film and Media, and Fashion. This would be an excellent job for someone with artworking skills, keen to enter the book publishing industry within the design environment. Responsibilities<ul><li>Correct and convert existing cover files and generate final cover artwork (using Adobe CS) for reprints, eBooks and our print-on-demand programme</li><li>Liaise with editorial and production colleagues, and external suppliers on cover updates, proofs, and schedules</li><li>Ensure company systems are kept up-to-date with cover data, files and status</li><li>Assist the designers with artworking tasks on new titles</li></ul> Knowledge, skills and experience<ul><li>Proven technical expertise (InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat)</li><li>Excellent organisational and time-management skills</li><li>The ability to process a large volume of work quickly and accurately</li><li>A keen eye for detail</li></ul> Bloomsbury BenefitsAs well as a fantastic opportunity to join a global award-winning organisation, Bloomsbury offers the following competitive benefits package:<ul><li>Hybrid working pattern of: 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred)</li><li>25 days holiday and 3.5 days Christmas company holiday</li><li>Two paid personal wellness days</li><li>Flexible Fridays – take Friday afternoon off by working an additional 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>Share save scheme</li><li>AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)</li><li>Peppy Health App</li><li>In-house doctor</li><li>Eye care voucher scheme</li></ul>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. Additional informationAs an entry level role, this position is eligible for Bloomsbury’s Rental Deposit Loan Scheme. To assist candidates who want to start and to establish a career in publishing, Bloomsbury offers an interest free rental deposit to support securing somewhere to live. The rental deposit loan can be up to £3,000 and will be paid back over 2 years.The Book Trade Charity provide financial assistance for people looking to get into the publishing industry; you can find more information and talk directly here: <a href="http://booktradeentrysupport.org/" target="_blank">http://booktradeentrysupport.org</a>Please apply with a CV, cover letter &amp; portfolio of your recent work addressed to human resources via our website by clicking the 'Apply' button. 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. 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.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Head Office - London

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Bloomsbury Publishing UK: Bedford Square Office

Artworker, academic & professional production

Closing date for applications: 18 August 2025Salary: The starting salary for this role is £27,000Contract: This is a full-time position and is a hybrid role, working a minimum of three days per week in our office near to London Bridge.&nbsp; Kickstart your career in publishing rights with this exciting entry-level role at an award winning children's publisher!Nosy Crow is looking to recruit a rights assistant to support a dynamic and collaborative foreign rights team responsible for selling translation rights to publishers around the world. The purpose of the rights department is to get as many Nosy Crow books published in as many languages as possible across the globe. We are a fast-paced team that visits publishers and book fairs in multiple countries throughout the year.Nosy Crow is a multi-award winning, independent children’s publishing company with operations in both the UK and the USA. We make child-focused, parent-friendly children’s books for ages 0-12. This is your opportunity to use your language skills and to be part of and contribute to the team’s continuing success in this exciting international area of our business. ResponsibilitiesThe successful candidate will report to the senior rights executive and will provide administrative support to all five members of the team, travelling to Frankfurt and Bologna Book Fairs and other key territories (language depending).Key responsibilities and tasks will range from&nbsp;pitching books to foreign customers, liaising with overseas publishers and with Nosy Crow’s production, design and editorial teams to ensure the smooth running of co-edition print runs and translation deals, to creating rights appointment schedules for book fairs and sales trips, collating and submitting digital sales material and sample copies, updating sales databases and providing general administrative support as required by the rights department.&nbsp; Knowledge, skills and experience<ul><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills</li><li>Language skills (essential)</li><li>Interest in working with Asian markets (desirable)</li><li>Team-player with excellent communication skills</li><li>Strong organisational skills and an eye for detail</li><li>The ability to multitask and work well under pressure</li><li>Initiative and the ability to work independently</li><li>Strong interest in publishing, particularly children’s books</li><li>Strong sales and numeracy skills</li></ul>No prior publishing experience is necessary in order to apply for the role. The successful candidate will have the right to live and work in the UK.&nbsp; Benefits<ul><li>Pension scheme</li><li>Christmas closure</li><li>Summer hours</li><li>Employee Assistance Programme</li><li>Income protection</li><li>Critical illness cover</li><li>Group life assurance</li><li>Enhanced parental leave</li><li>Cycle to Work Scheme</li><li>Season ticket loans</li><li>Eye care vouchers</li><li>Up to 80% off RRP for Nosy Crow book purchases</li><li>Emergency loans</li><li>Free fruit and snacks in the office</li><li>Moving day leave</li><li>Charitable/socially beneficial leave</li><li>Remote working anywhere in the world for up to 2 weeks per year</li></ul> Additional informationsPlease note that interviews will not take place until after the 22nd August.To apply, please upload your CV, accompanied by a covering letter of no more than 500 words outlining why you think you would be the perfect candidate for this exciting opportunity, addressed to Rhianna Sandford with the subject heading International Rights Assistant role, telling us where you heard about the job. Please let us know, if you are comfortable doing so, whether or not there are any reasonable adjustments that we should consider that would help during the recruitment process. Applications are treated with due confidentiality.&nbsp; Nosy Crow is a Disability Confident, committed equal opportunities employer. We believe that employing a diverse workforce is an important factor in success and make recruiting decisions based on applicants’ experience and skills.&nbsp;&nbsp;We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of&nbsp;race, age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage or civil partnership.&nbsp;Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Crows Nest

Nosy Crow

International rights assistant

Closing date for applications: 13 August 2025&nbsp;Salary: £27,000 based in London, £24,840 based outside of LondonLocation: 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. Are you detail-driven and passionate about books? Join an international sales team and help bring outstanding titles to readers worldwide.Hachette UK is a creative powerhouse and the UK's second largest book publishing group, with 11 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity. Hachette UK is part of 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, the UAE and Ireland.&nbsp;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. What you'll be doingReporting to the international sales director you will be required to:<ul><li>Provide administrative support to the international sales director</li><li>Create and maintain sales material including order forms and PowerPoint presentations and email blasts, liaising with colleagues outside the department where required</li><li>Provide general administrative support to the open market team including running all trip reports and providing cover when they are out of the office</li><li>Deal with day-to-day customer support including processing orders and dealing with general queries</li><li>Assist with general enquiries from the exclusive distributor for Singapore &amp; Malaysia</li><li>Be the point of contact for African customers and deal with orders and queries</li><li>Produce sales data when required, including assisting with running and distribution of monthly reports</li><li>Assist in the scheduling of any events for sales teams, customers or other groups, within agreed budgets and parameters</li></ul> Who we are looking forWe’re looking for a strong team player who has excellent communication and organisational skills, attention to detail, an ability to multi-task and prioritise, and an enthusiasm for working in a fast-moving commercial environment. We need someone who is interested in publishing, loves books and can talk about them with conviction and passion.You’ll need to be proficient with Microsoft Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint), and having a degree, publishing experience or any form of experience in an office environment would be an advantage.The successful candidate will be keen to learn new skills as well as have a willingness to go the extra mile to ensure tasks are completed and excellent customer service is provided. &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> Our commitmentThe 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> 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.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

International sales assistant

Closing date for applications: 27 August 2025Salary: £28,500 per annum Work with global retailers, analyse trends and drive book sales across every genre as part of a dynamic team at the heart of digital publishing.This is an excellent position in a dynamic sector of publishing, providing support to the digital sales team. The role will require an extremely high level of organisation and initiative, as well as an ability to rapidly acquire a high level of competency on company systems and confident use of Microsoft Office applications, with an excellent working knowledge of Excel. We’re looking for personable, bright individual who can learn quickly and use their own initiative. A problem solver with an aptitude for analysing large sets of data and ability to draw conclusions and make recommendations. The role offers solid experience supporting the team selling to major UK and global digital retailers. It’s a real opportunity for gaining an unmatched insight into the digital publishing landscape, online retail, and the workings of publishing divisions across all genres. ResponsibilitiesData and analysis<ul><li>Prepare lists of titles to feature in key retailer promotional programmes ensuring optimum performance across the catalogue</li><li>Interrogate sales reporting, identifying trends and creating contextualised reports on sales promotions</li><li>Manage the global properties schedule ensuring backlist activity across all the HC companies is aligned and communicated</li><li>Develop a strong working knowledge of the HarperCollins global catalogue, understanding seasonal patterns and commercial opportunities</li><li>Work closely with the insight and analytics departments to ensure strategic alignment</li></ul>Digital Sales<ul><li>Provide administrative support to the digital sales team</li><li>Support the digital sales team in selling effectively to all key digital retailers, across eBooks and digital audio for all HarperCollins publishing divisions</li><li>Support sales managers and directors for learning and best practice</li><li>Keep effective records of all promotions, ensuring the promotion planner is fully up to date with accurate details of key promotional pricing.</li><li>Create and maintain quarterly promotion overviews, communicating updates to the digital sales team</li><li>Liaise effectively with publishing divisions and sales teams to ensure information is shared and promotion plans are clearly communicated</li><li>Manage the global properties schedule ensuring activity across all the HC companies is aligned</li><li>Coordinate all general office administration across the department ensuring the smooth management of information and resources</li><li>Collate the weekly digital sales report, working closely with other members of the team to identify key points of interest for communication</li></ul> Knowledge, skills and experience<ul><li>Admin experience with excellent attention to detail</li><li>Experience of utilising advanced Excel</li><li>Knowledge of PowerPoint and Word</li><li>Experience of supporting a busy team</li><li>Ability to communicate at all levels, both written and verbally</li><li>Professional, reliable, able to work quickly under pressure and use own initiative</li><li>Effective time management</li><li>Very organised</li></ul> Benefits<ul><li>Hybrid working model (3 days in the office)</li><li>28 days holiday plus bank holidays (option to buy and sell holiday days)</li><li>Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave</li><li>Private healthcare cover and life assurance</li><li>Summer hours</li><li>Free access to HeadSpace, employee assistance programme (24 hour helpline), mental health first aiders, and a wellbeing portal</li><li>Season ticket loans (from day 1 for entry level) and cycle to work scheme</li><li>Relocation rent support loan</li><li>Employee networks: HC All In (open forum), Elevate (for ethnic minority colleagues), HarperParents, Menopause at Work, Pride at HC, Social Mobility Network and Neurodiversity at Work</li><li>Unlimited training on our learning and development portal, management courses (up to MA level) and mentoring programmes</li><li>Virtual GP and eyecare vouchers</li><li>Gym membership discount</li><li>Onsite physiotherapy (London only)</li><li>Charitable donation matching and&nbsp;2 volunteering days</li><li>We're a certified carbon neutral company</li><li>Green electric/hybrid car benefit scheme (salary sacrifice)</li><li>With Trees for Life we plant a tree in the Highlands of Scotland for every permanent hire</li><li>Free e-books and audiobooks, digital newspaper subscriptions and discounts on books</li><li>Subsidised canteen and retail discounts</li><li>Onsite prayer room&nbsp;</li></ul> Additional informationAt HarperCollins, we value authenticity and integrity in our recruitment process. To ensure a fair and accurate evaluation of all applications, we ask that all responses to assessment questions reflect your own thoughts, experiences, and capabilities.&nbsp; This allows us to fairly assess your knowledge, skills, and experience to determine how they align with the role. We value diverse perspectives and genuine contributions, even if answers are not perfect. The use of AI tools or external assistance to generate responses is discouraged unless explicitly permitted for specific tasks.If you wish to discuss anything regarding this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly with subject heading ‘Vacancy Query’ plus the job title and we will aim to get back to you within 5 working days. 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.

Glasgow Office 

Honley

Dublin

HarperCollins Publishers UK

HarperCollins

200 Years of HarperCollins

Digital sales executive

Closing date for applications: 7 August 2025Salary:&nbsp;£27,000 per annumLocation: The role is based at&nbsp;our London office, 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP on a hybrid-working pattern of two days office-based/three days home-based (or fully office-based if preferred). Allocated office days for this role are Monday and Tuesday. Kick-start your publishing career with Publisher of the Year Bloomsbury! This entry-level role offers hands-on experience supporting editorial administration and operations.&nbsp;We are looking for an editorial operations assistant to join the adult editorial team at Bloomsbury Publishing, the home of authors such as Samantha Shannon, William Dalrymple, Kiley Reid, Stuart Turton, Georgina Hayden and Poppy O’Toole. This is a wonderful opportunity to join the British Book Awards’ current Publisher of the Year in an entry-level role.You’ll be an enthusiastic, efficient person and you’ll assist the entire department with day-to-day administrative and editorial support. Your work will bring you into contact with all members of the department, and there will be opportunities to develop editorial skills. The team sits within the consumer division, and reports to the head of editorial operations. The roleYour work will mainly involve the following, with other departmental admin tasks as required.Administrative and editorial support<ul><li>Assisting with day-to-day administration in order to centralise the management of the running of the department and support the editorial team</li><li>Responsibility for freelancer onboarding</li><li>Biblio maintenance: keeping the source of all our data for our titles as up-to-date and smoothly running as possible</li><li>Contact for multi-region editions (MREs) originating from Bloomsbury USA</li><li>Checking ePubs and reprint covers and approving for press</li></ul>Assistant to head of editorial operations<ul><li>Arranging and minuting meetings, running and circulating reports</li><li>Acting as the team contact for queries from other departments</li><li>Processing expenses</li></ul>Assistant to editor-in-chief<ul><li>Managing diary, expenses and travel</li><li>Running reports and schedules from Biblio and other data sources</li><li>Assisting with departmental meetings</li></ul>Other admin tasks<ul><li>Handling prize deadlines and submissions for the department</li><li>Organising couriers</li><li>Maintaining a database of readers used by the department and organising materials for readers as required</li><li>Ordering in copies of books as needed</li><li>Printing, scanning, photocopying and binding manuscripts</li><li>Assisting with arrangements for events</li></ul> Knowledge, skills and experience&nbsp;We are looking for someone organised, confident and eager to learn, with:<ul><li>excellent communication and time-management skills</li><li>impeccable spelling, grammar and punctuation</li><li>office experience</li><li>excellent organisational skills</li><li>attention to detail</li><li>a demonstrable interest in trade fiction and non-fiction, and an awareness of the book market</li><li>some relevant experience would be an advantage</li></ul> Additional informationThis position is eligible for Bloomsbury’s Rental Deposit Loan Scheme. To assist candidates who want to start and establish a career in publishing, Bloomsbury offers an interest-free rental deposit to support securing somewhere to live. The rental deposit loan can be up to £3,000 and will be paid back over two years.Please apply with a CV and covering letter&nbsp;addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only) via our website detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by Thursday 7th of August 2025. For best results, please use a desktop to apply as some mobile browsers may not fully support the application portal. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK. Bloomsbury reserves the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications.The Book Trade Charity provides financial assistance for people looking to get into the publishing industry; you can find more information and talk directly here:&nbsp;<a href="http://booktradeentrysupport.org/" target="_blank">http://booktradeentrysupport.org</a>&nbsp; Bloomsbury BenefitsAs well as a fantastic opportunity to join a global award-winning organisation, Bloomsbury offers the following competitive benefits package:<ul><li>Hybrid working pattern of: two days office-based/three days home-based (or fully office-based if preferred)</li><li>25 days’ holiday, 3.5 days’ Christmas company holiday</li><li>Two paid Personal Wellness Days</li><li>Flexible Fridays –&nbsp;take Friday afternoon off by working an additional&nbsp;3 hours and 30 minutes earlier in the week</li><li>Work anywhere fortnight -&nbsp;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>Share Save Scheme</li><li>AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance)</li><li>Peppy Health app</li><li>In-house doctor</li><li>Eye care voucher scheme</li><li>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&nbsp;</li></ul> 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.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Editorial operations assistant, adult consumer

Closing date for applications: 18 August 2025Salary: £60,000+ depending on experience and locationLocation: This role can be based at our London, Sheffield, Edinburgh, Newcastle, or Bristol office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and home working (2 days) per week. Champion creativity and innovation while leading a dynamic marketing team in this senior, 12-month role at Little, Brown's .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 and the largest division of Hachette, we're one of the most successful and dynamic publishers in the UK. What you'll be doing<ul><li>Reporting to the group publicity and marketing director, lead our marketing department of ten, and directly line manage our team of senior marketers</li><li>Be a member of the Little, Brown Leadership Group</li><li>Ensure all our marketing activity is impactful and aligned with the long-term strategy for the business</li><li>Set and manage marketing budgets, regularly reviewing spend and re-forecasting</li><li>Oversee delivery of effective social media and digital marketing strategy</li><li>Represent the business where relevant with authors, agents, customers and other third parties, including delivering effective pitches</li><li>Champion creativity, innovation and results within every element of our publishing and marketing activity</li><li>Attract, manage and develop talented marketing team members with strong market awareness</li><li>Evaluate and report to the business on marketing activity and results</li></ul> Who we are looking forA positive, energetic self-starter, the successful candidate will have proven senior level marketing experience within publishing, as well as strong team leadership experience.The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker, with excellent business and commercial understanding, who is able to effectively lead a return on investment (ROI) focused team in a busy, fast-paced environment.They will have proven experience of leading high-level marketing and brand campaigns, and will bring creativity, consumer understanding and up-to-date knowledge of the market to both their own campaigns and those of their team. 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> Our commitmentThe 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>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.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Marketing director (12 month FTC)

Closing date for applications: 11th August 2025Salary: £26,000 - £30,000 dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)Location: This role can be based at our Sheffield, London, or Edinburgh office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week. Bring your editorial experience and passion for social justice to a values-led publisher, taking projects from initial concept to final publication.Jessica Kingsley Publishers is an award-winning, global publisher with a strong social justice agenda. We believe in empowering individuals through information and knowledge and aim to drive social change by celebrating diversity and equality for all. We have long been known for our pioneering publishing; we publish in the social and mental health sciences and have a market-leading portfolio of books on the autism spectrum; more recently we’ve broken new ground with our publishing in gender diversity and Chinese medicine under the Singing Dragon imprint.We publish books of excellence and lasting value written by authors with passion and expertise. We're home to popular fiction and non-fiction writers alongside some of the most progressive new voices in publishing. Established in 1768 and with a rich and illustrious history, we are the oldest imprint in the business and oldest surviving trade list in British publishing.Jessica Kingsley Publishers is an imprint of John Murray Press, a&nbsp;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. What you'll be doingYou will be responsible for taking projects through all stages of production up to publication, ensuring all products are produced on time, to budget and to a high quality, and communicating effectively with authors throughout the production process.You will foster and maintain constructive relationships with colleagues and external suppliers, briefing and overseeing the work of all freelance editors, typesetters, proofreaders and indexers, and collaborate closely with our team of production controllers to produce exceptional products. Who we are looking forYou will possess superb communication skills, a meticulous eye for detail, impeccable grammar and spelling and effective time-management skills. The role will offer scope for considerable autonomy and responsibility. Technical knowledge of digital formats and workflows is desirable but not essential. 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>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 commitmentThe 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> 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.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Production editor

Closing date for applications: Sunday 24th August at 11.59pmSalary: National Living WageDuration: 6 monthsWorking hours: Mon-Fri, 35 hours (flexible start/ end times between 8am and 6pm; 1 hour for lunch each day)Location: Edinburgh, UKStart date: 29th September 2025 Learn the ropes of academic publishing with this varied 6-month traineeship based in Edinburgh.&nbsp;<a href="https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/" target="_blank">Edinburgh University Press</a> is the premier Scottish publisher of academic books, ebooks and journals. Our ambition is to create a community of authors, editors, advisors and practitioners committed to publishing world-class academic research that amplifies the critical role of the humanities and social sciences in shaping the way we think about and tackle global and local issues. Sharing our University Press knowledge and expertise, we nurture every project from idea to publication and beyond, to maximise its influence and impact. We work with academics from across diverse backgrounds, and from early and mid-career researchers to professors, to give voice to a wide range of international perspectives. And we are building partnerships to create and deepen connections with our parent institution, the University of Edinburgh, and with wider civic society.The publishing trainee will be based in EUP’s books editorial department. They will have the full support of 3 experienced members of staff who will lead and guide them as they are introduced to life in an office setting. For the first month, they will spend most days of the week in our Edinburgh office to facilitate learning and development. After that they will follow our standard hybrid pattern (2 days per week minimum in our Edinburgh office and the option of being based either in the office or at home on the other 3 days).To ensure that the publishing trainee learns as much about academic publishing as possible, they will, while being based in our editorial team, also have monthly rotational placements in other EUP departments. This will include journals, marketing, sales, rights and production. They will spend 2 days a week in each department, alongside their 3 days per week in the editorial department, to gain further skills and see which area of publishing suits them best. What you will learnWithin each part of the placement the trainee will learn the fundamentals of academic publishing. Beyond that they will:<ul><li>Attend in-person academic committee meetings, conferences, book launches and sales conferences, in addition to gaining an understanding of the core functions of each department.</li><li>Learn how to manage a Title Management System, a CRM system, and use key partner platforms like MDL and Ingram iPage.</li><li>Build a fully rounded understanding of publishing.</li></ul>The trainee will be supported throughout the six months by experienced colleagues within the Press, an EUP buddy, and a mentor, as well as a learning and development budget (funded by EUP), supplementing the training covered by the Springboard programme, to help them prepare for work in the long term. Key activitiesOn a day-to-day basis, their main areas of training will cover:<ul><li>Contracts</li><li>The importance of author care</li><li>Peer review</li><li>How to...<ul><li>Keep book records up to date</li><li>Get books ready for paperback publication</li><li>Secure permissions for illustrations</li><li>Process payments</li><li>Prepare metadata for books before publication</li></ul></li><li>The implications of Open Access and AI</li><li>Developing their knowledge and customer-service skills to be able to answer general queries about our books.</li></ul>This will be supplemented with additional areas of training within the rotational placements in other EUP departments. What you will bring<ul><li>Strong written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail</li><li>An understanding of the importance of a customer-focused culture</li><li>Prioritisation skills and the ability to meet deadlines and think creatively</li><li>Collaborative team player with a proactive approach</li><li>Digital skills including working with systems, using Microsoft Office, writing emails, and using AI tools appropriately</li></ul> 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:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk" target="_blank">recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk</a></li></ul> This opportunity is open to Black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates.This role is part-funded by the&nbsp;Mo Siewcharran Memorial Fund which support internships for young talent from ethnicities that are under-represented in the theatre, publishing and music industries.

Edinburgh University Press

Publishing trainee

Closing date for applications: 10th August 2025&nbsp;Salary: £30,000 – £35,000, commensurate with experienceReports to: The job will be reporting directly to the head of communicationsLocation: The role is full time, based in our studio in southeast London, start date as soon as possible Join a fast-paced, collaborative studio and lead creative publicity campaigns covering contemporary arts publishing.MACK is looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic press and communications manager to lead media outreach and communications on our list of critically acclaimed books on art, architecture, critical theory, cinema, and photography. This role is ideal for a skilled communicator with a passion for contemporary publishing and the arts, who thrives in a fast-paced and collaborative workplace. Responsibilities<ul><li>Serve as a key point of contact for MACK’s authors in the launch of their books</li><li>Plan and deliver high-quality publicity campaigns across print, broadcast, and digital media</li><li>Cultivate and maintain relationships with journalists and editors, and proactively expand MACK’s global outreach</li><li>Manage all external communications, ensuring these align with MACK’s brand</li><li>Develop and implement creative and strategic communications and marketing campaigns across newsletters, social media, and digital advertising</li><li>Collaborate with our sales, marketing, design, and editorial teams to create press and communications materials, and to ensure that press pieces are maximised across the company</li><li>Monitor media coverage, and produce regular reports for use across sales and editorial teams</li></ul> Knowledge, skills &amp; experience<ul><li>Prior experience in publicity or communications is strongly preferred</li><li>A proven knowledge of contemporary art book publishing and media outlets</li><li>Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment</li><li>Confidence in building relationships with authors, journalists, and editors</li><li>Excellent communication skills, with an ability to convincingly pitch books and ideas</li><li>A proactive, collaborative team player who is eager to learn and contribute across departments</li></ul> Additional information<ul><li>Benefits include a pension, flexible working hours policy, gym membership, and an employee profit-share scheme</li><li>To apply please send a CV and single page cover letter to Liv Constable-Maxwell by clicking the 'Apply' button. Please include your current notice period.</li><li>We will invite selected applicants for interview in the following weeks. &nbsp;</li><li>If you have any questions about the role or your application, please email <a href="mailto:careers@mackbooks.co.uk" target="_blank">careers@mackbooks.co.uk</a> with the title&nbsp;‘Role Query: Press and Communications Manager’.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul> MACK is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and accessible workplace. We actively encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, particularly those underrepresented in the arts and publishing. &nbsp;If you have any access requirements or need adjustments at any stage of the application process, please do let us know.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

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