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Closing date: 6th January 2025Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)Location: 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;Manage and inspire a team to deliver top-quality, future-proof content for global learning success.Hachette Learning is the home of accessible, future-proofed educational resources where we put students, teachers and parents at the heart of everything we do. Our goal is to help every teacher and learner across the globe to succeed by creating and delivering high-quality content and support.Hachette Learning is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 12 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 doing<ul><li>The job holder will lead a team of editorial staff managing in-house projects as a key part of the Product Delivery team, supporting the Division in the delivery of the product roadmap.</li><li>The job holder will manage the recruitment, training, resourcing and career development of a team of Editorial Project Managers, and is responsible for ensuring effective, streamlined processes are used throughout.</li><li>This role will be the departmental point of contact for all resource requests and will determine in-house or out-of-house route. They will manage the division’s in-house capacity, allocating new projects to the in-house team, and create and implement processes to support effective resource management.</li><li>The role is responsible for managing workload and performance to deliver agreed content on schedule, within budget and to appropriate quality.</li></ul>&nbsp;Who we're looking for<ul><li>The ideal candidate will be an experienced line manager who has managed large teams of editors.&nbsp;</li><li>They will have managed a variety of complex print and digital products from manuscript to publication, ideally in educational publishing or related field.&nbsp;</li><li>They will have excellent project management skills, and have extensive experience managing budgets and suppliers.&nbsp;</li><li>We are looking for someone who has strong capacity management skills, able to resource and oversee multiple products through to publication.&nbsp;</li><li>They will have proven process improvement skills and have experience in implementing new processes.</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>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>&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.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.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>

Carmelite House

Hachette UK

Resourcing and capacity manager

Workshop date and time: Tuesday 13th May 2025, 10.30am – 12pm&nbsp;Join this 90-minute workshop to uncover tools, strategies and skills to help manage your wellbeing in the workplace.Led by a consultant clinical psychologist, this 90-min workshop aims to provide tools on managing our wellbeing in the workplace. We’ll look at:<ul><li>Recognising and managing stress and creating work-life balance&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>What do we mean by work-life balance? how does this look within your organisation?&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Exploring what happens when we feel ‘imbalance’ and what may contribute to this&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Connecting with ‘hidden’ or ‘unspoken’ stories and experiences of staff&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Managing personal and professional boundaries; drawing on principles of empathy and compassion to create balance at home and work&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Creating a language for emotional literacy and focusing on self-care&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Drawing on inner strengths and resources as individuals and as part of a team&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>‘Rupture and repair’; using mistakes and feedback as opportunities for growth&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul>The workshop will be held under Chatham House Rules, so all attendees can share ideas and best practice in a safe, interactive and reflective environment.The workshop will provide a safe space in which to raise questions and practice responses and a supportive environment for learning, reflection and relaxed conversation.&nbsp;Please note that this workshop is&nbsp;capped at&nbsp;15 attendees to ensure plenty of time for questions and discussion.Please note there is a fee for this workshop run by Creative Access, with more details found via the 'Apply' button. As a social enterprise, profits are reinvested back into the running costs of the organisation.

Creative Access

About Creative Access

Building resilience open workshop

Workshop date and time: Wednesday 30th April 2025, 3pm – 4.30pm&nbsp;Join us for this virtual workshop focusing on inclusive recruitment.Hosted by Creative Access, this 90-min Zoom session will give an introductory overview of general best practice in recruitment, with a specific lens on diversity and inclusion.Led by expert recruitment consultant Sarah Bonner, we’ll take a look at:<ul><li>The legal framework and protected characteristics</li><li>Inclusive language and its impact on writing job adverts, recruitment and selection</li><li>Having a competency-based framework for interviews</li><li>Making recruitment skills and evidence-based, and using competency based questions</li></ul>This workshop is&nbsp;capped at&nbsp;15 attendees to ensure plenty of time for questions and discussion – we encourage you to come with any recruitment dilemmas you want guidance and support with.Please note there is a fee for this workshop run by Creative Access, with more details found via the 'Apply' button. As a social enterprise, profits are reinvested back into the running costs of the organisation.

Inclusive recruitment open workshop

Workshop date and time: Tuesday 18th March 2025, 10.30am – 12pm&nbsp;We'll be exploring ways make your workplace neuro-inclusive, with expert-led guidance on navigating various scenarios in this 90-minute workshop.An interactive and informative workshop covering various workplace situations based on commonly occurring realistic scenarios.&nbsp;Helping you, as professionals in the creative industries, to make judgement calls that are neuro-inclusive – shedding light on how to support neurodivergent team members, as well as the team as a whole.&nbsp;<ul><li>This 90-min online workshop will cover a number of workplace scenarios related to neurodiversity</li><li>You’ll have the opportunity&nbsp;to discuss as a group with advice from the session facilitator</li><li>Scenarios&nbsp;will address; how different ways of processing information can impact delegation of work, dilemmas related to hybrid working, and stigmatisation of neurodiversity at work</li></ul>You’ll be encouraged to consider the different approaches available, think how this might be applied in the context of your own working environment, and hear from others working across the creative industries.&nbsp;The workshop will be held under Chatham House Rules, so all attendees can share ideas and best practice in a safe, interactive and reflective environment.Please note there is a fee for this workshop run by Creative Access, with more details found via the 'Apply' button. As a social enterprise, profits are reinvested back into the running costs of the organisation.

The neuro-inclusive workplace: scenario based training

Workshop date and time: Fostering respect: tackling sexual harassment in the workplace&nbsp;Join our upcoming workshop on tackling sexual harassment in the workplace.From October 2024 the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill has strengthened protection for workers against sexual harassment. This new law will place a new duty on employers to take ‘reasonable steps’ to prevent sexual harassment. We are holding this 90-min online open workshop to lay out the importance of this particular intersection of inclusivity and the law, help you understand what the new legislation means for your workplace, and provide practical tools to remove or reduce risks.We’ll take a look at:<ul><li>What is ‘sexual harassment’? Recognising the behaviours that constitute sexual harassment</li><li>Understanding the law surrounding sexual harassment</li><li>What to do if you experience or witness sexual harassment in the workplace</li><li>Barriers to disclosure at work and creating a safe environment for disclosure</li><li>Responding appropriately and managing trauma responses</li><li>How to remove or reduce risks to stop sexual harassment before it happens</li></ul>This workshop is&nbsp;capped at&nbsp;15 attendees to ensure plenty of time for questions and discussion. The workshop will be help under Chatham House Rules, so all attendees can share ideas in a safe, interactive and reflective environment.Please note there is a fee for this workshop run by Creative Access, with more details found via the 'Apply' button. As a social enterprise, profits are reinvested back into the running costs of the organisation.

Fostering respect: tackling sexual harassment in the workplace

Workshop date and time: Tuesday 11th February 2025, 11am – 12.30pm&nbsp;This 90-minute workshop spotlights the experiences of working-class talent, addresses barriers to entry and highlights practical solutions to make workplaces more inclusive.The percentage of people from working-class backgrounds in the creative industries is at its lowest in a decade. Join us for this 90-minute online workshop to shine a light on this often hidden dimension of diversity. Led by a D&amp;I specialist, this session is for those looking to take action against class discrimination. We’ll take a look at:<ul><li>How we do we form assumptions about class?</li><li>Taking a look at intersectionality</li><li>Addressing barriers to entry and progression in the workplace</li><li>Challenging classist microaggressions</li><li>Advocating – how can you be an ally?</li><li>Practical solutions to class inclusivity</li></ul>The workshop will provide a supportive environment for learning, reflection, and relaxed conversation. Please note that this workshop is&nbsp;capped at&nbsp;15 attendees to ensure plenty of time for questions and discussion.Please note there is a fee for this workshop run by Creative Access, with more details found via the 'Apply' button. As a social enterprise, profits are reinvested back into the running costs of the organisation.

The class ceiling open workshop

Workshop date and time: Tuesday 28th January 2025, 11am – 12.30pm&nbsp;Are you line managing early career professionals from under-represented backgrounds? Unlock your team's potential with this 90-minute workshop.Led by a D&amp;I specialist, this session is for new and existing line managers of early-career professionals from communities that are under-represented in the sector. We’ll look at:<ul><li>Best practice&nbsp;in line management; supporting underrepresented early career professionals&nbsp;</li><li>The life cycle of the CA Springboard entry support programme; from induction to approaching the end of the traineeship, preparing for next steps&nbsp;</li><li>The expectations of your working relationship</li><li>Understanding intersectional identities and power imbalances</li><li>What are the stumbling blocks, and how to overcome them</li><li>Support with next steps, approaching the end of their contract</li></ul>The workshop will provide a safe space in which to raise questions and practice responses and a supportive environment for learning, reflection and relaxed conversation. Please note that this workshop is capped at 15 attendees to ensure plenty of time for questions and discussion.Please note there is a fee for this workshop run by Creative Access, with more details found via the 'Apply' button. As a social enterprise, profits are reinvested back into the running costs of the organisation.

Inclusive line management training

Closing date: 2nd January 2025Salary: £35,000+ dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)Location: 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;We’re looking for someone with entrepreneurial flair, creative passion for their books and authors, and who is ready to take the next step in their career.Quercus is a young, dynamic, award-winning publisher, known as a hit-maker that regularly finds books that surprise and delight readers. We are international in our outlook – almost 40% of our authors are from 25 countries other than the UK and US – and have six distinctive imprints that publish an exciting and diverse range of authors across literary and commercial fiction and non-fiction. From established bestsellers such as Elly Griffiths, Peter May, Beth O’Leary and the ‘Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ series, to Joel Dicker, Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Bill Bailey, what draws all our publishing together is the magic ‘quirk’ in Quercus: a commitment to independence, flair, warmth and creativity that has always marked out this young company.Quercus is looking for an energetic commissioning editor to join our busy, friendly and motivated Fiction team and to acquire and publish on our commercial fiction list, with a focus on romance and women’s fiction.Our list features a range of brilliant authors including&nbsp;Sunday Times bestsellers Elly Griffiths, Beth O’Leary and JP Delaney as well as New York Times bestsellers Tia Williams, Lyla Sage and Navessa Allen. Reporting to the Publishing Director, the successful candidate will commission and publish commercial fiction and the role will also include developing IP-based projects and bringing them to publication. You will have complete ownership of your titles, seeing them through from acquisition to publication and beyond, while delivering superb author care. The Quercus Fiction team is a driven, collaborative and friendly group.&nbsp;Who we're looking forWe’re looking for someone with commissioning experience, particularly in the romance genre. You’ll be full of creative energy, enjoy working closely with authors and agents, and being part of a close editorial team. A few other qualities will also be important:<ul><li>A standout commercial fiction market awareness</li><li>Energised by the idea of building innovative publication campaigns and eager to work with our sales, marketing and PR teams</li><li>Enjoy coming up with ideas for new projects</li><li>Strong pre-existing relationships with literary agents (in the UK and US)</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>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>&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.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.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>

Commissioning editor

Closing date for applications: Sunday 5th January 2025Salary: £36,000Contract:&nbsp;Full-time, 12 month temporary maternity cover position&nbsp;Head of Zeus is seeking a well-connected, creative and enthusiastic Publicity Manager to work across our Aries and AdAstra fiction imprints. This role is to cover a maternity leave and reports to the Head of Publicity.From serial killers to spies, medieval soldiers to golden age crime, Aries is home to your very favourite characters. Our crime, thriller, action, adventure and horror imprint, publishes acclaimed authors including master of crime, Martin Edwards, award-winning historical fiction author Clare Whitfield and bestselling historian and broadcaster, Dan Jones.&nbsp;Ad Astra is high-concept, hard-core and literary Science Fiction and fantasy. Its authors include true stars of their genres: Cixin Liu, Hao Jingfang, Kelly Link, Ken Liu, A.G. Riddle, Adrian Tchaikovsky and Lavie Tidhar, to name just a few.The Aries/AdAstra Publicity Manager will be part of our high-achieving, ambitious publicity team, working to deliver brilliant, sales-driving book campaigns and excellent author care for these imprints. This temporary role, to cover a maternity leave, is ideal for someone with previous experience of working in a busy publicity department and who has particular specialist knowledge of how to run successful crime/thriller and science fiction/fantasy PR campaigns.&nbsp;Responsibilities<ul><li>Planning and running creative publicity campaigns for our Aries and AdAstra imprints and being the main point of contact for authors.&nbsp;</li><li>Developing and maintaining strong media relationships across print, broadcast, podcasts, events and the digital space.&nbsp;</li><li>Delivering excellent author care, from preliminary campaign planning meetings, through to launch and beyond.</li><li>Working creatively to identify and pitch potential feature and interview opportunities for our authors</li><li>Writing press releases and coordinating review copy mailings to targeted media lists.</li><li>Organising launch parties as well as bookshop and festival events.</li><li>Collaborating with Marketing colleagues on blogger mailings and early influencer proof mailouts.</li><li>Participating in monthly imprint meetings and departmental planning meetings.</li><li>Collaborating with colleagues in the wider Sales &amp; Marketing and Editorial departments to develop joined up book campaigns.</li><li>Providing PR support to other imprints when required, including advising junior colleagues.&nbsp;</li><li>Day to day administrative duties including managing prize submissions, booking author travel and reporting on publicity coverage and events to other departments and the wider company.&nbsp; &nbsp;</li></ul>&nbsp; Knowledge, skills and experience&nbsp;<ul><li>Previous experience in a book publicity team; running own publicity campaigns and delivering excellent levels of author care.&nbsp;</li><li>Excellent contacts, including good relationships with sci-fi/fantasy and crime fiction event programmers and reviewers.</li><li>Good understanding of the national media landscape, including digital media.</li><li>Strong relationship building skills, both with internal colleagues and third parties.</li><li>Excellent communication skills.</li><li>A demonstrable ability to multi-task, prioritise and meet deadlines.</li><li>A creative approach to finding new platforms to expand a campaign’s reach and find potential new readers&nbsp;</li><li>A demonstrable passion for crime/thriller and science fiction/fantasy books and the ability to convey this is essential</li></ul>&nbsp;Additional informationThe role is based at&nbsp;our London office: Head of Zeus, 5-8 Hardwick Street, London, EC1R 4RG 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: Tuesday and Wednesday&nbsp;Please apply with a CV and covering letter addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only) via our URL detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by Sunday 5th January 2025.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:Working Pattern&nbsp;<ul><li>Hybrid working pattern of: 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred)</li></ul>Holidays<ul><li>25 days holiday</li><li>3.5 days Christmas company holiday</li></ul>&nbsp;Other Benefits<ul><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></ul>Company culture – Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom, Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, and Parents, Guardians and Carers, Multi-Faith) and 14 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 requiredApplicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.&nbsp;&nbsp;Please include in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Head Office - London

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Bloomsbury Publishing UK: Bedford Square Office

Publicity manager, Sales - Head of Zeus (maternity cover)

​Closing date: 10am, 6th January 2025Salary: £27,500 (£22,000 pro rata) plus pension contributionsLocation: Bristol (hybrid working)Contract: 28 hours per week until end of December 2025Interviews: Will take place in Bristol on Wednesday 15 January 2025&nbsp;This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled and organised individual with a passion for music and technology, who is eager to drive innovation and accessibility within an inclusive music programme.As Music and Technology Officer, you will play a key role in supporting the musical and technical operations of the <a href="https://noyo.org.uk/" target="_blank">National Open Youth Orchestra</a> (NOYO), contributing to its success and impact for young disabled musicians.&nbsp;Your responsibilities will include managing music resources and equipment, supporting the creation of music resources and arrangements. As well as providing musical and technical guidance to musicians and their families, teachers and Music Leaders, you will support the development of our accessible musical instrument, <a href="https://theclarion.uk/" target="_blank">the Clarion</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Knowledge, skills and experienceEssential<ul><li>Significant experience in music, music technology and live music</li><li>Fluent in reading and working with standard musical notation (Grade 5 music theory or equivalent)</li><li>Confident in using Sibelius software</li><li>Competent with music technology hardware and software, with a demonstrable ability to learn new music technology quickly and confidently</li><li>Proven ability to deliver technical support for musicians, teachers, and ensembles</li><li>Highly organised, with strong administrative and IT skills</li><li>Ability to support and train others in music technology</li><li>Effective verbal and written communication, and strong interpersonal skills; able to tailor complex musical or technical information appropriately for different individuals and audiences</li><li>Capacity to work independently, meet deadlines and be adaptable</li></ul>Desirable<ul><li>Grade 8 music theory or equivalent</li><li>Experience working with young disabled musicians</li><li>Knowledge of emerging music technologies and accessibility in music education</li><li>Knowledge of alternate musical notation, e.g. guitar tab, percussion notation etc.</li></ul>&nbsp;Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the heart of who we are. We take our responsibility to acknowledge, challenge and dismantle barriers within music and our organisation extremely seriously. To that end, we are especially interested in receiving applications from Disabled people.We also recognise that systems of privilege, structural disadvantage and barriers to participation often intersect with one another. For this reason, we particularly welcome applications from people from other structurally disadvantaged backgrounds and underrepresented groups. This may include people from the Global Majority, migrants, refugees, LGBTQIA+ people and/or people from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

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