Job Description

We have a brilliant opportunity to work with our bestselling General Fiction list, working to support our Publisher and a Publishing Director, as part of our busy, friendly General Fiction team of 9. It\'s a role that offers a wide range of responsibilities, including administrative tasks, and we\'re looking for someone who is passionate about popular fiction and great storytelling, about reaching readers in all kinds of ways and who loves romcoms.

The job involves supporting two busy publishers, and the authors the candidate will be working with range from big brand authors to debut romcoms. We are looking for someone with trade publishing experience who is hungry to learn, fascinated by the market, its trends and its community, and strongly engaged with social media channels around reading and books.

Key Responsibilities

Editorial:

Working closely with the Publisher and a Publishing Director to give editorial support on their authors

Managing all aspects of production on their titles and seeing them through the production process, including booking freelancers

Doing structural and line edits as needed or alongside the Publisher/Publishing Director and working with the author

Checking copy-edits, resolving queries and collating page proofs

Doing ebook editorial checks

Writing and preparing cover and launch briefs, and cover copy

Creating Advance Information sheets to key sales deadlines, monitoring and updating them

Inputting metadata across all relevant titles and monitoring it - including checking Amazon - to ensure it remains relevant and up to date

Proof-reading cover runouts, author presentations, short stories and other texts, as well as sales and marketing material, eg catalogues, rights sheets, presenters

Creating author questionnaires, reading group questions and other extra content

Reading and reporting speedily on submissions shared by the Publisher or Publishing Director

Administration:

Liaison on Publisher\'s behalf with authors, agents, and other departments

Provide advance/sample materials to internal divisions

Organising purchase orders and processing invoices

Supplying TCM figures, international sales figures and overall sales analysis

Raising new contracts

Ordering gratis copies for authors

Taking minutes when necessary at Publisher\'s inhouse meetings

Sending out proofs for advance quotes

Experience and Skills Required

Minimum one year\'s previous experience in Trade Editorial

Project-management experience - effective at multi-tasking, with the ability to cope in a pressurised environment

Direct liaison with author, agents, and other departments within the publishing company

Editing and writing copy experience

Reliable and demonstrates initiative

Effective communicator at all levels

A creative flair combined with a keen eye for detail

Advanced MS Word and Intermediate Excel and Outlook

Benefits

Hybrid working model (2+ days in the office)

28 days holiday plus bank holidays (option to buy and sell holiday days)

Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave

Private healthcare cover and life assurance

Summer Hours

Free access to HeadSpace, employee assistance programme (24 hour helpline), mental health first aiders, and a wellbeing portal

Season ticket loans (from day 1 for entry level) and cycle to work scheme

Relocation Rent Support Loan

Employee networks: HC All In (open forum), Elevate (for ethnic minority colleagues), HarperParents, Menopause at Work and Pride at HC

Unlimited training on our Learning and Development portal, management courses (up to MA level) and mentoring programmes

Virtual GP and eyecare vouchers

Gym membership discount

Onsite physiotherapy (London only)

Charitable donation matching and 2 volunteering days

We\'re a certified Carbon Neutral company

Free e-books and audiobooks, newspaper subscriptions and discounts on books

Subsidised canteen and retail discounts

Onsite prayer room

If you wish to discuss anything regarding this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly to with subject heading \'Vacancy Query\' plus the job title and we will aim to get back to you within 5 working days.

Please note, if you are interested in the role you would need to submit your application via Applied. We do not accept email applications.

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