Job Description

The Company

Usborne is an independent, family business, creating books which spark curiosity in children of all ages. These range from books for babies such as the bestselling That\'s not my\xe2\x80\xa6 series, to YA fiction from acclaimed authors such as Holly Bourne and Faridah \xc3\x80b\xc3\xadk\xc3\xa9-\xc3\x8dy\xc3\xadm\xc3\xadd\xc3\xa9 - with everything from Magic Painting to Politics for Beginners in between.

Whilst Usborne is now a market-leader in children\'s publishing and one of the best-known brands in children\'s books, the company retains a friendly, family feel. If you want to work somewhere close-knit enough for people to know your name, but which has a first-class reputation around the world, Usborne is the place for you.

The Team

Our French language publishing team looks after all commercial and operational activities related to Usborne\'s French publishing programme and liaises between our French distributor, our in-house French editorial team as well as our production department to ensure that all French editions of Usborne books get to the market as planned.

The Role

We are looking for a pro-active and highly organised individual to join the team. This is a busy and varied role where you will be involved in a wide range of activities in support of the team:

Preparing sales presentations and marketing and promotional materials, including catalogues and sales documentation.

Ensuring our internal and our distributor\'s databases remain up to date with the correct book details such as pricing, formats and book covers.

Improving the quality and accuracy of existing book details, to ensure books are as easy to discover as possible at online retailers e.g Amazon.

Preparing sales and costing data for reprints within Excel.

Managing and responding to general enquiries from our French customers in a timely fashion.

Other administrative activities in support of the team\'s operations.

Experience

This is an entry level role and whilst we are not looking for specific publishing experience a passion for children\'s publishing and our books is a must.

The successful candidate will ideally have:

Native or native-level proficiency in French and English, demonstrating a confident grasp of grammar in both languages.

A meticulous eye for detail ensuring accuracy when working on a wide variety of projects.

An ability to prioritise, juggle and manage multiple projects independently, demonstrating excellent time-management skills.

Excellent and confident communication skills when liaising with a range of internal and external stakeholders both in the UK and France.

A good working knowledge of Office 365 with a good working knowledge of Excel being required.

Location and Benefits

We offer a 35-hour working week from our offices in Farringdon, London. After a short initial induction period, we offer a hybrid working model of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home which we feel optimises our opportunities for collaboration and contact with our colleagues.

In addition to our transparent salary grading structure, for this role we also offer a range of benefits which include:

25 days paid holiday entitlement increasing with service to 30 days after 5 years;

Industry-leading Pension Scheme and Life Assurance;

Employee Assistance Programme through Health Assured;

Healthcare Cashback scheme;

Virtual GP service;

Rewards and Discount services;

50% discount on Usborne books.

We particularly encourage applications from black and ethnic minority candidates who are currently under-represented within this area.

Recruitment Process

After our anonymised scoring process we anticipate first interviews to be conducted from 17th July 2023 onwards.

Usborne Publishing Limited