Editorial Assistant Adult Trade Publishing Apprentice

Responsibilities

• General admin tasks including booking taxis and couriers, organising meetings, looking up title information using the Biblio system, printing, photocopying, mailings and binding manuscripts
• Completing review mailings for press and social media influencers
• Writing draft cover briefs and drafting book blurbs
• Managing editor schedules for the London Book Fair
• Maintaining metadata standards for the list's titles
• Attending meetings and taking minutes
• Compiling spreadsheets and maintaining databases
• Selecting and typing up quotes and reviews
• Sending book proofs and finished titles to authors, illustrators and agents
• Proofreading materials and maintaining data to produce publications that meet company and audience requirements
• Improving the quality of information or data in line with best practice
• Keeping data and records in line with relevant data protection guidelines
• Following publishing guidelines to produce products on budget and schedule, meeting industry standards
• Ensuring appropriate changes are highlighted and agreed with stakeholders
• Applying rigour and attention to detail
• Escalating issues and concerns in line with company process
• Identifying stakeholders, building relationships and managing expectations
• Presenting information clearly and concisely, internally or externally
• Ensuring products meet contractual structures agreed with authors or other content providers
• Thinking laterally and providing sensible solutions to problems
• Demonstrating strong teamwork, taking on tasks confidently and resourcefully, supporting the team and line manager as required
• Communicating clearly with stakeholders, showing confidence, inclusiveness and flexibility, with appropriate use of language and terminology
• Presenting and communicating ideas to colleagues internally and externally as needed
• Managing own workload and operating both individually and as part of a wider team, seeking support when needed
• Demonstrating good time‑management, prioritising effectively and managing multiple demands and deadlines
• Communicating and collaborating effectively during remote or hybrid working where required

• GCSE in English (grade 9‑4 or A‑C)
• GCSE in Maths (grade 9‑4 or A‑C)
• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisational skills
• Problem‑solving skills
• Administrative skills
• Team working
• Initiative

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

The Bloomsbury Lifestyle Editorial team are looking for an enthusiastic apprentice with a keen interest in starting a career in the publishing industry to join them. This is an exciting opportunity to get your first taste of the Publishing Industry and a chance to learn about how an independent publishing house operates.

Bloomsbury Publishing is a leading independent publishing house, established in 1986, with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes and is the originating publisher and custodian of the Harry Potter series. Bloomsbury has offices in London, New York, New Delhi, Oxford and Sydney. Within Bloomsbury's Academic division, it publishes under Bloomsbury, as well as under a number of prestigious and historic imprint names.