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Editorial assistant
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Closing date: 12th July 2024
Salary: £26,500 per annum
Department: Picture Books
Reporting to: Picture Book Publisher / Editorial Director
Working hours: Full time
Location: Vauxhall, London (Hybrid Post Probation)
This is an exciting entry level role in which you can start your picture book career in a supportive, fast-moving, and highly creative environment.
Walker Books UK is part of the vibrant international Group that includes Candlewick Press, Holiday House, Peachtree and Pixel + Ink in the USA and Walker Books Australia. Renowned for its truly original publishing and outstanding quality, the Walker Books Group is home to a wide range of children's and young adult books.
Award-winning authors and illustrators for the group include Angie Thomas, Sydney Smith, M.T Anderson, Patrick Ness, and Jon Klassen. We are also enormously proud to publish beloved family brands including Lucy Cousin's Maisy, Michael Rosen's We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram's Guess How Much I Love You and Martin Handford's Where's Wally?
You will assist the Picture Book department's administrative and scheduling work and support the Publisher and Editorial Director with their workloads and schedules, whilst also growing in language, creative and publishing skills. You will also ensure that administrative work is carried out to the highest standard, with exceptional attention to detail.
Key responsibilities
Working with designers, editors and other departments to see new titles through pre-print stages.Supporting the department in getting a title ready to go out to repro − preparing prelims, copy editing, proofreading. Preparing and co-ordinating internal meetings, taking and distributing minutes and ensuring all actions and correspondence are implemented.Preparing and running costings, liaising with designers on gathering specs/finishes. As well as liaising with our Sales and Foreign Rights departments on gathering sales quantities. Initiating and processing development fee forms and contract request forms.Completing acquisition forms.Copywriting: Writing and proofreading AIs, running AIs by the relevant editors, creating promotional BLAD and catalogue copy.Reading and assessing solicited and unsolicited manuscripts.Undertake any content, picture and market research.Updating the picture book matrices at the beginning of each month, and checking against acquisition and scheduling notes.Ordering books, sending publication day cards, posting foreign editions of books, sending out personalised book parcels, ordering gifts, and maintaining key external contacts.Ensuring that title and author/illustrator information is updated and correct in Biblio, as well as cover images, title changes, formats, publication dates, prices, author photos.Working with the team in increasing our department profile via social media.Diary and event administration, including but not limited to managing the Picture Book Publisher's schedule, organising book fair diaries, etc.Providing general administrative support to the Picture Book Department. Supporting commissioning activity in close collaboration with the senior editorial team. Adhoc tasks as required. Please note the above is not an exhaustive list and does not necessarily include all the duties the job holder may have to perform. This job description may be amended to meet the changing needs of the business. Knowledge, skills and experienceKnowledge and enthusiasm for children's book publishing.Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to multi-task, take initiative and prioritise your own workload in a busy and fast moving environment.Excellent verbal and written communication skills.Exceptional attention to detail.Able to work as part of a team, and also able to work independently.Positive can-do attitude with a pro-active solution focused approach.Excellent interpersonal skills, have the confidence in communicating with internal and external stakeholders. Why join Walker Books?We offer:
Hybrid work (at least two days in the office per week) once you have successfully passed probation22 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays (with annual leave increasing with length of service up to 27 days)Enhanced Pension SchemeHealth Insurance and Health Cash PlanLife AssuranceEnhanced Maternity and Paternity PayAccess to an Employee Assistance ProgrammeCycle to Work SchemePlus, other great benefits We are an equal opportunities employer and believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce encourages creativity and an innovative working environment. We are committed to equal treatment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. It is important that our teams represent all our readers, their families and their communities, and we welcome and encourage all applications. If you have any queries about this role or require any reasonable adjustments for your application or throughout the recruitment process, please let our team know by contacting us atPlease note we reserve the right to close vacancies before the closing date when we have received sufficient applications. We recommend submitting your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
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