Publishing Director
6 days ago
Yellow Kite is one of Britain's leading publishers of lifestyle, health, cookery and self-help books and is part of the Hodder & Stoughton division of Hachette UK. Our incredible authors include Deliciously Ella, Roxie Nafousi, Esther Perel, Liz Earle, Slimming Eats, Mob, Eckhart Tolle and Gordon Ramsay.
Our mission is to publish books to help you live a good life - from health, science, self-help, spirituality and parenting, to personal growth, practical memoir, inspiring cookery and gift.
Hodder & Stoughton is based at Hachette UK's riverside headquarters in London and is home to a creative, committed and convivial team of talented colleagues, working together to publish great books we love.
What you'll be doing
The Publishing Director of Yellow Kite will lead the strategy and publishing for the Yellow Kite imprint, one of Hachette's most prestigious nonfiction lists, which turns 10 years old this year.
The new Yellow Kite Publishing Director has the opportunity to set, enhance and refine the existing strategy, refreshing the imprint brand for its 10th anniversary and driving growth in home and export, and across all formats.
The Publishing Director is responsible for the Yellow Kite overall P and L, and is a senior leader within the Hodder and Hodder Non-Fiction leadership teams. Activities will include but are not limited to:
- Act as the senior internal and external ambassador for Yellow Kite, at home and export books fairs, with agents, rights personnel, sales and authors
- Responsible for overseeing and delivering the Yellow Kite annual budget
- Responsible for overseeing and delivering 3-year strategic growth plans for Yellow Kite
- Taking turns to chair the weekly Non-Fiction ideas meeting, identifying suitable titles for presentation at acquisitions
- Responsible for managing existing team members, recruitment and staff retention
- Responsible for optimising editorial processes across colour and narrative e publishing
- Responsible for delivering innovation, staying ahead of the market, and the competition
- Responsible for Backlist, executing reinventions and reissues to enhance readership
- Responsible for best in industry author care
- Responsible for driving Hachette's overall group mission: better understanding consumers, changing the story, promoting an owner mentality and promoting a growth mindset
You will be an experienced Publisher with a network of industry contacts, a passion for lifestyle publishing, and a respected leader. This is an opportunity for someone to manage a P and L, lead a team, and contribute to the major progress that is already underway at Hodder and Stoughton UK.
What we offer
Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:
- 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)
- Private medical insurance
- Generous pension schemes
- Rent deposit loans
- 2 community days per year
- Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
- Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Wide-ranging training library
- Development programmes (including mentoring)
- Up to 70% off book purchases
- A charity bookshelf
- 12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks
- Season ticket loans
- And much more
The role will be based at our London office, Carmelite House, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.
Our commitment
Hachette 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.
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 www.booktradeentrysupport.org
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