Editorial Assistant
4 weeks ago
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc is seeking an enthusiastic and organised Editorial Assistant to join our friendly Business and Economics team.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on a variety of textbooks, scholarly publications and digital learning resources, supporting on all aspects of the publishing process from new proposals through to publication.
Key Responsibilities- Supporting the team to meet annual commissioning, publishing and profitability targets
- Coordinating and managing academic books and digital resources through all stages of the publishing process
- Managing the peer review process for proposals and draft manuscripts
- Conducting market research and analysis
- Liaising with authors, editors, and colleagues across editorial, production, marketing, sales and digital
- Using publishing systems to set up titles and manage editorial processes
- Assessing and preparing manuscripts for handover to production
- Checking content for third party material and arranging copyright permissions
- Assisting in the editorial workflow for digital content, including using content management systems
- Briefing cover designs and writing cover copy
- Dealing with queries and checking proofs for titles in production
- Organised with excellent prioritisation skills and able to balance a varied workload effectively
- An excellent communicator (written and verbal)
- Able to build effective working relationships with colleagues and external contacts
- Meticulous in their attention to detail and accuracy
- Self-motivated with a positive, can-do attitude
- Able to work well as part of a team and independently
- Good at finding solutions to problems and using their initiative
- Numerate, with experience of using Microsoft Office applications such as Outlook, Word and Excel
The role is a full-time (35 hours per week) and permanent position.
The role is based at our London office on a hybrid working pattern of 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred).
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required.
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