Senior Editorial Assistant

5 days ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Penguin Books Limited Full time
Editorial Coordinator Opportunity

Penguin Random House Children's Managing Editorial team is seeking a skilled Editorial Coordinator to work on a wide range of children and young adult books.

About the Role

This exciting opportunity offers the chance to engage with some of the best-loved children's books, young adult books, and authors. As an Editorial Coordinator, you will be working closely with the in-house commissioning editors, designers, and production colleagues to deliver high-quality books on schedule.

  • Copy-editing and proofreading manuscripts, covers, and proofs
  • Liaising directly with editorial, design, and production teams, as well as freelance proofreaders and copy-editors
  • Attending regular work-in-progress meetings and maintaining clear and accurate schedules

You will also support the children's division on key administrative tasks, such as processing creative purchase orders and operational projects to improve processes, workflow, and speed to market.

Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  • Proven professional proofreading and copy-editing experience in book publishing
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to build relationships with colleagues
  • Proficiency in using Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat, with confidence in adapting to new online systems and databases
Benefits

Penguin Random House offers a competitive salary, bonus, and benefits package, including:

  • Financial benefits: discounted shopping, season ticket loan, rental deposit loan
  • Wellbeing benefits: healthcare cash plan, employee assistance, gym loan
  • Lifestyle benefits: taste card, tech scheme, free and discounted books

The salary for this role is £29,000-£32,000, dependent on your skills and experience, plus bonus and benefits.


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