Editorial Assistant, Vintage (maternity cover)

Editorial Assistant, Vintage (maternity cover)

Sunday, 26 January 2020, 5.00pm

VINTAGE are looking for a proactive Editorial Assistant to join our hardback team.

Reporting to the VINTAGE Publisher, you’ll provide general support across the editorial teams for VINTAGE’s fiction and non-fiction hardbacks. This is a varied and eclectic role; in addition to assisting the editors and the day-to-day workings of the office, some of your ongoing responsibilities will include:
– Entering books for literary prizes
– Liaising with all other publishing departments, external colleagues, and customers
– Reading unpublished manuscripts and writing reports
– Proofreading, editing, and writing copy about our books
– Assisting the rights and design teams in selling production materials to foreign publishers
– Suggesting a wide range of relevant authors, journalists, and influencers to be sent review copies of upcoming titles

You’ll succeed in this job if you are:
– Detail-focused, and methodical
– Able to efficiently and independently time-manage, even with a heavy work-load
– Confident at communicating (over email, phone, and in person)
– A team-player who thrives in collaboration
– Curious to learn more about the publishing market, and interested in a broad range of culture and entertainment
– Passionate about good storytelling; a believer in the significance of words
– Excited by being in an office where you are constantly surrounded by brilliant books

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Published by The Journal of Music on 22 January 2020

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