Assistant Editor

What you’ll be doing

You will provide administrative and editorial support to two senior editorial colleagues in the acquisition and production of new titles, and assist with all aspects of administration, co-ordination and driving of the publishing programme in all media.

The position offers the opportunity to work on fiction titles in a wide range of genres (from Women’s Fiction and Reading Group Fiction to SFF and YA/Crossover Fiction) and to engage in many aspects of the publishing process.

Who we are looking for

You will be a highly organised, passionate reader of fiction and have a meticulous eye for detail. You will have good writing skills with the ability to prioritise tasks swiftly and be a clear communicator. You will be a team player with an enthusiastic and can-do attitude, who is excited and motivated to join a busy and fast-paced team.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience as an editorial assistant or assistant editor, or other relevant experience.

What we offer

Our staff are our greatest asset and our benefits reflect this. In addition to 28 days annual leave days per year + bank holidays, we have an extensive list of benefits that include: a wide-ranging training library, development programmes including mentoring, Cycle to Work vouchers, Private Medical Insurance, eye care vouchers, up to 70% off book purchases, a charity book shelf, 2 community days per year, many employee networks to join, summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months!), season ticket loans, rent deposit loans, generous pension schemes 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

Who we are and what we do

Quercus is looking for an Assistant Editor to join the busy and friendly Quercus Fiction team. Founded in 2004, Quercus has already won the prestigious ‘Publisher of the Year’ award and built a reputation as a hit-maker: daring, ambitious, socially conscious and collaborative. We are the publishing house that brought you Lisbeth Salander in the Dragon Tattoo series; bestselling Crime/Thriller writer Peter May as well as the go-to anti-racism resource Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad. Quercus Fiction is home to commercial novels from much-loved authors as well as breakout new voices. We publish standout stories across a range of genres, including crime & thriller, women’s fiction, historical, saga, reading group and literary fiction. We are the home of standout international bestsellers including No.1 bestseller Elly Griffiths, Sunday Times bestseller Beth O’Leary, New York Times bestseller Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the million-copy bestseller JP Delaney and the Women’s Prize longlisted author, Dawnie Walton.