Job Description

Editorial Assistant
Location: London Borough of Camden
Employment Type: Full-time
Pay: £30,000 per year
PCD280056

Role Overview
**Editorial Assistant, Fashion & Textiles - the organisation**.
The role will provide administrative support to the Fashion & Textile team in the effective management of print and electronic products throughout the publication process. You will also liaise with authors, customers and other departments such as Marketing, Production and Digital, to deliver a high standard of author care.
The role is based at our London office 50 Bedford Square, London, on a hybrid working pattern of 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred). Allocated office days for this role are: Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Hybrid working pattern of: 2 days office based / 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred).
Holidays.
25 days holiday.
3.5 days Christmas company holiday.
Two paid Personal Wellness Days.
Flexible Fridays - _take Friday afternoon off by working an additional 3 hours and 45 minutes earlier in the week_.
Season Ticket Loan.
In-house Doctor.
Eyecare Voucher Scheme.
Company culture! - Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom, Disability, Mental Health, Pride and Parents, Guardians and Carers), 10 Mental Health First Aiders trained across the UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources.
For additional benefits see below_.
We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required_.
• *Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

Key Responsibilities
• Tasks will be varied but will include.
• Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with authors, volume editors and series editors to ensure a high standard of author care throughout the publishing process.
• Keeping the publishing programme on schedule through regular liaison with authors, and by maintaining and updating the frontlist plan for any given year.
• Preparing manuscripts for handover to production to agreed standards and on schedule.
• Setting up new titles on Biblio (our bibliographic database), and ensure that any changes to projects are updated promptly and in line with key dates.
• Commissioning peer reviews for projects as requested by their manager.
• ensuring these reviews are delivered in a timely way.
• recording the progress of all projects under review.
• Putting together cover briefs, cover copy and briefing cover designs.
• Supporting editors in managing backlist, including monitoring stock levels, reprints and the Print on Demand scheme, as required.
• Responding promptly and appropriately to external and internal inquiries.
• Providing basic reports and sales information.
• Completing pro forma and book orders.
• Providing administrative support for team (filing, photocopying etc).
• *Knowledge, Skills and Experience**.
• Highly organized with the ability to multi-task and prioritize.
• Exceptional attention to detail and command of English spelling and grammar.
• Good time management with ability to meet deadlines.
• Calm and able to logically solve problems under pressure.
• Flexible and able to work independently.
• Effective team working, networking and building relationships.
• Excellent communication (oral and written) to internal and external contacts, handling information sensitively and professionally.
• Strong IT skills including competency in using office productivity software, document-processing software and spreadsheet software.
• Commercial awareness and customer focus.
• Places a high value on quality of content, author care, company reputation and sustained customer relationship.
• Focusses on solutions, not problems.
• An interest in academic publishing, and in developing industry and market awareness.

Additional Information
• Applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom.