Are you passionate about non-fiction books? Do you want to work on some of the most influential and biggest bestsellers in the market, with authors including Angela Merkel, Kim Scott, Jacinda Ardern, Chris Kamara, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Matt Abrahams, Tim Berners-Lee, Robin Ince, Alice Loxton and David Epstein? We are looking for a creative, conscientious and enthusiastic Editorial Assistant to join a thriving and growing part of our business.
Your team
You will be joining the Pan team and will work across both the Macmillan Business list and the wider Pan Non-Fiction list in the areas of current affairs, big ideas, memoir, popular science, sport and history.
Your role
In this busy and wide-ranging role you will be responsible for the smooth running of our administrative and editorial processes. You will learn about all aspects of a book’s life, from acquisition to publication.
Your key responsibilities
- Keeping our Biblio database and book metadata up to date
- Assisting the non-fiction team with book acquisitions by creating costings and researching the competition
- Writing agendas for and taking minutes in departmental meetings
- Preparing texts for handover to the production team
- Sending authors copies of their books
- Helping with picture research and clearing permissions
- Coding invoices and getting approval for author payments
- Acting as the main port of call for colleagues who have questions about the publishing schedule, and fielding external enquiries.
Essential experience abilities and knowledge you’ll need to succeed
- An interest in non-fiction, the business landscape and the world around us
- A conscientious and organised approach to work
- Ability to build and maintain relationships across every stage of the publishing process, both internally and externally
- A can-do attitude in supporting the publisher and the wider non-fiction team
- Excellent administration skills with the ability to organise, prioritise and manage workflow
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Exceptional attention to detail
- A willingness to learn new skills and software
- Aptitude for teamwork
- Ability to work calmly under pressure.
What you’ll get in return
In return we can offer you a range of great projects, a supportive and collaborative working environment as well as a competitive salary and benefits package.
Some of the benefits we offer:
- 28 days’ annual leave increasing with years of service + bank holidays
- Generous pension scheme
- Discounted private medical insurance
- Group income protection scheme
- Enhanced family pay and leave
- Flexible working hours and summer hours (early finish on a Friday during summer months)
- 2 Volunteer Days per year
- 75% off all Pan Macmillan books and regular staff book sales (highly reduced rates)
- Season ticket loan/advance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounts on shopping, Tastecard+ and gym memberships; Christmas club savings
- Daily free breakfast and monthly company lunch
This is a full time, permanent role, and will be based in our offices in Farringdon, London, with some flexibility to work from home each week.
All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for this role.
At Pan Macmillan, we are highly committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion at every level of our organisation. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We want to ensure that all candidates are supported throughout the recruitment process, if you have any reasonable adjustments or accessibility requirements please do let us know.
