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About the Role

This is a rare opportunity to join a new publishing team at the beginning of its journey, helping us to build an ambitious, creative and successful imprint. You’ll have a broad and varied role supporting the day-to-day running of the imprint and contributing to its development. Alongside managing editorial workflows and helping books move smoothly from acquisition to publication, you’ll contribute ideas, read and discuss submissions and become involved in shaping new books, series and projects.

Responsibilities

Managing editorial schedules and critical paths, keeping projects organised, information accurate and books moving towards publication
Providing editorial support across projects, including proofreading and second-eye checks, with the opportunity to take on increasing editorial responsibility as you develop
Working directly with authors, illustrators and agents, providing thoughtful and responsive stakeholder care
Writing and editing copy, metadata, presentations and other publishing materials
Attending key meetings as required, and communicating clearly with colleagues and external partners about project status and next steps
Working closely with colleagues across design, production, sales, marketing, publicity and rights
Reading submissions and contributing your perspective to editorial discussions
Contributing ideas for individual books, new series, original IP, positioning, packaging or ways to connect our publishing with readers

Requirements

Have a good understanding of audience and market
Publishing experience in an editorial department
Creative and curious – full of ideas and tuned into our audience’s interests
Highly organised – able to juggle multiple projects and deadlines with excellent attention to detail
Editorially minded – with a love of stories and language, and an instinct for what makes them work
Reader focussed – interested not only in whether a book is good, but who it is for and what could make readers choose it
Collaborative and flexible – a team player who adapts easily as priorities and projects evolve
Confident and proactive – comfortable asking questions, following things up and taking responsibility
Open-minded – a good problem solver who is excited by the idea that there may be more than one way to do something

Skills

Passion for children’s publishing
Good understanding of audience and market
Editorial support
Proofreading
Second-eye checks
Writing copy
Editing copy
Writing metadata
Editing metadata
Writing presentations
Editing presentations
Writing publishing materials
Editing publishing materials
Stakeholder care
Communication
Project management
Attention to detail
Problem solving

Location

London

Work Type

Hybrid working
Three days per week in office
Two days per week remote

Experience Level

At least two years publishing experience in an editorial department

Salary/Compensations

Circa £31,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits

Benefits

Bonus
Benefits

About the Company

Penguin Random House Children’s is launching a new imprint: a vibrant publishing home for authors and illustrators with big ambitions for young readers.
We believe children need more choice, more variety and more opportunities to discover books they love.
This new imprint has been created to publish standout books across children's and YA publishing, connecting exceptional creative talent with the widest possible readership.
This will be a small, highly ambitious team with a start-up mindset.
You can expect a collaborative, hands-on environment where ideas move quickly, creativity is valued and everyone plays a meaningful role in shaping the future of the list.
We believe in the power of authenticity and human creativity.
We celebrate creativity and diverse perspectives.

Equal Opportunity

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form.