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About the Role
This 12-month fixed-term contract opportunity is for a Publishing Director and Head of Ebury’s Smart Hub at Penguin Random House UK, covering a period of parental leave starting March 2027. The role involves leading a talented team to discover breakout non-fiction books and voices that shape conversations, working closely with exciting writers, thinkers, and experts.
Responsibilities
- Set the vision and strategy for Ebury Smart, continuing to shape an ambitious, distinctive and commercially successful list
- Inspire and lead a talented team, fostering a culture of creativity, pace and inclusion
- Lead acquisitions, signing exceptional authors and ideas with both creative flair and commercial impact
- Keep commissioning ambitious and exciting across memoir, biography, narrative non-fiction, current affairs, history, science and big ideas
- Represent Ebury Smart at the highest level, building influential relationships across agents, authors, experts and partners
- Build brilliant author relationships, championing talent at every stage of their careers and ensuring every book is published to the highest standard, balancing creative ambition with sharp commercial and operational delivery
- Drive true collaboration across editorial, marketing and publicity to create distinctive, culture-shaping campaigns
- Use insight and instinct to make smart, confident decisions that grow the reach and success of the list
Requirements
- A strong track record of commissioning successful, ambitious non-fiction, with an established network of authors and agents
- A sure eye and gut instinct for standout talent and ideas, and the persuasive power to bring them on board
- Strong editorial judgement and a passion for voice-driven, character-led and ideas-led non-fiction
- The ability to see ahead of the curve, spot emerging conversations and identify books that can capture the cultural moment
- Strong commercial judgement, combining creative ambition with a clear understanding of audiences and the non-fiction market
- The ability to build trusted relationships with authors and agents, from established names to emerging experts and debutants
- The ability to inspire and bring people with you, contributing to a creative, collaborative and inclusive team culture
- Relentless creativity and an entrepreneurial approach to generating ideas and opportunities
- A commitment to diversifying our talent and reach ever-wider audiences
Skills
- Non-fiction publishing
- Team leadership
- Acquisitions
- Commissioning
- Relationship building
- Commercial judgement
- Creative flair
- Editorial judgement
- Collaboration
- Decision making
- Communication
Location
- UK
Work Type
- 12-month fixed term contract
- Hybrid working
Experience Level
- Senior level
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary dependent on skills and experience, plus bonus and benefits
Benefits
- Bonus
- Benefits
About the Company
- The Smart Hub prides itself on publishing bold voices and game-changing big ideas that speak to the moment, set the cultural agenda and stand the test of time. From voice-driven memoir, biography and culture to history, politics, current affairs and science, our recent bestsellers include likes of Tim Harford, Adam Grant, Michael Rosen, Zeinab Badawi, James O’Brien, Steven Bartlett, Caitlin Moran, Janina Ramirez, Ed Conway, Eric Idle, Belle Burden and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Penguin Random House UK is committed to the power of authenticity and human creativity.
- As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role.
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.