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Are you a great team player, highly organised and thrive in busy environments? Do you want to work on books that change lives?
We are recruiting an Editorial Assistant to join a dynamic and fast-growing team at Ebury Self, part of Ebury, the UK’s largest non-fiction publisher.
About the team
Ebury Self, through our Vermilion, Rider and Happy Place imprints, is one of the most consistently commercially successful parts of Penguin Random House and home to world-leading authors across personal development, health and diet, parenting, faith and spirituality. Our unrivalled roster of experts and gurus includes Peter Attia, Brené Brown, Fearne Cotton, Kirsty Gallagher, Glennon Doyle, Deepak Chopra and Gabor Maté.
Ebury Self are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Editorial Assistant to support the team and help create bestselling books that inform, empower and spark new directions.
Key responsibilities
- Providing general office administration e.g. booking meeting rooms, arranging couriers, minuting meetings, processing expenses, processing invoices, sending out proof mailings, arranging for author advanced copies
- Carrying out ad hoc diary management for the Publishing Directors and the wider team e.g. organising team meetings, organising schedules for book fairs and overseas trips
- Managing the internal book process under supervision, from acquisition to publication, to ensure that deadlines are met – including overseeing and managing spreadsheets and sales reports using Excel and Biblio
- Managing the input and accuracy of data on our publishing systems
You don’t need to have had previous publishing experience, but you do need a positive can-do attitude, be a strong team player and ideally have a passion for the books we publish (personal development, health, parenting, faith, spirituality).
What you’ll bring
Essential criteria
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- The ability to multitask and manage deadlines
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Effective communication skills, on email, in remote-working situation and in-person, with the ability to communicate clearly and build good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- A proactive approach, anticipating upcoming deadlines and prompting team members when necessary to help keep projects on track.
Disability confident
If you have opted into our disability confident scheme, the above is the essential criteria you must meet to be considered for our interview scheme. Please note, there may be occasions where the volume of applicants means we can’t take all eligible candidates to interview.
Application instructions
Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on 23rd May 2025. Please also include small paragraph with an example of a book you have read recently that left you feeling empowered.
- Please ensure you include a cover letter, as it is a crucial part of our assessment process. The cover letter offers an opportunity to show how your experience and interests align with the role requirements. Typically, we expect the cover letter to be no more than one or two pages in length.
- Please note we are looking for someone to join the team as soon as possible, but we are also happy to accommodate a reasonable notice period for the right candidate.
- We anticipate a two-stage interview process which will include a virtual first-stage interview and in-person second stage interview. We are happy to discuss this further with you throughout the recruitment process.
