EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Simon and Schuster Books; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangement

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Simon & Schuster Australia is seeking an enthusiastic editorial assistant to support the publishing team in the commissioning, planning and production of books. This role involves handling administrative tasks, managing meetings, rights catalogs, reports, and metadata, and coordinating author gifts and travel arrangements.

You will read submissions, assist with awards and grants, prepare presentations, and liaise with authors and agents.

Qualifications

• Excellent writing and editing skills with strong grammar.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a busy publishing environment.
• Experience coordinating meetings, reports, and metadata is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist editorial administration across commissioning, planning and production.
• Manage meetings, rights catalogs, reports, and metadata updates.
• Coordinate author gifts, events, and staff travel.

Skills

Editorial admin

Attention to detail

Strong communication

Team player

Job description

Simon & Schuster is a global leader in general interest publishing, dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for readers of all ages, and in all printed, digital, and audio formats. Its distinguished roster of authors includes many of the world’s most popular and widely recognized writers, and winners of the most prestigious literary honors and awards. It is home to numerous well-known imprints and divisions such as Simon & Schuster, Scribner, Summit Books, Atria Books, Gallery Books, Pocket Books, Adams Media, Bundyi, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing and Simon & Schuster Audio and international companies in Australia, Canada, India, and the United Kingdom, and proudly brings the works of its authors to readers in more than 200 countries and territories. For more information visit our website at www.simonandschuster.com.au.

Company: Simon & Schuster Australia

Location: Sydney or Melbourne

Type: Editorial Team

Status: Full time, Permanent

The Job Profile

This role supports all aspects of publishing by assisting the editorial team in the core administration of the commissioning, planning and production of books.

The Role

This role would involve close involvement in all editorial administration activities leading to publication across titles, including (but not limited to): managing departmental meetings and rights catalogues, running reports and checking sales data; developing and maintaining content on the databases; departmental diary management; organising author publication gifts; and organising schedules for events and staff travel.

There are also other responsibilities, including: reading submissions; awards submissions; ordering gratis copies and legal deposits, creating presentations for internal conferences, maintaining best‑in‑class metadata; liaising with authors and agents.

The Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will have a can-do attitude, be able to take their own initiative and will thrive in a busy and varied role. They will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, with an exceptional grasp of spelling and grammar, and a meticulous eye for detail.

They’ll be a keen team player with an ability to interact at all levels, who can understand and respond to team needs, shifting priorities, and work collaboratively to meet deadlines. This role doesn’t require prior publishing experience, but someone who is passionate about books, eager to learn and excited to take the first step in their publishing career.

This is a full-time permanent role, currently operating a hybrid working arrangement, the candidate must be able to attend the office weekly.

Simon & Schuster Australia is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). At Simon & Schuster Australia, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do. From employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources, and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. Simon & Schuster Australia is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity and gender expression. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First Peoples, and the Traditional Custodians of the land where we live and work. We pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging, and we are proud to live in a country which is home to the world’s oldest living cultures.

Candidates hired for this or any other posted Simon & Schuster Australia role will be employees of Simon & Schuster, LLC (Australia) Pty. Ltd., subject to all policies, including the Workplace Privacy Notice, and eligible solely for the benefits plans thereof.