Editorial Assistant — Hybrid, Data-Driven Publishing

Publishers Association Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Holiday purchase scheme

Contributory pension scheme

28 days holiday + bank holidays

Cycle to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Embla Books, based in London, seeks an Editorial Assistant to support the editorial team and publishing director. You will assist authors, manage metadata, optimize keywords, and help prepare endmatter for ebooks while coordinating with the audio and press teams.

The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, commercial publishing environment, bring strong proofreading and organizational skills, and work on a hybrid model from our London office with flexible home days.

Qualifications

• Ambitious and creative self-starter with a passion for books and excellent organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the editorial team in ensuring the imprint’s smooth running, including author care, production and distribution tasks, sending author and agent copies.
• Managing Biblio for all titles.
• Leading on putting together ‘best in class’ metadata for all titles and regularly optimising keywords.
• Ensuring endmatter for all eBooks follows internal guidelines and is regularly updated.
• Updating reader quotes and Amazon pages for new releases during the pre-order period and post-publication; ensuring pages follow best practices.
• Working with the publishing director and senior editors on market research, acquisition documents, author pitches, proofreading, cover briefing and drafting press releases.
• Reading and evaluating submissions.
• Supporting the audio team with administrative tasks.

Skills

Self-starter

Creative thinking

Data driven

Organisational skills

Proofreading

Communication

Team player

MS Office

Apple iWork

Tools

MS Office

Apple iWork

Job description

Embla Books, based in London, seeks an Editorial Assistant to support the editorial team and publishing director. You will assist authors, manage metadata, optimize keywords, and help prepare endmatter for ebooks while coordinating with the audio and press teams.

The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, commercial publishing environment, bring strong proofreading and organizational skills, and work on a hybrid model from our London office with flexible home days.