By Chelsea Graham, Jessica Povey and Joanne Fu
SYP Opens 2025 Committee Applications
The Society of Young Publishers is accepting applications for volunteers to join the 2025 committees of seven of its eight branches: Ireland, London, North, Oxford, South West, Wales and the UK.
Committee positions last for one year, and they are a great way to upskill and learn about publishing, all while helping others get INTO and AHEAD in the publishing and books industries. From Social Media to Podcast Officers and Website Officers to InPrint team members, there is a position for everyone, no matter their interests or skills. No experience is required.
Applications will close on 8 December. Visit the SYP website to learn about available roles and the organisation.
Children’s Communications Assistant at Faber & Faber
Closing Date: 24 November 2024
Salary: £28,750
Location: Central London
Are you passionate about children’s publishing? Faber & Faber are recruiting a Communications Assistant to join their Children’s team.
This is a fantastic opportunity to learn all about children’s publishing from within a leading independent publishing house. Reporting to the Children’s Publicity Manager, you will provide general administrative and organisational support to the team, focusing on publicity campaigns and social media. Key administrative responsibilities include booking travel for authors, assisting with mailings and handling publicity and marketing enquiries whilst working closely with libraries and school reading organisations to highlight Faber Children’s titles. You will also support the team with events, launches, key campaigns, researching media contacts and partnerships. Expect to build and manage relationships with bloggers, coordinate blog tours and maintain the children’s blogging database. As you develop, you will work towards looking after awards submissions for the Faber Children’s list.
Faber & Faber is ideally looking for an excellent communicator with a creative eye for detail, superb organisational skills and an aptitude for social media. No publishing experience is necessary, but prior administrative experience is essential.
This position is based in Central London and the company can accommodate hybrid working.
Find out more and apply through Creative Access.
Digital Support Assistant at Hodder Education
Closing Date: 9 December 2024
Salary: £24,840
Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire
Are you interested in working within the Sales Department of one of the largest publishing groups in the UK? Would you like to assist a division that helps put out educational resources? Well, Hodder Education has opened a role for a Digital Support Assistant.
The role entails helping digital customers with any issues, from ordering and accessing their online subscription services to maximising their use of these services. Other responsibilities include receiving customer calls and emails through the Zendesk ticketing system, where you will be expected to advise them on finding solutions through the company’s standard routes.
The successful candidate will be a clear and confident communicator who is able to deliver great customer support by keeping customers informed and managing queries. You will be highly organised and able to work independently while also being a team player. Alongside these traits, you will also need to commit to learning various new IT systems and be interested in the education sector.
This role will be full time and hybrid at their Didcot office, with the candidate expected to work three days a week from the office.
If this role interests you, find out more about how to apply by clicking here.
Office Administrator at Michael O’Mara
Closing Date: 5 December 2024
Salary: £26,500
Location: London
Do you possess strong administrative skills and wish to join a busy independent publishing house? If so, Michael O’Mara is looking for an office administrator to start in January 2025.
As you will be expected to answer general enquiries and must be comfortable liaising between multiple departments, the ability to multi-task is a key requirement. The successful candidate will also produce sales materials and help to organise book fairs, which is an exciting opportunity. As the responsibilities vary in this busy environment, you must be well organised, and at least twelve months of office experience is preferred.
Michael O'Mara is looking for a technically proficient candidate with experience in Microsoft Excel and Word, Adobe packages and/or Canva. You must be keen to get stuck in, and an interest in publishing is desirable.
Applications may close early, so apply soon!
This role is hybrid, with four days a week spent in their office in Clapham and one day working from home.
Interested? Apply here.