Exciting opportunity opens up at Elliott & Thompson for a Publishing Assistant
We are looking for a Publishing Assistant to join our dedicated and friendly team of eight. This new assistant role will work across editorial, production, sales, marketing, publicity and accounts. The workload will be varied from providing administrative support to developing responsibility for systems and processes and being involved in the 20 new titles we publish each year from acquisition to publication and ongoing backlist sales in all formats.
The right person will be enthusiastic, well-organised and have a can-do with excellent time-management skills and pedantic attention to detail. Based in our Farringdon office 3-4 days a week, this will be a hybrid-working position with the option to work full-time in the office. It is a superb opportunity to fast-track your publishing experience and autonomy and become a vital part of a collaborative and successful team.
Your knowledge, skills and experience include:
- Love of books and reading
- Administration and office experience
- Good communicator who is a confident, helpful and friendly team player and relationship builder
- Highly organized with the ability to multi-task and prioritize
- Solution-focused, calm and able to logically solve problems under pressure
- Strong numerical and written skills
- Strong IT skills including competency in using Microsoft Office, Word and Excel and beneficial to have knowledge of InDesign/Canva
- Experience in the publishing industry or book trade environment desirable
Please apply, with a CV and covering letter detailing your aptitude for this role, to Katie Bond including a paragraph about three books you have enjoyed recently and the book, published in 2024, that you would most like to have published and why. Application via email: katie.bond@eandtbooks.com.