• Job Description

  Req#: 279955

  Editorial Assistant – Ebury Self

  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 team/business area

  Ebury Sel f, 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.

  Salary

  £27,500 plus benefits.

  What you can expect from us

  Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.

  Hybrid working

  While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. For this role we expect the successful candidate to work from our London-based office a minimum of two days per week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) and offer three days per week to work remotely.

  About Penguin

  We’re the UK’s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you’ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.

  The recruitment process

  As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form. The essential criteria for this role are listed as part of the ‘What you’ll bring’ section. There may be times when the volume of applications means we cannot take all eligible candidates to interview.

  We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing PRHCareersUK@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk . Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.

  Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.

  Company: The Random House Group Limited

  Country: United Kingdom

  State/Region: London

  City: London

  Postal Code: SW11 7BW

  Job ID: 279955

• About the company

  Bertelsmann is a media, services and education company that operates in about 50 countries around the world. It includes the broadcaster RTL Group, the trade book publisher Penguin Random House, the magazine publisher Gruner + Jahr, the music company BMG, the service provider Arvato, the Bertelsmann Printing Group, the Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments, an international network of funds.

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