Overview
Studio Coordinator role at Hachette Learning Professional Development
Location: Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London, United Kingdom, EC4Y 0DZ
Salary: £30,000-£33,000, dependent on experience (+ bonus + benefits)
Employment type: Full Time Permanent
Division: Headline (a division of Hachette)
Closing date: Sunday, 9th November 2025
Note: This description sets out the responsibilities, qualifications and expectations for the role.
What you’ll be doing
As Studio Coordinator, you will hold a pivotal role in the design team, overseeing processes across Headline and Welbeck, ensuring covers are delivered on time and on budget. You will act as the go-to for queries, have a broad overview of all ongoing design work, help balance workloads and improve workflow. You will also be responsible for maintaining a high level of accuracy across Design data, including schedules on Biblio, budgets and invoices.
Responsibilities
* Setting priorities for the Design teams and driving the critical path
* Managing audio and second-format cover creation
* Creating agendas and minutes for the weekly Cover meetings
* Dealing with reprint and third-party rights requests
* Ensuring invoices are paid on time
* Creating holding covers
* With manager support, improving and innovating processes to improve efficiencies in the team
Who we are looking for
You will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and you are very comfortable multi-tasking with strong organisational and project management skills. You’ll be motivated to develop our processes and systems to create an efficient, effective workflow for everyone.
The ideal candidate will have knowledge of book design workflow and will need to communicate well and build positive working relationships at all levels. It’s important that you are able to take initiative, problem-solve and work independently, as well as working well in a team. The ideal candidate will be a confident user of Excel and the Microsoft 365 suite, with a basic working knowledge of Photoshop.
What we offer
Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:
* 28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)
* Private medical insurance
* Dental insurance
* Generous pension schemes
* Rent deposit loans
* 2 community days per year
* Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
* Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Eye care vouchers
* Wide-ranging training library
* Development programmes (including mentoring)
* Up to 70% off book purchases
* A charity bookshelf
* 12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary
* Season ticket loans
* And much more!
Location and/work pattern
The role will be based at our London office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.
Our commitment
Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a broad and representative range of backgrounds. If you are shortlisted and need adjustments for interview, please let us know.
The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and junior roles. For more information visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org
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EEO statement and related notes are included in the original materials as required.
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