Who we are and what we do
Octopus publish books for everyone. We love to enlighten, nourish, entertain and most of all inspire readers and listeners everywhere.
Octopus is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 11 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds.
We are looking for a Project Editor to join a small, dynamic team that publishes a mix of MBS, wellbeing, cookery, gift, game and stationery titles - in both colour and mono - for the trade, alongside developing titles for leading US coedition partners .
Our team publishes approximately 45 titles per year and focuses on clever, timely and imaginative backlist reissues and reworks from our extensive archive, IP creation and the creative reimaginings of classics.
Our recent titles includeA Year in Story and Song,Stitch,How to Make Better Cocktails, and50 Healing Plants– a botanical card deck published in association with Chelsea Physic Garden. Forthcoming titles includeA Recipe for Every Day of the Year,Easy Tasty Cheap, and two card games –Who Am I?: PopandWho Am I? Movies.
What you'll be doing
This is an exciting opportunity to make stand-out, package-led non-fiction books and gifts.
You’ll work closely with the Publisher as well as a Designer, and a more junior editor but will also be able to work independently to project manage multiple, titles, including the briefing and management of appropriate freelancers, schedules and budgets.
Many of our projects will be created entirely inhouse and this is a very hands-on role. You'll be structuring, copyediting, editing and proofreading as required but also really involved in bringing the whole package together.
Who we are looking for
To thrive in this role you will have a self-starting passion for making books of the highest quality, commercial awareness, and proven experience in four-colour publishing. You’ll be adept at managing a book from concept to finished copy, with excellent editorial skills and an eye for design and detail. We work fluidly in live files and you'll need to be at least intermediate (and ideally advanced-expert) in Adobe Indesign.
You’ll be overseeing the whole list and will need strong project management skills in order to shepherd a long and varied list of concurrent live projects and new pitches. You’ll be a great communicator and will build strong relationships with colleagues across business as well as authors, agents and freelancers.
Although it's not a requirement or expectation, we'd love to hear your ideas for future titles and on how to shape our list. We encourage creativity and imagination at every step.
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, includingGender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeingand religious networks
* Season ticket loans
* And much more!
This role can be based at our London or Sheffield 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 base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.
If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend 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 undertaking junior roles. For more information visitwww.booktradeentrysupport.org
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