Editorial Assistant, Fiction

Department: Macmillan Children’s Books, 6+

Pan Macmillan UK is one of the largest general book publishers in the UK, with imprints including Macmillan, Mantle, Pan, Picador, Boxtree, Sidgwick & Jackson, Bello, Tor, Kingfisher, Macmillan Children's Books, Campbell Books, Macmillan New Writing and Macmillan Digital Audio. Pan Macmillan is part of the Macmillan Publishing Group.

Macmillan Children’s Books, a division of Pan Macmillan (www.panmacmillan.com), is one of the UK’s leading children’s publishers; creating great stories for all ages for over 150 years. Recently split into two divisions - Macmillan Over 6s and Macmillan Under 6s - the house is the original home of classics such as Alice in Wonderland and The Water Babies, and now publishes over 400 books a year for babies, children and young adults. International bestselling and award-winning authors and illustrators include: Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Rod Campbell, Emily Gravett, Eva Ibbotson, Judy Blume, Rainbow Rowell and Frank Cottrell Boyce. Macmillan Children’s Books also publishes Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy’s work for children and has an extensive poetry list. Campbell Books and Kingfisher are imprints.

The key tasks of the role will include but are not limited to the following:

• Supporting the 6+ editorial team on editorial tasks
• Seeing through reprints, reissues, export, special sales and new cover editions
• Liaising with authors, agents and freelancers on individual projects
• Briefing covers, writing cover copy, completing Advance Information sheets and preparing catalogue cop
• Logging and managing submissions
• Managing invoices, royalty queries and clearing permissions
• Taking minutes for editorial and pre-acquisition meetings

The ideal candidate will:

• Be educated to degree-level
• Have proven proofreading skills, preferably having completed a course in the subject
• Have office experience, ideally having spent time in a publishing office, with basic knowledge of the life cycle of a book.
• Be digitally savvy, with good knowledge of the children’s book market and industry
• Have strong communication skills, both written and oral, as well as numeracy skills
• Be highly organized, work well under pressure and show great attention to detail
• Be hard-working, enthusiastic, courteous and professional
• Be able to demonstrate real interest in reading both children’s and YA fiction
• Have good administrative skills with proven office experience.  Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Outlook and Powerpoint would be an advantage
• Have an ability to deal with relevant publishing systems, e.g. Biblio, Vista, File Director

This role is based in our King’s Cross, London office.

To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter confirming your current salary and quoting reference PAN/ 007/15 via our online recruitment site: http://jobs.macmillan.com

All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for the vacancy.

Closing date: 15th May 2015