April 2025 - Jobs in Books - Career Advice & Tips

My Job in 5: Gabby De Matteis – Brand Editorial Manager

Gabby De Matteis, Brand Editorial Manager of Doctor Who (this My Job in 5 was written in 2018) shares how she strengthens the publishing brand of BBC’s most famous Doctor. Describe your role. I work with the BBC’s licensees, looking after all the Doctor Who stories told in different med… Read more

My Job in 5: Richard Kilgarriff – Editorial Director

Bookomi founder Richard Kilgarriff takes the helm of My Job in 5 this week to explain how he and his team are successfully connecting authors to the world’s most influential clubs and companies. Describe your role. I’m the founder and editorial director of Bookomi, a community of leade… Read more

How to get into publishing from journalism

Phoebe Morgan talks about her career journey from journalism into publishing as commissioning editor at HarperCollins. Describe your career before moving into publishing. After I graduated from Leeds University with an English degree, I trained as a journalist in London on the NCTJ fast-track cours… Read more

How to get into publishing from music

Paul Baxter from Bonnier Publishing talks about his journey from the world of music into publishing as contracts and royalties manager. Describe your career before moving into publishing. Before moving into publishing, I’d been working full time in the music industry for around a decade, predominan… Read more

How to get into publishing from retail

Lisa Edwards from Templar Publishing talks about her journey from the world of retail into publishing and how the knowledge that she gained helped her become the commercial publishing director that she is today. How to get into publishing from retail – Describe your career before moving into p… Read more

My Job in 5: Lucy Pearson – Blogger

Lucy Pearson tells us all about her role as a Blogger at The Literary Edit. Describe your role The role of a book blogger is a many and varied thing—my day-to-day tasks can vary enormously. One day, I might be reading and reviewing a book and the next I might be taking and editing photos for a soci… Read more

My Job in 5: Louise Dickie – Publicity Assistant

Louise Dickie tells us about her role as Penguin Random House UK Children’s publicity assistant. Describe your role. My role involves supporting the publicity team with general administration, providing support on large campaigns, and looking after some campaigns of my own. Part of my job is … Read more

My Job in 5: Wayne Brookes – Associate Publisher

Wayne Brookes tells us about his role as Associate publisher—Fiction at Pan Macmillan. Describe your role. I’m the associate publisher in the fiction department which means I manage my own list of authors but also help oversee the fiction list as a whole. The other editors in fiction now report int… Read more

My Job in 5: Ruth Miller – Publishing Journal Development Manager

Frontiers In Publishing Journal Development Manager takes over this week’s My Job in 5. She tells us what it’s like to develop a portfolio of journals for one of the world’s most prolific online Journal producers! Describe your role The Journal Manager role at Frontiers is versatile and dive… Read more

My Job in 5: Sue Mayes – Project Editor

Sue Mayer tells us all about her role as project editor at Imagine That. Describe your role I’m project editor at Willow Tree, an imprint of [Woodbridge-based independent] Imagine That. I’m responsible for developing our picture story books and chapter fiction which means I’m always on the lookout … Read more