Book Agents' Assistant

Salary: from £26,500 – £30,000 p.a., depending on experience

This role, assisting literary agents Caroline Walsh and Veronique Baxter, offers an ideal opportunity for a self-starter with children’s book trade experience, who has a real passion for children’s publishing.  The ideal candidate will be organised and meticulous, have excellent written and verbal communication skills alongside creative flair. Based in our Soho offices, responsibilities will include day-to-day administrative assistance to the agents, the creation and maintenance of website and database entries, processing contracts, tracking publication details, liaising with our film and translation teams, as well as reading and reporting on new texts. This busy full-time role provides an exciting opportunity for someone with energy and initiative. Design skills, including knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop and Canva, as well as experience in social media management, would be highly sought after.

David Higham Associates represents an outstanding range of writers across all genres, in all media and languages and has a particular specialism in children’s authors and illustrators.  We represent titles across the entire children’s book spectrum, from board book, novelty and picture books, through young fiction and Middle Grade to teen and YA novels. Our clients include Cressida Cowell, Michael Morpurgo, Liz Pichon, Jacqueline Wilson and Jonathan Stroud.

DHA welcomes and encourages applications from any individual regardless of ethnic origin, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age. All applicants will be considered on merit.

To apply, email your CV and a covering letter via email to to Christabel McKinley at David Higham Associates (christabelmckinley@davidhigham.co.uk). Please include your name in the subject line of the email. We offer expenses for travel to London to attend interviews. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview process.

Closing date: 20th December 2022 at 11.59pm