Editor, Ebury (Self hub)

Job description

Are you a great team player, highly organised and thrive in busy environments? Do you want to work on books that change lives?

We are recruiting an Editor to join a dynamic, high performing team at an exciting moment of growth and momentum for Ebury, the UK’s largest non fiction publisher.

The Self hub are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Editor to support the senior commissioning team and help create bestselling books that inform, empower and spark new directions.

Reporting to the Editorial Director, you will project manage acquired titles through the whole publishing process to the finished product. The role includes drafting cover copy, briefing jackets, creating and liaising on production schedules and negotiating with freelancers. It’s the perfect next step for a self-starting assistant editor with a positive can-do attitude and a strong team player.

We’d love it if you had…

You will:
• Have experience project managing UK originated titles through the whole publishing process, ideally with structural and line editing experience
• Have an eagle-eye for detail, with excellent proofreading skills
• Have the ability to multitask, prioritise a varied workload and proactively manage deadlines and budgets
• Be a confident and sensitive communicator, able to establish and maintain effective relationships and deliver stand-out author care
• Have an interest in audience needs and trends within the health and wellbeing genres and able to craft creative copy and clear design briefs that demonstrate this

Minimum criteria
• Have experience project managing UK originated books through the whole publishing process
• Be organised, able to prioritise and manage budgets
• Have high levels of attention to detail and excellent proofreading skills
• Be able to craft copy for title information sheets, covers and cover briefs
• Have an interest in the non-fiction areas that the Self hub at Ebury publish

Employer details

Ebury Self, through our Vermilion, Rider and Happy Place imprints, is one of the most consistently commercially successful parts of Penguin Random House and home to world-leading authors across wellbeing, personal development, health, parenting and spirituality. Our unrivalled roster of experts and gurus includes Wim Hof, Brené Brown, Kirsty Gallagher, Glennon Doyle, Ed Winters, Fearne Cotton, Deepak Chopra and Gabor Maté.

About Penguin: We’re the UK’s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you’ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.