11th April 2025


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Publishing Director Harvill (Vintage)


We are seeking an experienced Publishing Director, able to build on the strength of Harvill’s reputation and ambitiously lead the new direction of the imprint with clear strategic vision and market-leading publishing. The list is home to major writers such as Haruki Murakami,


Jo Nesbo, JM Coetzee, Erin Morgenstern, Abir Mukherjee, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Tommy Orange, Yoko Ogawa, Joseph O’Connor, Denise Mina and Elaine Feeney. The Publishing Director will report to the Managing Director of Vintage and be part of the Vintage Leadership Team. You will be responsible for the creative, cultural and commercial success of Harvill and will be expected to set high standards for your editorial team Key responsibilities include: • Working with the Managing Director and senior team to set


clear strategic goals and targets for the imprint’s new future as a fiction-only list. • Setting the fiction publishing strategy; collaborating with


the editorial team on long-term plans, keeping abreast of trends and staying connected to external perspectives. • Publishing market-leading bestsellers: ensuring every


aspect of a Harvill book is carefully considered. • Ultimate responsibility over all Harvill acquisitions, ensuring robust and inclusive conversations and close attention to publishing performance. • Maintaining author relationships, taking care to ensure


authors are published well, cared for and have positive relationships with their core publishing team.


London £50,000pa–£60,000pa DOE


Head of Operations Headline Publishing Group


Are you a strategic and detail-oriented leader with a passion for publishing operations? Do you thrive on improving efficiency and streamlining workflow for busy teams? We are looking for a Head of Publishing Operations to oversee, improve and implement effective publishing processes, ensuring smooth editorial and design operations and maximising profitability across the Headline and Welbeck imprints.


In this role, you will manage email enquiries through our support ticketing system (Freshdesk) and provide timely resolutions to customer issues. You will assist in onboarding new bookshop partners and enhancing our self-service resources across various formats. You will also oversee day-to-day operational processes, working proactively to ensure that our customers have an exceptional experience


with Libro.fm. The ideal candidate will have excellent written and verbal communication skills (French and English) and be comfortable with technology-based troubleshooting.


London


£27,000pa


Editorial Assistant Swift Press


In this role, you will assist in every part of the editorial process from the development of proposals and manuscripts through to successful publication, as well as provide general support to the Publisher and Editorial Director. We’re a quickly growing publisher and a small team, so a willingness to embrace new challenges and to self-start are essential,


as is both a love of reading and a curiosity about how best to get people to read the books we publish.


London £27,000pa pro rata


Hachette Design Internship Hachette Children’s Group


We’re looking for an enthusiastic creative with a passion for design to learn more about the world of book design within a publishing setting. We don’t require any specific qualifications or training, just evidence of your passion for books and design, with a portfolio of work that demonstrates your creative skills. You’ll become an active member of three divisional design


teams (two weeks in each) across Hachette Children’s, Little, Brown Book Group and Octopus for the duration of the internship.


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