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Quality Control/Proofreader Good Humans, London


Home working £20 per hourWe are Good Humans, a media


campaign rollout agency with a strong, energetic team who have an ongoing commitment of living up to our name. We are currently in search of an additional Freelance Proofreader/Quality Controller to join our QC department on a permanent, part-time basis, working approximately 20 hours a week. jobs.thebookseller.com/job/goodhumans/quality-control-proofreader


Key Account Manager, Maternity Cover Pan Macmillan


London From £37,000 DOE An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the


UK Sales team and to work on some of the biggest author brands in the UK, working with several of our biggest supermarket customers. Alongside the Sales Manager and Sales Director, you will help maintain and grow our business with our supermarket accounts, including Asda, Morrisons and Waitrose. jobs.thebookseller.com/job/macmillan/key-account-manager-maternity-cover


Sales Executive (12-month FTC) Make Believe Ideas


Berkhamsted We have a fantastic opportunity for a Sales Executive with a passion for children’s books


to join our team. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with excellent customer service and communication skills, to oversee key existing customer accounts. This opportunity would suit a highly motivated individual who is well organised and loves a challenge. jobs.thebookseller.com/job/makebelieve/sales-executive-12-month-ftc


Editor/Senior Editor, Quintessence Quarto Group


London From £32,000 DOE We are looking for a creative and enthusiastic Editor/Senior Editor (depending


on the successful candidate’s experience) to project manage outstanding illustrated non-fiction books. In this role, you will help shape the future of our publishing programme and collaborate with leading publishers from around the world. jobs.thebookseller.com/job/quarto/editor-senior-editor-quintessence


38 31st May 2024


Designer/Middleweight Designer John Murray


Bristol/London Up to £38,000pa DOE Working across the full range of our list, with a particular focus on our literary


fiction and non-fiction imprints, John Murray and Baskerville, this is a fantastic opportunity for a designer who is keen to take the next step in their career.


You’ll be a self-starting, organised creative and your portfolio will demonstrate a strong understanding of designing for consumers, with a wide range of projects. Experience in fiction and non-fiction cover design within the publishing industry is essential. Responsibilities will include:


• Appropriate and distinctive designs that fit market needs across all imprints, with a particular focus on John Murray (literary fiction and non-fiction) and Baskerville (literary crime thrillers).


• Designing approximately 40 covers per year. • Seeing through projects from initial research and visuals stage to sending print ready files to production.


• Commissioning freelance designers and illustrators. • Keeping up to date with publishing and design markets and trends, to inform your designs.


• Build good working relationships with the editorial team. jobs.thebookseller.com/job/hachette/designer-middleweight-designer-2024


Senior Editor, Children’s Simon & Schuster


London This is a fantastic opportunity for a talented editor to develop their editorial and publishing skills


working with some of the biggest names in children’s and YA. You will have a proven passion for children’s books and ideally have experience working in an editorial role, in children’s fiction, although we are open to candidates with other book editorial experience. jobs.thebookseller.com/job/simonschuster/senior-editor-childrens


Deputy Art Director, Penguin General Penguin Random House Group


London £55,000–£65,000pa DOE We’re recruiting a Deputy Art Director – fluent in literary design and


with strong market awareness – to work across all of our imprints at Penguin General. Joining a team of nine (including a Senior Picture Editor and Studio Manager), you’ll be surrounded by talented designers who put creativity at the heart of everything we do. jobs.thebookseller.com/job/penguin/deputy-art-director-penguin-general


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