Junior Editor/editor, Audio - London, United Kingdom - Bonnier Books

Bonnier Books
Bonnier Books
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London, United Kingdom

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Description

Job title:
Junior Editor/Editor, Audio

Location:
Victoria House, Bloomsbury Square, London

Working pattern:
Flexible remote working up to three days per week

Department:
Audio

Salary:
£29,000 - £34,000 per annum (depending on experience)
An opportunity to join one of the UK's most successful trade publishers in one of its fastest growing sectors. We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised individual to create high-quality, innovative audiobooks across fiction and non-fiction. Depending on experience, the role could be junior editor or editor.


Key responsibilities

  • Following the critical path to ensure all titles are cast, assigned, and delivered on time and budget
  • Working with narrators and studios to manage talent, including instudio direction
  • Working with agents to book talent
  • Maintaining accurate bibliographic data
  • Working closely with internal teams to ensure manuscripts and artwork are received in a timely manner
  • Listening to and checking files
  • Communicating with retailers
  • Delivering excellent author care
  • Maintaining and updating the audio publishing programme and accurate bibliographic data
  • Preparing and presenting to external partners
  • An applicant for the role of Editor must have casting experience

Qualifications and Experience

The successful applicant will:

  • Have experience of working in audio at assistant or editor level
  • Be able to demonstrate a love of audiobooks and publishing
  • Have excellent organisation skills and ability to calmly oversee multiple projects
  • Be creative
  • Have a strong attention to detail
  • Confident using a variety of IT platforms
  • Be a selfstarter
  • Be eager to learn
  • Be flexible and calm under pressure
  • Be happy working in a small team
Competitive Salary

Working with a team of passionate, talented people

Internal learning and development programmes

Career Development opportunities

Fun social events

At Bonnier Books UK, we believe that every book matters. We love to publish stories and content that open our eyes to new perspectives and bring us closer together.

We offer a nurturing home for our authors, illustrators and brand partners, publishing bestselling books for readers and listeners everywhere.

We know that fantastic stories can come from anywhere and our purpose is to bring them to as wide an audience as possible, a simple ethos that has led to us becoming one of the country's leading publishers.


The offspring of Bonnier Books, a family-owned top-15 world publisher headquartered in Sweden, we are inspired by a rich literary heritage but not bound by convention.

We think in generations rather than quarters, and strive always to operate in an open, curious way that contributes to the future of the planet and its people.

As a climate-neutral publisher we are an active participant in the Science Based Target initiative, committed to a strategy to limit global warming to 1.5 °C.

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