Editor/commissioning Editor - London, United Kingdom - hachette

hachette

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

What you'll be doing

With huge passion for the genre, you will be building your own list of adult and young adult science fiction, fantasy or horror books, in alignment with the Hodderscape strategy, as well as publishing ongoing authors.

You will see titles through from acquisition to publication in all formats, working with key teams to create effective publishing strategies, successful launches and build long-term sales.

You'll develop strong agent relationships and help grow Hodderscape's presence in the fiction market.

Who we are looking for

You might be a brilliant editor who already has some commissioning success under your belt and who's now ready to start building your own list, or you might be an assistant editor with a great eye for the market who's ready to take their first step into commissioning.

- passion for science fiction and fantasy books, both young adult and adult, with a detailed knowledge of the market
- excellent understanding of the editorial process from start to finish
- commercially minded with a proven ability to recognise opportunities
- strong communication skills and a talent for organisation
- experience working on high specification special hardback editions
- experience in or contributing to structural and line edits
- the ability to negotiate financially viable and favourable contracts with external parties
- the ability to project manage effectively and deliver on time
- excellent administration skills
- familiar with the Biblio title management system
- experience with Microsoft Office

What we offer
Our staff are our greatest asset and our benefits reflect this.

In addition to 28 days annual leave days per year + bank holidays, we have an extensive list of benefits that include:
a wide-ranging training library, development programmes including mentoring, Cycle to Work vouchers, Private Medical Insurance, eye care vouchers, up to 70% off book purchases, a charity book shelf, 2 community days per year, many employee networks to join, summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months), season ticket loans, rent deposit loans, generous pension schemes and much more

This role can be based at our London office, or at any of our new regional offices in Edinburgh, or Sheffield with a blend of in-office (minimum 3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.

Our Commitment
Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities.

We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.

If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.

Who we are and what we do
Hodder & Stoughton is an award-winning publisher within Hachette UK, one of the UK's biggest publishing groups.

For over 150 years, we have been one of Britain's leading publishers of fiction and non-fiction and are renowned for passion, quality and delivering bestselling books in many different formats.

Hodderscape is our vibrant, and fast growing, science fiction, fantasy and horror imprint, publishing adult and young adult speculative fiction.

Our authors include Stephanie Garber, Laini Taylor, Kerri Maniscalco, Elizabeth Lim, Chloe Gong, Pierce Brown, Becky Chambers, Tad Williams and many more.

We are never afraid to be out of this world, and we are looking to publish the very best commercial SFF.