Commissioning Editor

Hachette UK Limited

Posted 2 weeks ago, 3 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 39fbcad430f04ead90819224042677ad

Acquiring New Talent - Honing agent relationships and ensuring you are pursuing high-potential submissions and authors, and generating exciting IP ideas to bring the best new talent to the list with a focus on tapping into global bestselling trends in commercial fiction.

Editorial Collaboration - Working with authors on concepts and editorial to ensure page-turning and intriguing reads.

Exemplary Publishing - Maximising revenue for our authors by creating attention-grabbing, persuasive and search-optimised packages and descriptions.

Monitoring Performance - Constantly reviewing the success of your books by checking sales data, and leading conversations on your titles with the wider team, making changes to optimise where needed.

Author Management - Managing a list of authors across the whole publishing process and providing exemplary author care, including regular and timely communication.

You're a creative person with a passion for stories, able to spot trends and understand what makes a reader tick.

You use data to inform your work, and love using your analytical brain to understand what's working and what could be done better.

You're a strong communicator, capable of building good relationships and unafraid of having challenging conversations when needed.

You have a relentless focus on results, and on getting our books to the broadest possible readership. You're agile and reactive, thriving on change and taking risks.

You will be invested in diversifying our business, making our books as diverse as the range of readers we aim to reach.

You may have a background in working on commercial fiction in a publishing role, but this is not essential, if you can demonstrate that you have all of the other skills that we're looking for.

Bookouture is the UK's fastest growing digital publisher, and part of Hachette UK. We have grown rapidly over the last twelve years to a team of 54 people, we have sold over 70 million commercial fiction and non-fiction books to readers worldwide, and 2023 was a record-breaking year for us. Off the back of this incredible success, we're excited to be growing our editorial team., The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org

28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)

12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks