Editorial Assistant

The role

Fiction manuscripts, jacket briefs, author queries and a submissions log fill the day on a digital-focused commercial fiction list. You'd brief freelancers, chase corrections, keep books on the production critical path and write reading reports, splitting your time between editorial work and admin. It's a six-month fixed-term role, three days a week in the London or Sheffield office, paying £26,000 in Sheffield or £28,250 in London.

Tools and skills