We are looking for a talented Business Development Manager for a leading professional publisher in Hertfordshire. The purpose of this role is to driven the commercial opportunities for the Standards team and experience in developing published standards will be very important in this role. This is a twelve month maternity cover and an excellent opportunity to gain great experience.

You will have strong business development and people management skills. Leading a team, you will go out and find opportunities to develop revenue streams for the standards side of the business. Your clients will be in the transport, environment and energy sectors and you will identify where new standards can be developed and sold in.

The successful candidate will be commercially savvy with excellent financial acumen. You will naturally seek out new business opportunities and be able to lead a team to do so.

To apply for this position, please contact Abigail Barclay at Inspired Selection publishing recruitment agency (email: a.barclay@inspiredselection.com). Please provide a CV and your current salary details in your application. To view all current opportunities available via Inspired Selection, please visit our website at www.inspiredselection.com.

Inspired Selection operates an Equal Opportunities policy. We treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.

Our client, a professional publisher based in London has a brand new position for a Membership Engagement Manager to join the business. Our client publishes important documents, standards and resources which are steered and formed by committees which they recruit. This is a great opportunity for someone who comes with membership engagement experience looking to expand their current role.

The Membership Engagement Manager will engage with committee members to ensure that their contributions continue to be efficient and add to the growth of the business. Committee members are hugely valuable to the business and enable the business to grow. The Membership Engagement Manager will ensure there is a targeted engagement with the committee members to ensure future success and growth, they will also ensure that new committee members are recruiting and retained across a number of different sectors, that communications are open and effective within and between different committees, that there is wider engagement between all stakeholders.

Required experience

• • Experience in a similar role in a membership organisation
  • Experience in engaging with individuals through surveys, workshops and focus groups
  • Managing communications with stakeholder groups
  • Developing initiatives around engagement
  • Reporting directly into senior management
  • A self-managed role without hands-on management
  • Developing and monitoring metrics for success

Desired experience

• • Experience working with stakeholders who are technical subject-matter experts
  • Working with volunteers
  • Managing and developing schemes around recognition of individuals, for example awards schemes

Personal attributes

• • Excellent interpersonal skills. To be able to confidently engage with internal and external stakeholders at all levels, to include technical subject-matter experts and senior executives.
  • Excellent persuasive skills. To be able to work across departmental boundaries to get things done
  • To be self-motivated, and a self-starter, with an drive to deliver
  • To be able to define and monitor measures of success

For a full description of the role, please send your CV with a brief paragraph outlining your relevant skills to Suzy Astbury, email: s.astbury@inspiredselection.com. Closing Date: Early applications may be prioritised.

Inspired Selection operates an Equal Opportunities policy. We treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.

Avon are looking for an experienced Editor to work closely with, and support, the Editorial Director in developing the Avon list working across a broad range of commercial genres including women’s fiction, saga, crime, thrillers and historical.

The Avon division at HarperCollins is the home of commercial fiction. The imprint was established in 2007 to sell mass market fiction to non-traditional book buyers.  It has recently launched Maze Books, its new digital first imprint.

Now a regular face on the Sunday Times and Kindle bestseller lists, Avon is proud to have authors such as Claudia Carroll, Trisha Ashley, Kitty Neale, Scott Mariani, CL Taylor, Paul Finch and Fiona Gibson gracing their list and is always on the lookout for fresh talent.

The Editor will manage a list of existing authors, lead key Avon initiatives, look to commission new titles and be the key contact for authors from acquisition through to publication. 

The ideal candidate should also possess strong commercial awareness, experience of acquisition, excellent author care skills and a proven understanding of and flair for key sales drivers and digital publishing. 

Please visit http://corporate.harpercollins.co.uk/careers/current-vacancies/avon for the full job description and link to apply.

Closing Date: 5th October 2014

A leading professional publisher in South West London is looking for a highly numerate Customer Insight/Analytics professional to join their Customer Insight team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with strong experience in using analytical techniques and reporting back to the wider team with actionable results.  

Key duties:

• Deliver flexible and fit for purpose data driven insight
• Distribute insight to grow revenues in a global environment
• Provide analysis and regular reporting of KPIs
• Develop strong relationships across the business
• Champion the insight team

Experience / skills required:

• An academic background in mathematics, statistics or similar
• Excellent Excel skills and experience using Access, SPSS/SAS
• Experience in collecting, analysing, interpreting and presenting data
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to present data articulately at all levels
• Good overall knowledge of analytical techniques

For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations to stephaniehall@atwoodtate.co.uk

Contact:            Stephanie Hall

Tel:                   020 7487 8313

Atwood Tate embraces diversity and seeks to promote the benefits of diversity in all of our business activities and to develop a business culture that reflects that belief.  We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief.

A leading International academic publisher in London are currently recruiting for a full time/permanent  Customer Services Group Manager. This senior position is responsible for managing a team of 15 staff who work on processing book orders and journals subscriptions and supporting customers. You will also work be involved in managing a migration project. This will involve significant change management and training of staff in new processes. 

Key duties:

• Play a key role in transitioning  books to new fulfilment system
• Merge the books and journals teams into one department
• Manage the changes necessary to work in the new environment
• Define new job roles and review resourcing levels in light of the changes.
• Where necessary make recommendations to create new roles or change existing roles and team structure.
• Manage the workload off-shored to India.
• Work with the team to identify further tasks which could be transferred from London to India and manage the steps required to transition the transfer.
• Work closely with the sales team to ensure that the quality of service offered and SLA’s are being met by the team.
• Support customers in EMEA, APAC and INDIA.

Experience / skills required:

• Previous people management experience preferably in the Publishing
• Experience of managing organizational change
• Educated to degree standard
• High level of computer literacy including good Excel skills

For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations to stephaniehall@atwoodtate.co.uk

Contact:            Stephanie Hall

Tel:                   020 7487 8313

Atwood Tate embraces diversity and seeks to promote the benefits of diversity in all of our business activities and to develop a business culture that reflects that belief.  We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief.

We have a fantastic opportunity to join a leading London non-fiction publisher that produces history, entertainment and other general subject trade non-fiction subjects as a Senior Commissioning Editor. This role will specifically focus on the publisher’s popular culture narrative titles.

You will be responsible for managing your own list of titles from start to finish, and help build a strategy for the list by presenting proposals for new titles and prepare contracts with authors, their agents and other relevant suppliers. You must be able to demonstrate that you have solid commercial ideas, innovative qualities and a strong contact list.

We are looking for someone with experience working on similar lists within this genre with a pro-active and enthusiastic approach to their job and commissioning. A strong understanding of the international market is essential and you will always be on the lookout for new opportunities.

If you’re looking for a new role with an exciting organisation, please don’t hesitate to get in touch!

For a full description of the role, please send your CV with a brief paragraph outlining your relevant skills to Suzy Astbury, email: s.astbury@inspiredselection.com. Closing Date: Early applications may be prioritised.

Inspired Selection operates an Equal Opportunities policy. We treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.

A globally successful academic publisher based in Central London is now seeking a Customer Services Group Manager to manage a large team of customer service staff who process book orders and journal subscriptions as well as supporting their large customer base. Currently in two separate teams these are now being merged and it will be the responsibility of the Customer Services Group Manager to manage this process requiring significant change management and staff training.

This is a senior role within the business which will have hands on management responsibility for a team of 15 customer services staff, key responsibilities will include:

• Merge the books and journals team into one customer services department whilst analysing existing processes and workflows
• Manage the changes needed to work in the new environment and document any new processes
• Define new job roles through the merge of the books and journals team
• Re-organise and train staff to work across all products
• Document all customer services policies and procedures
• Manage workload offshored to India
• Liaise internally and externally in order to maintain quality and align policies and processes

The Customer Services Group Manager will have strong experience in people management ideally within the publishing industry and in a customer service environment. The ideal candidate will have experience of managing organisational change, excellent customer service, communication and administration skills as well as the ability to present both internally and externally.

To apply for this position, please contact Esme Richardson at Inspired Selection publishing recruitment agency (email: e.richardson@inspiredselection.com). Please provide a CV and your current salary details in your application. To view all current opportunities available via Inspired Selection, please visit our website at www.inspiredselection.com.

**Inspired Selection operates an Equal Opportunities policy.  We treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.

We are looking for a talented and motivated designer to work on our list of innovative baby, pre-school and novelty books within our team at a Senior or Designer level depending on your experience. You would help to create and design our list, and will report directly to the Design Manager.

The successful candidate will design, commission artwork, organize photo shoots and create sales material. They will need sufficient design experience to hit the ground running and should be creative, highly organized and able to work to tight deadlines.

We need adaptable, enthusiastic designer who are able to use their own initiative as well as work well in a team. They should be highly proficient in InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop, and experience in publishing for very young children would be an advantage. 

To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter confirming your current salary and quoting reference PB /005/14 via our online recruitment site: http://jobs.macmillan.com

All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for the vacancy.

This is a great opportunity to join this international publishing house as a senior customer service manager. To manage a team of customer service staff (who process book orders) and two customer service managers.

Assisting with the migration of two systems into one. This will mean two teams becoming one and this will involve analysing existing tasks, redesign where applicable. To ensure good work flow processes. Work closely with the sales team to ensure that the quality of service offered is excellent to ensure that customer service and excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders are achieved. Liaise with US CS counterpart to align global policies where possible. To assist with off-shore orders to India and develop this facility.

Educated to degree level

Strong computer literacy using MS Office including Excel

Web based software skills advantageous

Good previous people management experience

Preferably in the Publishing Industry or similar

Good customer service experience at a senior level

Experience of managing organisational change

Excellent customer service, communication and administration skills.

Internal and external presentation experience desired

Ability to work under pressure

Excellent salary offered for this senior role and good benefits.

A great opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Designer/Artworker to work for a successful academic book publisher. Based in the Newcastle area this role will include a mix of design/artworking, along with some deign admin duties.

This is a superb position for someone with good relevant skills, looking to work in the publishing industry.

Responsibilities will include:

•Designing covers for specialist academic books

•Liaising with authors and interpreting their ideas in an efficient manner

•Preparing corporate marketing for advertising/promotional campaigns

•Design and construction of templates for flyers/promotional items

•Responding to emails with clients

•Archiving/management of permissions for image rights

•Interfacing with bespoke database for workflow and data storage

This role is a permanent position and available from the end of October.  The successful person will have experience of Photoshop, InDesign and Office Suite. Knowledge of Scribus and GIMP would be desirable but is not essential as training will be given. You will be highly organised about electronic filing, version control and process adherence and able to work independently and as part of a team, along with being self-motivated.  You should be PC literate as Macs are not used in the organisation.

For further details please forward your CV at the earliest convenience, along with your salary expectations.

Our client is an innovative, creative and established London based publisher of educational materials and they are seeking highly efficient Marketing Manager to manage the effective marketing of their print and digital products through using the full marketing mix in order to maximise product sales and return on marketing investment.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Planning and budgeting for marketing campaigns, ensuring maximum return on investment for all marketing activity
• Contributing to writing concept sign off documents and conducting market research for new product development
• Planning, executing and analysing results of test mailings
• Manage internal and external partner relationships
• Production of direct mail brochures, flyers and letters including copywriting
• Working with software developers to produce sample discs and sample software for new products
• Development of digital marketing activity in additional to traditional marketing methods
• Manage the product and service content on the website, taking responsibility for the uploading of new content

The ideal candidate will have proven marketing experience ideally within educational publishing and will have strong knowledge of the full marketing mix. Experience of marketing digital and subscription products to schools would be an advantage as would digital marketing experience. Excellent project management skills are absolutely essential as well as fantastic communication skills with the ability to establish new relationships and build on existing relationships in order to retain and recruit new teacher and school customers.  If you are an enthusiastic Marketer committed to marketing high quality innovative digital educational resources for schools and teachers, then please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

To apply for this position, please contact Esme Richardson at Inspired Selection publishing recruitment agency (email: e.richardson@inspiredselection.com). Please provide a CV and your current salary details in your application. To view all current opportunities available via Inspired Selection, please visit our website at www.inspiredselection.com.

**Inspired Selection operates an Equal Opportunities policy.  We treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.

A temporary Digital Operations Manager is required to join a leading Trade publisher in London to ensure that our client’s range of digital products is supplied to their customers, and priced appropriately for global markets. This will involve working closely with our client’s publishing divisions (including those based overseas, production and supply chain partners, and customers. This role is urgent, starting ASAP whilst a permanent person is appointed.

Key duties:

• Attend regular calls with distributor and be the first point of contact
• Ensure that any new developments or updates are thoroughly investigated and tested ensuring that there are no issues with the successful delivery of content
• Coordinate the supply of metadata from publishers to distributor
• Manage any changes in ONIX feeds/metadata for retail partners, ensuring successful integration and testing is carried out
• Be first point of contact for HUK’s publishing divisions for routine re-pricing of titles around format changes and/or Agency price schedules.
• Oversee any future developments/new product types as required
• Ensure that the relevant documentation is kept up to date on process, and any technical updates/requirements are clearly communicated to the third party clients.
• Provide detailed analysis as requested for UK board and Digital Board, as requested

Experience / skills required:

• Digital product supply chain management experience
• Able to liaise at Board level
• Excellent customer  service and problem solving skills
• Used to dealing with international suppliers and time-zones

For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations ASAP to kelliemillar@atwoodtate.co.uk

Contact:            Kellie Millar

Tel:                   020 7487 8235

Atwood Tate acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent and contract vacancies and an Employment Business for interim and temporary recruitment.

Atwood Tate embraces diversity and seeks to promote the benefits of diversity in all of our business activities and to develop a business culture that reflects that belief.  We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief.

At Lonely Planet we live to travel. Everything we do is designed to inspire and enable travellers to get out there, connect with the world and have great experiences. Across all areas of Lonely Planet, we look for talented people who share our passion.

Lonely Planet is investing in its non-guidebook publishing programme. This currently includes pictorials, travel literature and gift books to inspire travellers, as well as a range of children’s books.

We currently have a number of opportunities for talented and experienced publishing professionals who are passionate about travel. We are particularly interested in those who can help us expand in the Gift and Children’s markets.

Positions being hired right now include:

·         Commissioning Editor – Lonely Planet Kids

·         Commissioning Editor – Gift & Stationery

·         Senior Designer – Illustrated Non-fiction

More positions in production management, publishing and print production will be added soon.

These roles will suit candidates with previous non-fiction commissioning or design experience, a passion for travel and lots of great book, gift or stationery ideas. You’ll join a small team in the development and delivery of Lonely Planet’s Illustrated Non-fiction, Reference, Gift and Children’s lists for publication globally.

These are all full time permanent positions based in our London office.

For further details please see www.lonelyplanet.com/jobs

We’d love to hear from you. 

To apply with your cover letter and resume, please click ‘apply’ below.

Priddy Books – is a publisher of high quality Baby, Toddler and Early Learning books. Based in Chancery Lane, London, with headquarters in New York, we sell our books all around the world. We specialise in board and novelty books for the very young.

We are looking for someone who loves children’s books to join the busy Production Department at Priddy Books as a Production Manager reporting to the Global Operations Director.

Extensive experience producing books and other items in Asia and Europe is essential, as well as an excellent grasp of issues surrounding safety legislation, freight, paper and ethical manufacturing. You will have experience leading a team, and be a proactive, bright and innovative individual with substantial experience in foreseeing and resolving problems.

To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter confirming your current salary and quoting reference PB /004/14 via our online recruitment site: http://jobs.macmillan.com

All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for the vacancy.

Closing date: 8th October 2014

We seek a bookseller- manager - administrator. You will join an iconic art bookshop with an international reputation and market. We are looking for a candidate who will be keen to advance their career by playing a leading part in developing and running the premier art bookshop to face the demands of an exacting clientele in a changing retail environment.

You will be expected to take on a significant degree of responsibility within a vibrant, enthusiastic and hard-working team with a modern outlook. The generation of sales; organization of the business; supervision and delegation of staff; management of fairs (including TEFAF Maastricht) and the day to day running of our prestigious book shop would all be part of your remit.

You will sell both new and antiquarian books to an international clientele. Spoken German, Italian, French, Russian, Spanish or Chinese would be an advantage.

Salary will be commensurate with experience. Send cover letter, resume, and salary history as a Word attachment only to charlotte@heneage.com

Nature Reviews Neuroscience seeks a locum Associate Editor to join its editorial team for 1 year. 

Nature Reviews Neuroscience aims to provide an authoritative, accessible and topical first port of call for researchers in the field of neuroscience. For more information about the journal, please visit www.nature.com/nrn. 

The Associate Editor position is a demanding and intellectually stimulating role that calls for a keen interest in the practice and communication of neuroscience. The key elements of this position include commissioning articles, editing manuscripts, organizing peer review and writing for the journal. 

The ideal candidate will have a PhD in neuroscience and relevant postdoctoral research experience. They will also be highly motivated and pro-active, and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Previous editorial experience is not required but is desirable. 

The position is located in our London office and will start in December 2014. 

To apply, please submit a CV and a covering letter, explaining why you are interested in the role and including salary expectations. 

Applicants must have an existing right to live and work in the United Kingdom. 

For more information about the Macmillan group click here to visit our website. 

Macmillan Science and Education (MSE), part of the Macmillan Publishing Group, is looking to recruit a Senior Production Controller for its busy Academic Journals production department. This role is based in the new London Campus from January 2015, but will include an initial training period of several weeks in the Basingstoke office.

This is a critical role which would suit an individual who combines a strong eye for detail and accuracy with an open-minded and solution-focused approach. It will appeal to someone who is comfortable managing multiple different projects simultaneously. 

Early applications may be prioritised. 

The ideal candidate will have a minimum 2 years journal production experience, the ability to effectively priortise workload and meet deadlines whilst ensuring quality is maintained, provide excellent customer service to authors, editors and internal stakeholders, and have a basic understanding of production tracking systems and the ability to update and review metadata. 

Applicants must have an existing right to live and work in the United Kingdom. The level of appointment will be commensurate with experience. 

For more information about the Macmillan group click here to visit our website. 

Macmillan Education, one of the UK’s leading ELT publishers, is looking to recruit an experienced Editor to join its International Adult Publishing team.

We are looking for an experienced English Language teaching Editor to work on online courses for the Adult General English publishing area. Working closely with the Publishers and in-house commissioning team, the editors will play a key role in shaping and developing content in accordance with market and customer requirements. 

The successful applicants will work closely with authors, digital software developers, instructional designers and freelance editors to ensure the development of high quality and market appropriate digital content. You will develop high quality content for a variety of global markets. 

The ideal candidate will have strong digital content development and editorial skills, the ability to translate market and customer needs into commercially successful global product, an understanding of digital workflows, xml, metadata and demonstrable understanding of ELT teaching and learning contexts. 

Applicants must have an existing right to live and work in the United Kingdom. The level of appointment will be commensurate with experience. 

For more information about the Macmillan group click here to visit our website. 

A leading academic publisher is looking to appoint an Inventory/Purchasing Controller to take responsibility for allocated lists. This is an exciting opportunity to gain experience working for a well-known and prestigious publisher.

Key duties:

• Maintain stock for allocated lists, manage reprints and at risk titles
• Handle queries from other departments and from international colleagues
• Prepare reprint estimates using tools provided and plan international stock transfers
• Prepare files for print-on-demand and decide when to switch to print-on-demand
• Establish purchase orders and select printers, monitoring delivery of titles and arranging shipment
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date data and assist line manager to oversee costs

Experience / skills required:

• Some experience in an inventory/purchasing role is required
• Excellent numeracy skills and an understanding of inventory management
• Strong IT skills including MS Office (Sharepoint/Outlook), FTP software, Dialogue and Vista
• Solid verbal and written communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships
• Able to prioritise and to follow procedures
• Flexible and adaptable attitude

Applications ASAP, please.

For further information, please apply online or email a CV and salary expectations to karinenicpon@atwoodtate.co.uk

Contact:            Karine Nicpon

Tel:                   020 7487 8274

Atwood Tate embraces diversity and seeks to promote the benefits of diversity in all of our business activities and to develop a business culture that reflects that belief.  We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for someone who is looking for a new challenge in consultative business development within STM / academic publishing. Our client is a leading B2B publication based in Cambridge, providing the latest information and trends to those in STM / Academic publishing. They are looking for a Business Development Manager to develop new sources of revenue from existing clients and devise methods of building the client database with new leads.

This is a real opportunity to have a voice and to make a tangible difference to the bottom line. Revenue could come from display advertising, email marketing, content licensing and lead generation but what other ideas do you have?

If this sounds like the role for you, please get in touch!

To apply for this position, please contact Abigail Barclay at Inspired Selection publishing recruitment agency (email: a.barclay@inspiredselection.com). Please provide a CV and your current salary details in your application. To view all current opportunities available via Inspired Selection, please visit our website at www.inspiredselection.com.

Inspired Selection operates an Equal Opportunities policy. We treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.