Academic Editorial (Classics, Drama & Literature) Publishing Apprentice
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Company: Bloomsbury Publishing
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Location: WC1B 3DP
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £23,500.00 per year
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Sector: Creative and design
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Ref: NAS-2000036656
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Application Deadline Date: 30/06/2026
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Start Date: 30/09/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm.
Brief Description
Bloomsbury’s Academic Division seeks an enthusiastic, efficient, and personable candidate to support editorial work across Theatre Studies, The Arden Shakespeare, Literary Studies, and Classical Studies. This is an excellent opportunity to gain first-hand experience of a busy editorial department and develop valuable publishing skills.
Training to be Provided
To meet the requirements of the Level 4 Publishing Professional apprenticeship programme you will need to spend 6 hours a week of your time undertaking off-the-job learning, which will include:
- Formal training, including online learning and internal learning events
- 1-2-1s with your coach and line manager
- Observing and shadowing colleagues
- Writing up learning reflections for your portfolio
Future Prospects
Full-time employment upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Vacancy Detail
Tasks will be varied but will broadly include those to assist in the smooth-running of the editorial department, including:
- Preparing, sending out and returning contracts
- Assessing book proposals and sending emails/letters of acknowledgement and rejection
- Sending out copies of published books
- Maintaining physical and electronic book files and records
- Carrying out manuscript checks ahead of handover to production
- Helping with the peer review process
- Submitting books into the print on demand programme
- Completing pro forma such as cheque requisitions and book orders
- Briefing book cover designs to the Design Team
- Commissioning marketing endorsements for key titles
- Clearing permissions
- Carrying out research into new projects
- Administrative tasks such as filing and archiving of paperwork
- Creating and maintaining online resources for key titles