Editorial Academic (IB Tauris & Zed) Publishing Professional Apprentice
Bloomsbury Publishing
LONDON, WC1B 3DP
Closes in 12 days (Tuesday 22 October)
Posted on 8 October 2024
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Summary
Bloomsbury Academic Editorial (IB Tauris/Zed) are looking for a Publishing Professional Apprentice to start in January 2025. You will provide them with administrative support for various elements of the editorial process, assisting in subjects that include Politics, Sociology, International Development, Asia, African and Middle East Studies.
- Annual wage
- £22,500 a year
- Training course
- Publishing professional (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Friday 31 January
- Duration
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1 Year
- Positions available
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Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
- Preparing and administering the sending/signing of non-royalty bearing contracts (contributor etc)
- Completing applications for CIP data and copyright registration
- Commissioning peer reviews and soliciting pre-publication endorsements for projects as requested by their manager; ensuring these are delivered in a timely way; recording the progress of all projects under review/out for endorsement; ensuring payment as necessary
- Arranging ordering of copies of published books
- Maintaining physical and electronic book files and records
Supporting editorial staff in managing data on internal database (Biblio) - Responding promptly and appropriately to external and internal inquiries
- Checking and, if necessary, clearing copyright permissions under guidance from manager
- Completing pro forma such as cheque requisitions and book orders
- Carrying out research into new projects on request of manager
- Sending emails/letters of acknowledgement and rejection
- Undertaking administrative tasks such as filing and archiving of paperwork
- Setting up new titles on Biblio (our bibliographic database), and ensuring that any changes to projects are updated promptly and in line with key dates
- Setting up and managing proposal review feedback for new projects
- Preparing monthly title reports for author chasing
Where you’ll work
50 BEDFORD SQUARE
LONDON
WC1B 3DP
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
LDN APPRENTICESHIPS LTD
Your training course
Publishing professional (level 4)
Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)
Course contents
Your training plan
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
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4-9 or A*-C)
- Maths (grade 4-9 or A*-C)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
About this company
Bloomsbury Publishing is a leading independent publishing house, established in 1986, with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes, and is the originating publisher and custodian of the Harry Potter series. Bloomsbury has offices in London, New York, New Delhi, Oxford and Sydney. Within Bloomsbury’s Academic division, it publishes under Bloomsbury, as well as under a number of prestigious and historic imprint names.
After this apprenticeship
Full-time employment.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LDN APPRENTICESHIPS LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000281160.
Apply now
Closes in 12 days (Tuesday 22 October)
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Company’s application instructions
All applicants must apply via the LDN Apprenticeships Career Hub. Applications will be reviewed, and interviews conducted throughout the duration of this advert, therefore we may bring the closing date forward. We would like to encourage all interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.