Editor

Sphere is the commercial hub of Little, Brown, a major trade division within Hachette and four-time winner of the Publisher of the Year Award. Sphere Fiction is one of the most innovative and successful commercial imprints in the UK and the proud home of globally bestselling brands Mark Billingham, Val McDermid, Patricia Cornwell, Nicholas Sparks and more, as well as some of the biggest recent bestsellers and brands of the future, including Ali Hazelwood and Colleen Hoover. Our ethos is to publish something for everyone; we put what readers want front and centre and aim to reach mass audiences who might be traditional book-buyers as well as those who might instead be entertainment consumers first and foremost.

You’ll be supporting Sphere Fiction's senior team on a range of major titles; an excellent opportunity to be a key part of the team for globally-recognised names as well as brands of the future. The majority of the publishing you’ll support on consists of crime and thriller fiction, with the occasional historical or general fiction title. You will also inherit a small number of authors for your own list, but please note this is not a commissioning role.

Responsibilities include, but aren’t limited to:

• Proactively supporting on the Fiction Publisher and Publishing Director's titles throughout the publication process, including managing the critical path, maintaining best-in-class metadata, attending campaign meetings and contributing to edits
• Championing a select list of your own titles
• Communicating effectively with marketing, sales, publicity, production, design and rights teams
• Establishing strong relationships with authors and their literary agents

We are looking for a proactive, highly organised candidate who loves commercial fiction – especially crime fiction – and has demonstrable experience supporting senior colleagues' publishing at either Assistant Editor or Editor level. You may have already led on a few publications, or otherwise offered exemplary support on others' lists, preparing you to take on a small list of your own. We are also looking for:

• Demonstrable interest in the commercial fiction market and its trends
• A proactive and quick learner
• Enthusiasm for working in a tight-knit team within a busy division
• Experience supporting senior colleagues' publishing
• Experience communicating with and editing authors
• Experience communicating with literary agents
• Experience briefing jackets, writing cover copy and metadata
• Ability to prioritise and manage a variety of deadlines

Alongside how your experiences fit the role, in your covering letter we would also love to hear about the commercial crime fiction publication (from any publisher) that has most impressed you in the past twelve months, and why.

Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this: 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), private medical insurance, dental insurance, generous pension schemes, rent deposit loans, 2 community days per year, summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months), retail discounts through Hachette rewards, cycle to work scheme, eye care vouchers, wide-ranging training library, development programmes (including mentoring), up to 70% off book purchases, a charity bookshelf, 12 staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks, season ticket loans and much more!

This role can be based at our London or Sheffield office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.

Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds. If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.

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