Audio Editor

Who we are and what we do

About Hachette UK Group Audio

The Group Audio team is responsible for managing the end-to-end audio publishing process for Hachette UK (excluding the Bookouture and Hachette Learning divisions). Composed of expert audiobook editorial staff and the award-winning Carmelite Studios, the team collaborates closely with divisional publishing groups, external producers, agents, authors, and voice talent to produce bestselling and award-winning audiobooks, original audio productions, and other high-quality audio content.

About Hachette UK

Hachette UK is a creative powerhouse and the UK\’s second largest book publishing group. Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity.

We\’re made up of 11autonomous publishing divisions and over 60 imprints with a rich and diverse history and an incredible range of authors. We\’re also the market leader in e-books and publish a range of bestsellers in audio format, the fastest growing part of our business.

Our award-winning adult publishing divisions are Orion, which won Publisher of the Year at the 2021 British Book Awards; Little, Brown; John Murray Press; Hodder & Stoughton; Headline; Quercus; Octopus, and Bookouture. They publish fiction and non-fiction in digital, audio and print format, from the world\’s best and most diverse authors, including Brit Bennett, Candice Carty-Williams, Martina Cole, Michael Connelly, John Grisham, Stephen King, Stieg Larsson, Nelson Mandela, Stephenie Meyer, Maggie O\’Farrell, Delia Owens, Ian Rankin, J.K. Rowling, Colson Whitehead, and Malala Yousafzai. Hachette Children\’s Group publishes a wide and vibrant range of books for children across all age ranges, while Hachette Learning is a market leader in resources for both primary and secondary schools.

Hachette UK is part ofHachette Livre, the world\’s third largest trade and educational publisher. As well as our headquarters in Carmelite House, London, and our state-of-the-art book distribution centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire, we have recently opened five new offices in Manchester, Bristol, Sheffield, Newcastle, and Edinburgh. The UK region also includes offices in Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, the Caribbean, and Ireland.

It\’s an exciting time to join our business because the publishing market continues to grow and thrive. The UK remains the largest exporter of physical books in the world and book adaptations for film and TV are the foundation of the UK\’s creative industries.

What you\’ll be doing

Working within the audiobook editorial team, you will be project managing a diverse range of audiobooks from across the Hachette UK publishing divisions, ensuring delivery of a high volume of projects on time and to budget. This will include:

• Working with divisional audio publishing leads to provide editorial and project management support as required.
• Instructing the Carmelite Studio team and third party recording studios regarding project requirements e.g. budget, casting, pre-production research and other project specific requirements.
• Supporting the Carmelite Studios pre-production team with casting, talent booking and related tasks.
• Maintaining accurate production schedule information in Biblio3.
• Liaising with internal and external services providers.
• Liaising with authors, literary agents and talent agencies.
• Negotiating talent fees and agreeing necessary contractual paperwork.
• Representing the audio team at business-critical internal and external meetings.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of departmental processes and working practices.

The role will report to the Audio Director, Publishing and Production. Please note that this is an editorial role and not an audio production role.

Who we are looking for

Candidates must be highly efficient, with a good eye for detail and the ability to multi-task. A can-do, enthusiastic attitude is essential, along with excellent communication skills.

Candidates will be:

• Excellent written and verbal communicators
• Adaptable problems-solvers, who can work independently and think strategically
• Creative and entrepreneurial, with a positive attitude.
• Highly organised and time efficient.
• Passionate about audiobooks with a keen interest in a wide range of fiction and non-fiction.
• Highly knowledgeable about audiobook publishing and the UK audiobook market, with proven audio publishing experience.

What we offer

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, includingGender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeingand 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.

Our commitment

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 visitwww.booktradeentrysupport.org

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