Editorial Assistant, Cornerstone (Century fiction)

• Editorial Assistant, Cornerstone (Century fiction)
• Full-time
• Legal
• Entity: The Random House Group Limited
• Compensation: up to GBP 29000 - yearly

Do you love reading fiction in the Crime, Thriller, Reading Group and Historical genres?

Are you brimming with ideas, highly organised, and passionate about commercial fiction?

We’re looking for an ambitious, proactive, and creative Editorial Assistant to join our dynamic team at Century.

About the team

Century is one of the most successful and well-regarded commercial imprints in the UK.

On the fiction side, we publish some of the biggest brand authors in the UK.

We’re honoured to include James Patterson, Harlan Coben, Lisa Jewell, Anthony Horowitz, Paige Toon, Philippa Ashley, LJ Ross and Tom Hindle on our list.

The role

Reporting to the Publishing Director, you’ll play a key role in supporting the Century fiction team across a diverse and bestselling list.

You’ll be the organisational backbone of the team - managing diaries, coordinating meetings, keeping projects on track and ensuring our publishing schedules run smoothly.

You’ll support the Publishing Director and Century fiction’s Senior Commissioning Editor on their publishing, gaining hands‑on editorial experience, from reading and feeding back on submissions to researching cover concepts and working on backlist titles.

You’ll collaborate with colleagues across departments; help send out book proofs and contribute ideas to our publishing discussions.

This is a role for someone who thrives in a fast‑paced, creative environment and enjoys being part of a buzzing team.

What you’ll bring

Cornerstone is a goal‑oriented division with a clear commitment to high performance at every level.

We embrace the following qualities.

If this way of working resonates with you, you are likely to succeed as part of our team.

• You bring bold curiosity, question the status quo and take smart, commercially driven risks.
• You deliver with pace, resilience and a growth mindset, while collaborating to achieve high impact.
• You build strong, inclusive relationships with authors, agents and colleagues, and contribute to a culture of openness and belonging.
• Organised and detail‑driven, able to juggle a busy workload with confidence and care. Attention to detail is a must.
• A confident communicator, happy to share opinions and ideas in meetings and contribute to lively editorial discussions.
• Engaging and collaborative, with a positive, can‑do attitude and enthusiasm for working closely with colleagues and authors.
• A passionate reader and eager to champion new stories and voices.
• Curious and proactive, keen to learn, take initiative, and make a real impact in the team.
• Proven written ability, showcased through your application and cover letter.
• Experience/ Knowledge of MS Office Excel/Word/ Outlook.
• Previous publishing experience isn’t essential, we’re more interested in your energy, organisation, and love of books.
• Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role and opt in on their application form.

If you would like to be considered under our Disability Confident Scheme for this recruitment process, please include the following code at the start of your cover letter:

Please do not provide any additional information beyond the code in your cover letter.

We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing [emailprotected] .

For this role, the successful candidate will work from our London-based office a minimum of three days per week on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

We offer the other two days to be worked remotely.

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