#no part of publishing is glamorous but this section is especially un-glam

[aquitainequeen]

Applicants for the Editorial Assistant position: I love reading and literature! I spend a lot of time on BookTok! I'm passionate about exciting narratives!

Me, alternating between assessing candidates and scrutinizing a manuscript to make sure there are no nasty permission surprises: Oh, you are applying to the wrong department, my friend.

#my life #my job #no part of publishing is glamorous but this section is especially un-glam #Also in this job you will not enjoy reading for long #Some advice for anyone wanting to get into publishing: #what's most desired in a candidate is time management (because you will be juggling MULTIPLE tasks in a heavy workload) #communication (with your team; with other departments; and with authors/editors) #(in editorial especially we are the authors' first point of contact. their travelling companion; their taxman #their confessor; their therapist and their punching bag) #admin capability (you're going to be using Word Excel and Adobe a lot; along with any database the company uses for their records) #and actually knowing what the company publishes #show us that you've done your research!!! #go on the website. find a few books that you like. mention them. #or just do your research on us and say what you like about us! #The sort of things that we publish and the direction we're going #I KNOW it's horrible applying for jobs and you're often applying to lots of different places at the same time #but you have to tailor your application to fit #You have to show that you understand the sort of company or imprint that you want to work for #and yes previous publishing experience is very desirable as well #that's always been much harder to get though