Overview

We are looking for a pro-active and highly organised individual to join our busy Foreign Language Publishing department. This role sits within our French language publishing team, who look after all commercial and operational activities related to Usborne’s French publishing programme, and liaise between our French distributor, our in-house French editorial team as well as our production department in order to ensure that all French editions of Usborne books get to the market as planned.

Role

This is a varied role and will involve a wide range of tasks such as: 

• Preparing presentations and promotional materials

• Maintaining databases (including book visuals and metadata)

• Responding to French customer enquiries

• Liaising with the French distributor and internal departments

• General administrative duties

Experience:

You will have native level written and spoken French and English language skills, and confidence with your grasp of grammar in both. The key skills we are hoping to see are:

• A meticulous eye for detail to be able to work on a wide variety of projects requiring accuracy, be it inputting print orders or checking metadata.

• Excellent time-management skills so that you can stay on top of the fast-moving and changing workload.

• Have clear and confident communication skills in order to work with a wide range of stakeholders both in the UK and in France, internal and external.

• Be computer literate with a good working knowledge of the Office 365 suite, a good working knowledge and understanding of Excel is a must.

• Have experience of working with databases, any familiarity with Biblio software would a distinct advantage.

Location and Benefits:

We offer a 35-hour working week from our Farringdon office in London. Once you have passed your probationary period, you will be able to work from home under our 3:2 work arrangement where you can work up to 2 days a week from home.

We also offer a range of benefits including:

• 25 days paid holiday entitlement

• Life assurance

• Generous Pension Scheme

• Employee Assistance Programme

• 50% Discount on Company Books