Job title: Operations Assistant
Company: Verso
Location: London/Hybrid
Salary: £27k
Is the role permanent? Y
Is the role full-time? Y
Contact details: [email protected]
Closing date: 24th March

Job description

The London office of Verso Books, the leading independent radical publisher, is looking for an Operations Assistant to develop our expanding operations requirements. Responsibilities include updating our data feeds, creating digital assets, including ebooks and short run printing, sales reporting and assisting in the monitoring of our costs. This is a role that would suit someone keen to be involved in, and learn about, a wide variety of aspects of the publishing process and who is comfortable working with large volumes of data. The ideal candidate for this role will be able to quickly adapt to new processes while always thinking about how existing processes can be improved.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Updating our internal and external data feeds.
  • Ebook and Audiobook manufacture and distribution.
  • Setting up and distributing our extensive backlist in print on demand programs.
  • Assisting in the developing, updating and processing of sales reports.
  • Assisting in the monitoring of our costs.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

  • Knowledge of MS Office and Google Work Space.
  • Excellent understanding of Excel.
  • Excellent time management skills.
  • Attention to detail and problem solving.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Positive and solutions oriented.
  • Proactive, efficient and initiative taking.
  • Adaptable to the use of new/unfamiliar software and platforms.
  • Awareness of publishing metadata requirements - experience of Virtusales Biblio platform would be an advantage.
  • Previous experience of a publishing environment highly desirable, but not absolutely essential.
  • Knowledge of, and interest, in Verso's publishing program would be an advantage.

PERKS AND BENEFITS

  • 30 Days Annual Leave; office closure between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day; Summer Hours every Friday from start of June to end of August.
  • Life Assurance and Employee Assistance Programme.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity.

APPLICATION

Please submit a clearly identified covering letter and CV (as attachments) by email to [email protected] by Sunday March 24th 2024, with the subject: OPERATIONS ASSISTANT.

https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/pages/job-openings