Bookouture is the UK’s most successful and innovative digital publisher of commercial fiction, and the publisher of authors such as Freida McFadden, Soraya Lane and Anna Stuart. We are part of Hachette UK and have sold over 95 million books to readers worldwide, with a further 13 billion Kindle pages read of our titles. In late 2021 we began translating and publishing some of our bestselling fiction direct to readers in other languages, initially German, followed by Italian and French; in 2026 we are adding Dutch and Spanish to that list. Over the last four-and-a-half years we have translated and published almost 500 books in languages other than English.
Note: We expect all candidates to complete their application without the use of AI.
We have a rare opportunity to find the most exciting talent to take this key area of our business forward, managing a team of two, balancing the publishing schedule across all translated languages to optimise opportunity and revenue and looking at innovative ways to grow and develop our translated publishing and readership.
You will be an expert publishing all-rounder, commercially driven and data competent, with some key responsibilities:
SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES
Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:
The role will be based at our London or Sheffield office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week. There is the possibility of living and working remotely in Germany with access to an office in Berlin.
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