Publishing Director Harvill Vintage 278360
Publishing Director Harvill Vintage 278360
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Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Publishing Director able to build on the strength of Harvills reputation and ambitiously lead the new direction of the imprint with clear strategic vision and marketleading publishing.
About the team
Addictive storytelling from around the world.
Harvill books transport readers to new worlds new experiences and new ways of thinking.
We publish the most exciting voices from around the world with unmissable contemporary novels electrifying thrillers spellbinding historical fiction and immersive and worldbuilding storytelling.
The list is home to major writers such as Haruki Murakami Jo NesboErin Morgenstern Abir Mukherjee Karl Ove Knausgaard Tommy Orange Yoko Ogawa Joseph OConnor Denise Mina and Elaine Feeney.
The role
The Publishing Director will report to the Managing Director of Vintage and be part of the Vintage Leadership Team. You will be responsible for the creative cultural and commercial success of Harvill and will be expected to set high standards for your editorial team always leading inclusively. Harvill is home to many of the worlds greatest writers and the Publishing Director is responsible for the positive experience of all authors on the list.
Key responsibilities:
- Work with the Managing Director and senior team to set clear strategic goals and targets for the imprints new future as a fiction only list; a high degree of prioritisation and collaboration is required in partnership across the publishing teams in particular sales marketing and publicity.
- Setting the fiction publishing strategy; collaborating with the editorial team on longterm plans keeping abreast of trends and staying connected to external perspectives to inform acquisitions and creative publishing.
- Publishing marketleading bestsellers: ensuring every aspect of a Harvill book is carefully considered from the clarity of the pitch and positioning to the quality of the package and publishing strategy.
- Ultimate responsibility over all Harvill acquisitions ensuring robust and inclusive conversations and close attention to publishing performance.
- Maintaining author relationships taking care to ensure authors are published well cared for and have positive relationships with their core publishing team.
- Managing every aspect of the imprints daytoday business including a razorsharp focus on cost management and hitting editorial milestones on the publishing critical path.
- Responsible for the Harvill team from hiring performance and development to wellbeing.
- Ensuring Harvills network is broad and influential from agents to booksellers and key influencers including strong links with international publishing teams and agents where relevant.
What youll bring
Essential criteria:
- Proven track record of publishing excellence able to demonstrate critical and commercial success in fiction for a sustained period.
- Intellectually and culturally curious endlessly driven by the highest creative standards.
- A thoughtful and experienced people manager proven ability to motivate and mobilise teams to deliver excellence and achieve commercial goals.
- A strategic thinkerwho can articulate a vision for the imprint as a whole and communicate it in compelling ways ensuring internal teams agents and authors are engaged with the list.
- A strong negotiatorwho can successfully navigate complex deals and auction environments with clarity.
- Ability to manage the complexity of publishing decisionmaking listen to different viewpoints be decisive and able to articulate why certain publishing positions are taken by the imprint.
- Captivating communicatorwho can articulately bring books to life from the point of acquisition through to publication and onwards.
- Creatively confident and distinctive experienced in working with designers marketeers and publicists to create standout covers and imaginative campaigns perfect for the books and their audiences.
- Commercially astute and competitive able to use a breadth of data and market knowledge to improve publishing decisionmaking and motivated by the financial health of the imprint and how to grow its commercial contribution and industryleading position.
- Socially conscious able to take a clear leadership position ensuring Harvill and Vintage make continuous progress towards their inclusion and environmental goals.
Application instructions
Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on 1st May.
Salary
Competitive with the market and dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role plus bonus and benefits.
What you can expect from us
Our people are the heart of our business and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.
Our benefits include:
- Financial income protection life assurance childcare allowance
- Wellbeing healthcare cash plan critical illness cover health checks
- Lifestyle enhanced parental leave tech scheme free and discounted books
For our full benefits list please visit: working
While our offices across the UK are places to connect collaborate and celebrate with colleagues we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. Vintages office days are Tuesday and Thursday and for this role you will be expected to be in a minimum of two days a week and to attend all inperson meetings.
About Penguin
Were the UKs largest publisher; made up of some 2000 people and publishing over 1500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here youll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.
The recruitment process
You can read about our recruitment process at a Disability Confident Committed organisation we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role and optin on their application form. The essential criteria for this role are listed as part of the What youll bring section. There may be times when the volume of applications means we cannot take all eligible candidates to interview.
We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing . Remember you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.
Please note we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.
Company:Penguin Books Limited
Country:United Kingdom
State/Region:London
City: London
Postal Code:SW11 7BW
Job ID:278360
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
