Work Experience in Publishing Presentation by Ruth Millington

Work Experience in Publishing Presentation by Ruth Millington, Internship Officer, CAL with speakers James Cronin & Mireille Harper

Session will cover • • • Where & why do work experience? Speaker 1: Mireille Harper Speaker 2: James Cronin Finding opportunities & further support Q&A

Publishing is a popular career choice for many arts students. A degree is now seen as the minimum entry level requirement (although an MA/ PHD doesn’t guarantee you employment). More important is having some sort of work experience.

Insights into types of role Editorial assistants experience all aspects of publishing by assisting senior editorial staff in the administration of the commissioning, planning and production of books, journals, magazines and a broad range of publicity materials.

Types of role Production – good negotiating skills; organised approach Marketing – outgoing personality; organised approach Sales – outgoing personality; negotiating skills Rights – outgoing personality; negotiating skills; languages useful foreign rights, but not always essential

Types of publishing • Fiction e. g. Children & YA; crime; thriller • Non-fiction e. g. biographies, encyclopaedias • Scholarly e. g. text books for schools/FE/HE • Boutique press • Electronic • STM: Science, Technology and Medicine publications

Mireille Harper Editorial Internship 2 weeks London

James Cronin Community Director Project Birmingham www. project-birmingham. co. uk

Finding & funding your work experience

Work experience https: //calcareersuob. wordpress. com/

Graduate schemes Harper. Collins have a Graduate Scheme which offers trainees a paid 18 month placement across departments: http: //corporate. harpercollins. co. uk/careers/graduate-recruitment and last year launched their first BAME Traineeship Scheme: http: //www. thebookseller. com/news/harpercollins-launches-bame-trainingscheme-337856 Little, Brown Book Group is running a scheme for graduates. Successful candidates will work across Little, Brown imprints for 2 weeks covering all aspects of entry level work in the publishing industry: https: //www. hachette. co. uk/Articles/Careers+Pages/Work+Experience++LBBG. page Penguin Random House launched ‘The Scheme’ in 2015, which involves a 13 month paid programme focussing on marketing. http: //www. the-scheme. co. uk/

Useful websites Publishing Interns offer careers advice and regularly updated internships listings on this blog https: //pubinterns. wordpress. com/ The Guardian (Mon/Sat) www. jobs. guardian. co. uk The Bookseller (Fridays) www. thebookseller. com European Bookseller (monthly) Publishers Weekly www. publishersweekly. com SYP Job Database https: //thesyp. org. uk/careers/ www. bookcareers. com www. prospects. ac. uk www. totaljobs. com TARGETjobs Student. Job

Speculative applications Consider booking a CV check with a CN Advisor through Careers Connect

Uo. B Work Experience Bursaries • • Professional – Up to £ 800 Research – Up to £ 500 International – Up to £ 800 Gateway – Up to £ 2000 Deadline: 3 rd April Deadline: 17 th April • Global Challenge – Fully funded Deadline: 14 th Feb For further information, visit the internship web pages: www. birmingham. ac. uk/internships

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