Here's our quick-reference guide to recently advertised salaries for entry-level roles at publishing houses and literary agencies. Job titles and salaries sourced October - November 2024.
Editorial roles
Editorial Assistant at Penguin Random House: London, £27,500
Editorial Assistant at HarperCollins: London, £28,500
Editorial Assistant at Hachette: London, £27,000 / Sheffield or Edinburgh, £24,840
Editorial Assistant, DK Travel, DK: London, £27,500
Editorial Assistant, Severn House, Canongate: London or Edinburgh, £25,500
Editorial Assistant, Simon & Schuster: London, £27,000
Editorial Assistant, Bloomsbury: London, £27,000
Editorial Assistant, Journals, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, £22,200 - £26,400
Graduate Editors, CGP Books: Lake District, £25,000
Production roles
Production Assistant, Nosy Crow: London £27,000
Production Assistant, Hachette: London £27,000 or Sheffield £24,480
Production Assistant, Children's Production, Bloomsbury: London, £27,000
Production Assistant at Pan Macmillan: London, £26,500
Production Assistant, Collins, HarperCollins: London, £28,500
Junior Production Controller / Production Controller, Bonnier Books: London, £27,000 - £30,000
Marketing, comms and publicity roles
Marketing Assistant at Turnaround Publisher Services: London, £25,000
Marketing Assistant at Curtis Brown Creative: London, £27,500
International Marketing & Events Coordinator (Collins), HarperCollins: London, £28,500
Marcoms Executive, Children's, HarperCollins: London, £28,500 - £29,500 depending on experience
Publicity Assistant at Simon & Schuster: London, £27,000
Campaigns Assistant, Education, Bloomsbury: London, £27,000
Communications Assistant, Penguin Random House: London, £27,500
Communications Assistant, Hachette: London £27,000 or Sheffield £24,840
Children's Communications Assistant, Faber: London, £28,750
Administration roles
Office Administrator, Michael O'Mara Books: London, £26,500
Licensing, rights & royalties roles
Jacket & Sales Material Coordinator, DK Licensing: London, £27,500
Assistant to Literary Rights Agent, WME: London, up to £30,000 depending on experience
Royalties Assistant at Bloomsbury: London, £28,000
Rights Assistant, Penguin Random House: London, £27,500
International Rights Assistant, Thames & Hudson: London, £27,000
Translation Rights Assistant, Curtis Brown: London, £27,500
Translation Rights Assistant, Johnson & Alcock: London, £26,000
Design roles
Designer/Junior Designer, Harper Fiction and Non-Fiction, HarperCollins: London, £28,500 - £32,000 depending on experience
Artworker, Academic & Professional, Bloomsbury: London, £27,000
Reprint Assistant, Hodder Education, Bloomsbury: London, £27,000 - £28,000
Designer / Junior Designer, Profile Books: London, from £29,000 depending on experience
Digital Accessibility Co-ordinator, Academic & Professional, Bloomsbury: London, £29,000
Literary agency roles
Agency Assistant at Eve White Literary Agency: London, from £26,000 depending on experience
Literary Agent Assistant at Aitken Alexander Associates: London, £28,000