Acquisitions Administrative Apprentice
Austin & Macauley Publishers LTD · Common Rd · posted 27 October 2026
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- Nurture and build relationships with authors, stakeholders for fruitful collaboration on publications via emails and phone calls
- Receiving and acknowledging incoming submissions received through post, email or our online submissions portal
- Review manuscript samples and request full manuscripts in line with our publishing guidelines. Checking that we have received all useful information in order to proceed with a review from the Editorial Team
- Chasing up authors for outstanding enquiries, samples, requests for manuscripts and additional information by phone and email
- Provide a high-level of support to all potential authors during the entire submissions process
- Answering incoming calls and assisting authors in their queries through phone or email
- Importing, uploading and maintaining author details and submissions onto database
- Maintaining weekly performance trackers and ensuring that the set targets are met efficiently
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a team
- Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to prioritise challenging workloads
Your training
Dedicated Mentorship: The apprentice will be paired with a team mentor outside their direct line management to support long-term career tracking, commercial awareness, and goal setting.
Internal onboarding covering company-specific software, CRM systems, and operational processes.
Induction with all departments to see how publishing works from submission of a manuscript to final product resulting in publication of the book.
Where it leads
After the apprenticeship has finished, this will give the apprentice an opportunity to further a career in publishing or other media outlets.
About Austin & Macauley Publishers LTD
We have just celebrated our 20th Birthday. We are a small Independent Publishing house that supports unrecognised and up and coming authors. As an open submissions house, no two days are the same as you come across so many different genres from Fiction to non fiction, our books include children's books, cookery books, poetry books, memoirs, sci-fi and academic books.
We partner with distributors all around the world making all our books accessible to readers.
We publish Paperbacks, Hardbacks, E-books and Audiobooks.
Things to consider
This particular position would suit somebody with a passion for reading, books and the world of literacy. The position would suit somebody who is works well within a team and shines through as a team player.
Skills they're looking for
Entry requirements
- GCSE English (grade 4 or C) — essential
- GCSE Maths (grade 4 or C) — essential
Where you'll work
- UNITS 1 & 1B SEDGEWAY, BUSINESS PARK, COMMON RD, ELY, CB6 2HY
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