Jobs at HarperCollins UK

Lead the HQ Digital publishing list by executing strategy, commissioning and editing commercial fiction, managing schedules, acquisitions, author and agent relationships, and coordinating sales, marketing, rights, audio, and international teams. Identify market opportunities, oversee metadata, promotions, pricing, backlist reissues, and digital growth across the UK and international markets. Represent the imprint internally and externally while supporting commissioning editors and developing profitable publishing programmes.

Lead sales strategy and execution for HarperCollins Children’s Books, partnering with the Sales Director and cross-functional teams to deliver growth, revenue, and profit targets. Manage key retail accounts, develop customer relationships, contribute to marketing and acquisition strategies, oversee budgets and forecasts, and lead the Sales Executive. The role requires strong knowledge of UK children’s publishing and retail, strategic commercial judgment, negotiation skills, and advanced Excel and PowerPoint proficiency.

Owns the global enterprise planning solutions roadmap, ecosystem, and backlog across FP&A, sales, inventory, and production planning. Leads product ownership, requirements, solution design, delivery, platform evolution, and ongoing enhancements across Anaplan, Hyperion, and other planning tools. Partners with business, technology, and data teams while managing internal resources and external delivery partners. Provides hands-on technical leadership for multidimensional planning models, integrations, and enterprise-scale solutions.

Edits and manages commercial fiction titles from acquisition through publication across print and digital formats. Responsibilities include structural, line, and desk editing; author and agent relationship management; acquisitions and deal negotiation; market and trend analysis; cover briefing; metadata and launch materials; and coordination with production, sales, marketing, digital, rights, and audio teams.

A 12-month paid traineeship providing rotational experience across publishing teams including Editorial, Marketing, Design, Sales and Production. Trainees will learn how books are acquired, created, marketed and distributed while receiving structured training, mentoring and industry exposure. The role is based in the London Bridge office at least three days per week and includes events, insight sessions and a distribution-centre visit.

Lead HarperFiction’s UK sales strategy, budget delivery, customer relationships, negotiations, account planning, forecasting, and retail positioning. Manage and support the sales team while identifying growth opportunities across frontlist and backlist titles. Collaborate with Editorial, Marketing, PR, Operations, Finance, and wider sales teams to achieve targets and champion priority authors, brands, and imprints across physical and online retail channels.