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Publishing, Printing

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Current Opportunities

Oxford University Press - 8 week Summer Internship

This internship programme will provide a insight into a career in publishing and to what it is like to work at OUP. Upon completion of the programme interns will be able to apply for any vacancies that arise. Visit the OUP website for more detail - applications must be in by Monday 28 February.

General Resources

The AGCAS Sector Briefing for the Publishing industry gives an overview of this employment sector and includes key roles for graduates, case studies and further links and resources. Free copies of these are available from Careers or you can view or download them from the Prospects website.

Prospects website has an explore types of jobs section which includes job profiles of over 800 occupations. Information for each job covers salary and conditions, entry requirements, training ancd career development, typical employers/vacancy sources, related jobs and case studies, contacts and resources.

Prospects also have a Media, Marketing and Publishing Community area on their website that contains all you need to know about getting in and getting on in these industries, including a job vacancy search, email jobs, graduate employers, further study and careers advice.

Bath Spa Careers Resources

These resources are available for reference in the Careers Information room:

Books:

  • Book and Journal Publishing: A Guide to the Industry and Career Opportunities (The Publishing Training Centre)
  • Inside Book Publishing 2nd edition (Giles Clark)
  • The Magazines Handbook (Jenny McKay; Routledge)
  • Media Careers: Publishing (Purple House)
  • Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook 2005
  • Children's Writer's and Artist's Yearbook 2005
  • The Writer’s Handbook 2000

Files:

  • The Occupational file for Publishing (Purple file, Y) gives an overview of the sector, job roles and profiles, entry and training, career development and professional bodies, links and additional resources.

Where to Look for Jobs and Work Placements

www.gradsouthwest.com
Jobs site for students and graduates in, from or coming to SW England

www.jobssw.co.uk
Jobs website for careers and jobs in the South West of England.

Arts Hub UK

Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
ALPSP is the only organisation that represents not-for-profit publishers, information on training, events, jobs

www.artsculturemediajobs.com
Job website for creative people. Includes media and new media, culture & heritage, education, performing arts, visual arts

Book Careers.com
Careers advice, CV registration, employment agencies

The Bookseller
The Bookseller carries four recruitment pages every week and lists over 200 jobs on their website

www.jobrapido.co.uk
Search for publishing jobs by area/region

Media Guardian
Advertising, marketing and PR, press and publishing, broadcast, reports, jobs

Guardian jobs
direct link to SW publishing jobs from Guardian online jobs page.

Media Week
Online magazine with news from media world and jobs

www.monster.co.uk
Search (publishing) jobs by area, industry or career area (ie student/graduate) and other definitions.

Print-people.com
Website for recruitment in print and its associated industries. Offers job search, link to recruitment agencies and mailing list.

Printworkers.com
Online jobs vacancies

www.reed.co.uk
Search for jobs by location or industry area etc

Creative Pool
Online CV and portfolio site for the creative industries. Upload your CV and find a job in design, advertising, architecture, new media, games and print.

Way Goose Selection
Specialises in print recruitment for design, reprographics and printing in the UK , Europe and North America

Some professional bodies feature jobs and careers - check the list below

For further information on the job seeking and application process, and resources available, please see the Looking for Jobs and Applying for Jobs pages of this website.

For further information on Work Placements and to download our information sheet, please see our Work Placement pages.

Professional organisations

Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
South House, The Street, Clapham, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3UU
Tel: 01903 871 68
www.alpsp.org.uk

Association of On-Line Publishers (AOP)
Queens House, 28 Kingway, London WC2B 6JR
www.ukaop.org.uk

BBC
Television Centre, White City, Wood Lane, London
W12 7TS
www.bbc.co.uk

The Booksellers Association of The United Kingdom and Ireland Ltd (BA)
Minster House, 272 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1BA
Tel: 020 7834 5477
www.booksellers.org.uk

Cambridge University Press
The Edinburgh Building, Shaftesbury Rd, Cambridge CB2 2RU
Tel: 01223 325757
www.cup.cam.ac.uk/

Chrysalis Group plc
The Chrysalis Building, Bramley Road, London W10 6SP
Tel: 0207 221 2213
www.chrysalis.com

Financial Times Group
Assistant Managing Editor, Martin Nielsen, 1 Southwark Bridge, London SE19HL
Tel: 020 7873 3000
news.ft.com/home/uk/

Haymarket Publishing Ltd
174 Hammersmith Road, London
Tel: +44 20 8267 5000
www.haymarketgroup.co.uk/

IPC Magazines
King's Reach Tower, Stamford St, London SE1 9LS
Tel: 020 7261 5000
www.ipc.co.uk/

The Irish Book Publisher's Association (CLE)
CLE, 19 Parnell Square, Dublin 1
Tel: 056 7756333
www.publishingireland.com/

Macmillan Publishers Ltd
4, Crinan Street, London N1 9XW
Tel: +44 (0)20 7843 3600
www.macmillan.co.uk

Music Publishers Association
3rd Floor, Strandgate, 18-20 York Buildings, London WC2N 6JU
Tel: 0207 839 7779

News International
News International Syndication, PO Box 481, London E1 9BD
Tel: +44 020 7782 5400
www.syndication.newsint.co.uk

Oxford university Press (OUP)
Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP
Tel: 01865 556 767
www.oup.co.uk

Pearson
30, Strand, London WC2R 0RL
Tel: 0207 010 2000
www.pearson.com

Pearson Education
Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex CM20 2JE
Tel: +44 1279 623928
www.pearsoned.co.uk/

Penguin Books Ltd
Bath Road, Harmondsworth, West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 0DA

The Periodical Publishers Association
Queens House, 28 Kingsway, London WC2B 6JR
Tel: 020 7404 4166
www.ppa.co.uk

Periodicals Training Council (PTC)
55-56 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ
Tel: 020 7400 7523
www.ppa.co.uk/

Publishers Association (PA)
29b Montague Street, London WC1B 5BW
Tel: 020 7691 9191
www.publishers.org.uk

Publishing National Training Organisation
55/56 Lincolns Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ
www.publishingnto.co.uk

Publishing Training Centre
Book House, 45 East Hill, Wandsworth, London SW18 2QZ
Tel: 020 8874 2718
www.train4publishing.co.uk/

Reed Business Information
Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS
Tel: 020 8652 3500
www.reedbusiness.co.uk

Reed Elsevier
25 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0EX
Tel: 0207 222 8420
www.reed-elsevier.com

Scottish Publishers Association
Scottish Book Centre, 137 Dundee Street, Edinburgh EH11 1BG
Tel: 0131 228 6866
www.scottishbooks.org

The Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP)
Riverbank House, 1 Putney Bridge Approach, Fulham, London SW6 3JD
Tel: 020 7736 3278
www.sfep.org.uk

The Society of Young Publishers
Endeavour House, 189 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 3TJ
www.thesyp.org.uk

Society of Picture Researchers and Editors
455 Finchley Road, London
NW3 6HN

Trinity Mirror plc
One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP
Tel: 020 7293 3000
www.trinitymirror.com

Union of Welsh Publishers and Booksellers
c/o Honno Press/Editorial Office, Pen Roc, Rhodfa'r Mor, Aberystwyth SY23 2AZ
Tel: 01970 623150

Useful Web Links

BBC Vision
Encourages and supports creative talent and design innovation for film, broadcast and media industries.

British Printing Industries Federation
News, industry profiles, training and career opportunities

Book Careers.com
Careers advice, CV registration, employment agencies

Book Sellers Association
Represents over 95% of booksellers in the UK and Ireland. Online bookshop and publisher directory.

Directory and Database Publishers Association

London Book Fair
Free registration allows access to over 600 exhibitors details

Newspaper Society
This is a gateway to the regional newspaper industry. Facts and figures on regional newspaper publishing as well as links to over 700 newspaper websites.

Newspaper Society
This website is a gateway to the regional newspaper industry

Media UK Internet Directory
Online media directory, including TV, magazines and advertising

The Paperboy
Links to 3875 newspapers from 135 countries

Pira International
Packaging, paper, printing and publishing news, training and information

Print Buyers Directory Online
Search by company, product or location

Printworkers.com
Online jobs vacancies

Scottish Newspapers Publishers Association
The SPA is also a source of information about publishing in general for publishers, the media and public

Society of Young Publishers
Discussion forum and information on the society's meetings, reading groups and social gatherings

Women in Publishing

Founded in 1979 to promote the interests of women in all areas of the publishing industry.

Events and Careers Fairs

Look at the ‘What’s On’ section of this website for events and fairs.

Prospects website has a general careers fair section, searchable by type of event and location

Further Training and Development

The Society of Editors and Proofreaders offer training courses, funds and a mentoring scheme for new members of the Society. Visit their website at www.sfep.org.uk

Chapterhouse Publishing offers a Proofreading and Editorial Skills correspondence course for freelance proofreaders and copy-editors. Visit their website at www.chapterhousepublishing.co.uk

Most of the Professional organisations run courses to support continuing professional development.Check their websites from the list above.

Postgraduate and work-related courses are listed at www.prospects.ac.uk

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