Annual Salary
£18,000 to £28,000
Average UK salary in 2022 was £33,200
(source Office for National Statistics)
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Editorial assistants provide support at all stages of the publication process for books, journals, magazines and online content.
Average UK salary in 2022 was £33,200
(source Office for National Statistics)
You could work: evenings; occasionally
There will be
0.5% more Editorial assistant jobs in 2027.
In this role you could:
You could work in an office or from home.
You can get into this job through:
Subjects like English, journalism or media studies are often preferred.
If you want to specialise in a particular field of publishing, you may need a degree that's closely related to it, for example physics or maths for a scientific journal.
You'll usually need:
You can get into this role through an advanced apprenticeship as a publishing assistant.
This typically takes 18 months to complete as a mix of workplace learning and off-the-job study.
You could work in a publishing office or a company's communications department as a general assistant and work your way up through in-house training and promotion.
You'll find it useful when applying for jobs, to have done some paid or unpaid work experience in publishing.
You could take a proofreading or editing course, like the ones offered by the The Publishing Training Centre or the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading.
You may find it useful to join organisations like the The Publishers Association and Professional Publishers Association for professional recognition, training opportunities and to make industry contacts.
You can find out more about becoming an editorial assistant from:The Publishers Association; Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading
You can also get information on other publishing and creative careers from Discover Creative Careers.
With experience you could move into more senior editorial roles, or work on a freelance basis.
You'll need: