The editorial assistants role is to support senior editorial staff in terms of administration, planning, commissioning and general production of books, magazines, websites and other publications. The job can entail a wide range of tasks, such as dealing with royalties, hiring writers and photographers " and doing more straightforward jobs such as filing and photocopying.
The recruitment agencies listed on this page have a depth of experience when it comes to placing suitable candidates into editorial assistant vacancies.
A number of degrees may be acceptable for becoming and editorial assistant, including journalism, communications, media, as well as art and humanities subjects, and social/business related subjects. Entry may also be possible with a relevant HND, but graduates are often preferred.
Personal qualities are also very important for this role. Excellent interpersonal and self-motivational skills, knowledge of IT and a very high level of spoken and written English are necessary. Proof reading, time management and a general enthusiasm are also important qualities.
Starting salaries can vary, usually from £14,000 to £20,000. As experienced is gained, salaries will rise. The average publishing salary is £26,000 per year. Many jobs are in-house, but with a steady increase in digital publications, many roles can now be carried out from home.
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Media Recruit, situated in Kensington, offers multi-industry solutions to a broad range of markets across the UK, the USA, and Europe. These include Media, Advertising, and Technology and their segments. Hiring on a permanent basis, they also cater to Account Management, AdTech, Business Development, Campaign Strategy, Data & Audience Science, Digital & Traditional Media, Marketing & MarTech, Media Buying, and Production & Investment functions.
Jackson Barnes Recruitment has been placing talent in an array of permanent vacancies at all levels since its incorporation in 2010. Serving various clients nationwide and globally, they work closely within the Media, Marketing, and Sales industries. The recruitment agency also caters to Conference Production, Event Management, and Graduate Recruitment divisions. Jackson Barnes often hires Graduate Sales Executives and Marketing Executives.
MBHRN, instituted in 2004, are talent specialists that aid in meeting the staffing requirements of HR and Rewards divisions. Serving employers nationwide and across the Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East, they recruit candidates on an interim and permanent basis for roles at all levels. The firm deals also offers consultancy, market mapping, and team design services.
Interfacio primarily focuses on the recruitment of Media Technology professionals across the UK. With teams based in London, they place candidates in various Sales, Marketing, R&D Engineering, and Management roles for the Professional Audio, Video, AV, Commercial Systems, and Lighting industries. Interfacio also offers the following services: sound reinforcement, commercial audio & fixed installation, DJ technology, and audio post-production.
Hartmann Mason is a specialist provider of executive search solutions for the Sport, Consumer, Media, Board and Finance spaces. They cover the UK and internationally. and they also provide other services such as market mapping, succession planning, and board assessment. Hartmann Mason sources and places positions such as CEO, Commercial Director, Head of Safety & Security, E-Commerce Director, and Senior CRM & Insight Manager.
Cooper Golding Recruitment is a multi-disciplinary entity that focuses on bridging qualified candidates and a diverse client group across the UK. Hiring for a wide variety of contract, temporary, and permanent vacancies, they primarily deal with the Engineering and Manufacturing markets. The company has also delivered staffing solutions to the Commercial, Industrial, IT & Technology, Sales & Marketing, and Supply Chain & Logistics sectors since 2011.
Albany Partners is a niche recruitment firm supplying Chief Technology Officers and Chief Product Officers into Technology businesses, Venture Capital backed enterprises and Private Equity houses. Launched in 2012, they leverage their team's combined experience of over 100 years in serving names in Digital Marketing, Telecommunications and more across Europe, like Trade Republic and Virgin Wines. Their main office can be found in Holborn.
Aspire Media Group consists of several businesses offering recruitment solutions, such as JobServe, HotLizard, Healthcare Jobs Central, CareerBoard, Route 1, JobShark, and a whole lot more. Their services include online job boards, recruitment software development, job board solutions, and an industry network. They are based in Essex.
Talent Edge, headquartered in Clerkenwell, specialises in Finance recruitment across Technology, Media and Consumer. Handling Financial Planning, Financial Reporting, Commercial Finance, Transactional Finance and more, they offer permanent, contract, interim and executive opportunities. Their track record, since they started in 2006, includes serving global names like Disney, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros and completing over 8,000 placements.
TN Talent Ltd extends TV Broadcast and Media employment opportunities across London. Catering to permanent, temporary and fixed term contract assignments, they reach out to talent of all experience levels in Presentation Scheduling, On/Off Air Creative Services, Acquisitions and more. They were founded in 2019 and have gained brand connections with NBC Universal, Discovery Channels, UKTV, and A&E Networks.
Ibison Talent Group, with national reach, performs specialised hiring services for an extensive client list in the Advertising & Media, Content & Digital Platforms, Journalism, and TV & Entertainment markets. With a team based in London, they source qualified job seekers to fulfill a wide variety of senior-level placements.
ABR Associates is a recruitment consultancy that specialises in making permanent placements for B2B Sales roles across Media & Publishing, Business Information, Technology, Data, Market Research, Media Intelligence, and other similar sectors. They were founded in 2010 and deliver their services mainly to businesses throughout London.
Christy Media Solutions operates exclusively in the Broadcast Media and Entertainment sectors. Established in 2003, they deliver permanent and contract freelance solutions to employers and job seekers across the UK and internationally through their main office in Milton Keynes, UK, and branch in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Typical placements they make include Media Engineer, Data Analyst, Video Editor, Sound Engineer, Previewer and On-Air Producer.
Live Recruitment works in the Events, Digital, Marketing and Creative sectors across the UK. They have offices in London and the Midlands. They deliver permanent recruitment solutions.
b3 media offers support to meet the staffing needs of various clients in the Media industry in South East and London. They have over 20 years of experience and have teams located in West Sussex.
Specialising in the Accountancy and Finance industry, BV Recruitment Ltd aids in filling interim, contract, and permanent assignments. The talent sourcing agency has a breadth of experience in covering national clients. They also cover the various divisions, such as Accounts, Audit & Assurance, Forensics, Insolvency, Risk, Taxation, and Technical and Training. BV Recruitment is a corporate member of the REC.
Lipton Media is a recruitment consultancy based in London that offers professional talent solutions to sectors such as Sales, Marketing, Production, and Operations. They operate across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. They fill full-time, part-time, and contract vacancies for roles such as Marketing Manager, Portfolio Director, Senior Event Coordinator, Strategist, and Communications Officer.
Impact Creative Recruitment supplies talents to the Media and Creative industry. They cover roles of all levels across the areas of Marketing, Digital Marketing, Content, Growth, Search, Communications, and Social Media. They have been in the industry for more than 20 years, delivering permanent, contract, temporary, freelance, and senior retained search solutions. They are based in London.
Morgan Rutherford Associates has a breadth of experience matching job seekers with clients in the Media industry nationwide and abroad. For over 28 years, they have been catering to various sectors, including Ad Technology, Broadcast Media, Digital Marketing, Events/Exhibitions, and Publishing. They fill interim and permanent roles at all levels. Morgan Rutherford Associates also provides executive search and management coaching services.
YouSeek is a London-based boutique headhunting and recruitment agency. They specialise in the Advertising, Marketing, Digital, and Mobile verticals, working with well-known media owners through to start-ups such as News UK, eBay, LiveRamp, Euronews, and Teads. YouSeek is headquartered in London.
Tungsten Noble Consulting has specialisms in Life Sciences, Financial Services, Professional Services, and Industry. They have an office in Brighton and serve clients all over the world - including in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. They've worked with renowned names such as Legal & General, PwC, HSBC, IBM, and BT. They were founded in 2009 and offer executive search, contingency search and interim solutions.
SRI is an executive search and selection firm for Media & Entertainment. SRI was formed by two exiting agencies, Mission Bay and LPA Search Partners. It was launched in 2001, and has offices in the UK, Australia, China, Germany, and the US. They provide executive search, board search, and interim search services. As well as Media & Entertainment, they also cover Tech, Fashion, Sports, and Gaming.
Christopher Keats Media Limited, situated in Shoreditch, helps fulfil recruitment requirements in Media, Creative and Entertainment as well as Marketing, Advertising, Digital, Technology, Music and Film & TV. Their story commenced in 1987 and they were able to partner with a variety of institutions such as Dazed & Confused Magazine, McDonald's and Universal Music Group. Some vacancies they cover are HR Officer and Digital Marketing Executive.
A Digital and Media-focused talent-sourcing firm, Zest City Limited works for employers nationwide and across Europe, Asia, and the USA. They also cater to an array of functions, such as E-Commerce Site Design & Building, Social Media Marketing, Website Design, Hosting, and Marketing. With two offices globally, they select candidates who fit either contract, permanent, or temporary positions, including Business Development Manager.
Campbell Brown, an independent Bloomsbury firm, exclusively delivers executive search solutions to the Marketing Services, Entertainment and Media sectors. They were launched in 2010 by a Qualified Chartered Accountant, following his 13 years of recruitment experience. Performing search & selection and assessment, they have forged long-term partnerships with both applicants and businesses, some of which have been going strong for over 10 years.
Hatty Blue is a firm that supplies professional labour Marketing, Business Support, and HR. Hatty Blue was established by Joanna Donelan and Siobhan Rourke in 2008. The firm is a member of REC and offers a career coaching programme.
Ashwood Executive Search International focuses on delivering Executive Search solutions globally across over 25 countries, working from offices in Ascot, the US and South Africa. Launched in 1986, they satisfy permanent and interim assignments in fields like Commercial, Marketing, Operations, R&D, IT, HR and Finance. They mainly support Consumer Goods, Food Service, Beauty, Industrial and Media Services establishments like Heineken, Revlon and SHARP.
becollektiv, established in 2019, extends employment opportunities in Creative, Advertising and Design. Led by their founder who has 15 years of experience in recruitment and talent acquisition, they complete permanent, temp to perm, contract and freelance mandates in Creative, Account Handling, Project Management and Production like Creative Producer, Editor, Integrated Project Manager and Junior Versioning Producer. They are situated in Bow.
Blue Personnel Ltd are IT & Technology recruiters in Shepperton. It was founded in 2001, and operates for various tech disciplines such as SAP, Oracle ERP, Risk Management, E-Commerce, and JAVA. They recruit professionals across the UK and abroad for roles in public and private sectors.
Scout Talent Consultancy specialises in the Marketing and Advertising industry. To ensure a candidate is the right fit for a role, they offer candidate profiling using psychometric testing. Aside from recruitment solutions, they also offer various consultancy services including leadership development, business growth consultancy, mergers & acquisitions advice, team learning and development, and HR consultative services.
Jacobs Massey, situated in Soho, matches candidates in Audio-Visual disciplines to ventures globally, including in the UK, Switzerland and Germany. They seek permanent, short-term and long-term freelance Live Event Technicians, Project Managers, Camera Operators and more. Their client portfolio includes The Tate and LB Brent AV Services. They are members of the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association and Audio Visual Cultural Forum.
Benson Price Consultants works directly with the Creative Marketing, IT, and Digital Media industries. They aid in delivering skilled candidates to permanent roles, including Communications Manager, Account Director, Senior Event Producer, and Creative Director across the UK. They also hire talent internationally from their offices in London.
Pams-People is a firm that specialises in the provision of Exhibition staff countrywide. They are an equal opportunities employer who supplies multi-lingual personnel for roles such as Interpreter, Cashier, Office Staff, Information and Press Office Staff, Bar Staff, and more. The firm also runs cash offices for public/trade shows and supplies professional Conference staff. They have been established for over 30 years.
Poole & Partners is an established talent consultancy agency and recruitment firm that bridges candidates and employers in the Digital, Media, and Technology industries nationwide. The entity places professionals in a wide variety of appointments, including Facilities Manager, Head of Sales, IT Support, and Technical Operations Manager. Since its establishment in 2012, they have been providing services to start-ups and FTSE 100 organisations.
Opus Recruitment Services delivers recruitment solutions in IT, Technology, Finance and Engineering, putting forward permanent and contract technical and executive candidates. Launched in 2008, they have assisted clients like Sony, Toyota and Burberry, and have received over 20 accolades including a Best Recruitment Company to Work For award from Recruitment International. They have seven offices around the globe and a head office in Bristol.
Simon Acres Group works across Head Office, Manufacturing, Supplier and Retail. They have specialist recruitment divisions in Merchant, Kitchen, Bathroom & Bedroom and Building & Construction. Their operations began in 2018 and they have since searched for potential Sales Consultants, Admin Assistants, Spray Shop Operatives, Kitchen Designers, Plumbers, Quantity Surveyors, Estimators, Groundworkers and more. Their main office is in Wellingborough.
Hillcroft helps satisfy recruitment requirements in multiple verticals like Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Media, Automotive, IT and Leisure. With a combined experience of over 35 years within their team, they have been assisting institutions worldwide like Vice, Novartis and GSK. They also offer in-house services and HR solutions- like senior team coaching. They are headquartered in Kilburn.
Christopher Taylor Associates exclusively supplies Executive Assistants, Personal Assistants and Private Secretaries to the Finance sector. Besides having an extensive network in London, through their office in Soho, they have also been conducting recruitment since 2014 for clients internationally - in which 80% of their partnerships come from recommendations and referrals. They are part of the Angela Mortimer Group which was incorporated in 1976.
BBB Recruitment specialises in Media and Creative recruitment, satisfying permanent, temporary, contract and freelance appointments through their head office in London. They have been hiring for functions such as Secretarial Support, Client Services, Account Management, HR, Events and Production across sectors which include Advertising, Digital, Marketing, PR & Communication, Music, TV & Production and Fashion, since their business began in 2013.
A national supplier of staffing solutions, Betty Recruitment aids an extensive client portfolio in filling permanent, temporary, and contract vacancies. They primarily work for the Creative / Design, Digital, Marketing, Media, and Telecommunications sectors. The firm also caters to employers in the following departments: Broadcasting, Fashion, FMCG, Health & Wellness, Production, and Social Media. Betty Recruitment places staff at all levels.
AP Technical, part of the multi-sector AP Group Global, supplies permanent, temporary and contract resources in IT, Crypto, Telecommunications and more. Aside from sites in Guernsey, Jersey, London, Cyprus, Singapore, Canada and two in Switzerland, they have a wealth of experience, planting their roots in 1990. They are members of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies and registered under the Financial Supplier Qualification System.
Straco Recruitment Ltd connects Digital, Design, Marketing and Events specialists with domestic institutions. Tracing their roots back to 1997, they have been placing the likes of Designers, Artworkers, Buyers, Managers and Marketing Executives into permanent, temporary and freelance endeavours in famous brands such as Chanel, Fitch, Hackett London and Revlon. They are members of the POPAI Progressive Industry Association and Doncaster Chamber.
The Media Exchange is an established provider of specialised staffing services for a broad range of disciplines in the UK's Marketing and Media markets. The talent company places staff in various positions at all levels, including Commercial Director, Event Sales Manager, and Social Media Manager. They cater to a diverse client group in many disciplines, such as Advertising, Broadcast, Cinema, Content Marketing, Digital, Mobile & Tech, and Print.
Mavis is a London-based Digital recruitment agency. They collaborate with Digital Design, Advertising, and Interaction firms, businesses, and product startups in the UK and Europe. Some roles they fill include Producer, UX/UI Designer, Creative Director, Copywriter, Strategist, Account Manager, and Developer.
Peachy recruits for employment opportunities in creative & technology disciplines such as user experience & product design, brand strategy, engineering & development and marketing. Covering the whole of the UK and Europe from their Cirencester office, their solutions are search & selection, permanent recruitment and freelance & contract recruitment, utilising their experience of over two decades.
Jo Joseph Creative works with tech start-ups and boutique agencies, to global networks and leading brands, in the Advertising, Digital, Social, Tech, PR, Brand Experience, Content, Broadcast, and other related sectors. They fulfil permanent, freelance, contract, and temp-to-perm assignments, ranging from junior to board level. They are based in London and consist of a team with over 20 years of combined Creative industry experience.
Impact Creative Recruitment primarily focuses on the Creative and Media industries across the UK, Europe, and the USA. Founded in 2001, they provide staffing solutions for various clients in a wide variety of fields, such as Business Support, Finance, HR/Talent, Marketing, and Technology. The company hires on a permanent, contract, and temporary basis and won the Heart of the City Award in 2017s Dragon Awards.
Hunter Jameson is a boutique agency that provides recruitment services to the following industries: Media, Retail, Consumer Products, and Leisure & Hospitality. The agency is based in London and its areas of expertise include Finance & Accounting, Strategy & Business Development, and Executive.
Principle, founded in 2000, is a multi-sector supplier of specialised staffing services to employers across the UK, USA, and Ireland. Their expertise lies in catering to the following verticals: Engineering, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, Media, Office Support, Operations, and Technology. With three offices globally, the entity also offers managed service provider and RPO services, and sources permanent personnel.
Bryman Recruitment is a local agency that places permanent, contract, and temporary staff. They provide staffing solutions to various clients in the Customer Service, Catering, Information Technology, Administration, Finance, Engineering, Sales, Logistics, and Healthcare sectors. Bryman Recruitment has earned several awards in the Southend Business Awards.
Executive Search Professional Services Group Limited (ESPG) has a breadth of experience in supplying Lawyers to a broad range of clients across the UK and Ireland. They place candidates in various organisations, including in-house plcs, law firms, boutiques, and single offices. From their Hertfordshire office, the talent specialist caters to multiple sectors, such as Criminal Law, Human Rights, Maritime, Media & Entertainment, and Real Estate.
Vine Resources exclusively manages recruitment in Technology, covering Software Engineering, Cloud, Business Transformation and more. With offices in London, Berlin, Sydney and New York, they have a global network enabling them to connect with over 140,000 applicants. Launched in 2004, they satisfy permanent, contract and executive roles from single personnel to a project team. Their past clients include Comcast, Vodafone, KPMG and NTT DATA.
Leighton Taylor Consulting fills vacancies in the Professional Services sector. They offer permanent, part-time, and contract placements and recruit talents of all levels within Marketing and Business Development roles. Their services include advertising, regional assignments, and database search and they operate on a no placement, no fee basis.
Established in 2010, Twist Recruitment Ltd works within the Creative industry, providing talent in all areas and at all levels in London and the UK. The firm recruits for roles in Design, Content, Digital, Marketing, and Advertising. They hire for a variety of positions such as Account Manager, Client Director, Account Executive, Senior Strategist, Head of Strategy, and more.
Nouvo Recruitment fulfils temporary, contract, and permanent appointments throughout all industry sectors. Some of the numerous roles they handle include Chef de Partie, Trainee Sales Executive, Assistant Greenkeeper, Returns Administrator, Legal Biller, Marketing Executive, Customer Service Administrator, Quality Assurance Officer, Compliance & Audit Officer, and Sous Chef.
The Dove Partnership delivers personnel to the Accounts, Property, HR, IT, Logistics, and Marketing Industries. The company is based in Hertfordshire, was established in 2003, and has also been recruiting candidates for the Commercial and Industrial sectors. Some roles they recruit for include Facilities Support Operative, Junior Construction Admin, and Accounts Admin Assistant.
Logic-all is an IT specialist recruitment company founded in 2004 that recruits both contract and permanent personnel across the Digital, Finance, Marketing, eCommerce, IT, Tech, Engineering, Health & Social Care, and Rail market sectors. The firm has partnered with some of the most recognisable brands in the world to help them implement global transformation programmes.
Hunter One International is a boutique search consultancy that supports the Technology and Digital Transformation space by supplying companies with leadership teams across the world. Aside from executive search, they also provide interim & contract appointments. They have worked with clients such as Globe, Voyager, and Paymaya. They typically recruit for IT Director, CFO, Head of Marketing, SVP DevOps, GM IT, CHRO, and Head of Analytic jobs.
Paragon Personnel is a privately-owned boutique agency that provides permanent, temporary, and contract manpower solutions to a wide range of industries. For temporary candidates, they offer referencing, skills testing, training, and legal advice. Founded in 1989, the agency has previously recruited Executive Assistants, Office Managers, Team Secretaries, Receptionists, Secretarial Managers, and Private PAs, to list some examples.
Illuminate Recruitment has over 20 years of experience in recruiting for the Membership and Engagement markets. Headquartered in London, their clients include Membership organisations, as well as E-Commerce and Subscriptions-based businesses across the whole of the UK. Their core areas include Acquisition, Engagement and Retention, Policy, Research, Customer Success, Business Development, and Account Management.
Hales Jobs is a provider of recruitment solutions throughout Eastern England, East Anglia and the Home Counties to a variety of sectors including IT, Insurance, Sales, Accounting & Finance, and Social Care. The agency has IIP, ISO 9001, REC accreditations, and has a Gangmasters Licence.
Clockwork Recruitment specialises in the provision of permanent, temporary and contract Office roles within a multitude of sectors including Accounts / Finance/ Analysis, Customer Service, Graduate, HR, IT / Technical, Marketing / PR, Media /Digital /Creative, Admin /Secretarial / PA, Account Management / Operations, and Purchasing / Buying / Supply Chain. The agency was established in 2009 and is based in Pirbright, Surrey.
A social enterprise recruitment specialist, Graduate Planet CIC covers the CSR and Sustainability, Energy, Engineering, Food, Graduate, Water, Manufacturing, Supply Chain sectors nationwide. They have worked for various clients ranging from SMEs to large corporations. Graduate Planet CIC was awarded the Woman Who Achieves Best New Business Award in 2018.
Three People leverages its 50 years of combined experience connecting job seekers and employers across the UK. Headquartered in Bristol, they source on a contract and permanent basis, and primarily focus on the Media sector. The agency also extends its specialism in Copywriting, Digital & Printed Advertising, Human Resources, Marketing, and Outplacement functions. Three People often finds Marketing Assistants and Sales Support Administrators.
Orchid House Solutions specializes in connecting exceptional talent with top-tier opportunities across various industries, Employers seeking skilled professionals and candidates looking for their next career move can rely on our personalized recruitment solutions to ensure the perfect fit every time.
Green Bee Recruitment is a family run recruitment company that offers temporary and permanent recruitment solutions in sectors such as Education, Hospitality/Leisure, Cleaning, Warehouse and Distribution, and Professional Services. They provide free online access to their 130 online training courses for candidates, and they run their own payroll system.