About Orion
Recruitment
At Orion we are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and when recruiting, we are continually seeking to improve the diversity within Orion and this includes recruiting from other areas outside of publishing.
All vacancies within the Orion Group are advertised on this website.
To apply for any listed vacancies or work experience placements, please email us at recruit@orionbooks.co.uk.
Current Vacancies
There are no vacancies at present.
All Freelance/Proofreader Enquiries
Please note that we no longer accept unrequested Freelance/Proofreader applications as we have established a considerable list of freelance help.
However, thank you for your interest.
Work experience at Orion
Typically work experience at Orion will consist of 2 weeks (but can be more depending on the department and the work experience candidate). It is unpaid, but we do provide a lunch allowance and also reimburse travel expenses (within the London area).
Anyone interested in work experience, should send a CV and covering letter (including availability) and indicate at least 3 areas/departments of interest. Please note that we will only respond to applications where we can find placements within the specified departments. Applications should be sent no more than one month in advance of availability and you must be at least 18 years of age.
Example areas of work experience
As a work experience candidate with the Production Department you will participate in the physical process of transforming a manuscript and artwork into a finished book. The Production Department is responsible for producing the initial costing, arranging for typesetting, selecting and buying paper, ensuring Sales get the book proofs they require at the right time, and finally organizing the printing and binding of the book and its delivery into the warehouse. The job is to produce the books on time, as economically as possible and at the right level of quality for the market. You will be required to do some filing, data entry, archiving and varied admin work amongst a team who are highly organized, able to negotiate, diplomatic yet tenacious and willing to accept responsibility for the quality of the final product.
Work experience within the Trade Publicity Department is very wide-ranging, and can consist of anything from filing and making showcards, to author correspondence and mail-shotting. It can be combined with experience in other departments (depending on availability) and will provide valuable insight into a busy publishing house, and hands-on experience of book promotion in our industry.
The Group Rights department is responsible for the sale of our authors’ rights in the UK market, such as newspaper serialisations and book club and internationally where we sell to foreign language publishers as well as the US. Film adaptation, TV and radio dramatisations also come into our remit. Work experience in the Rights department offers the chance to get an overview of the exciting and colourful business of rights selling with activities ranging from writing pitching letters to foreign language publishers to administering sales information and processing contracts.
