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Traineeship

With our traineeship, you can start shaping your story in publishing, surrounded by the best in the industry. We are incredibly proud to partner with literary agency The Curtis Brown Group and national bookshop chain, Waterstones, to offer exposure to all elements of the journey of publishing and selling a book.

Our programme takes 10 trainees through every step of the publishing industry, from pitch to distribution.

 

Designed to make publishing more accessible to under-represented groups as part of our vision for Changing the Story, we welcome applications from everyone. It’s important for us to uphold our commitment to diversifying our business and improving representation.

 

As a trainee, you spend an entire year within one of the trade divisions or our education business. You’ll specialise in either editorial, marketing and publicity, or rights. Some of our trainees even spend a month in Curtis Brown or Waterstones.

 

If you’re inspired and want to discover more about what our traineeship could do for your future, keep an eye on our Twitter and LinkedIn channels, and our careers page, to see what opportunities there are coming up in the future.

Hear from one of our trainees

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Noah

I joined Hachette as part of our 2021 traineeship. Working across editorial, marketing and publicity at Hachette Children’s Group gave me valuable insight into the publishing process, and placements with Waterstones and Curtis Brown literary agency broadened my knowledge of the industry. I am now super excited to be staying with the excellent HCG team as an editorial assistant!