Audio Apprentice - Bloomsbury Group
Bloomsbury Publishing
LONDON (WC1B 3DP)
Closes in 17 days (Friday 30 January 2026)
Posted on 12 January 2026
Contents
Summary
The role will provide support for various elements of the audio publishing process for our energetic team working across Bloomsbury’s full catalogue of titles.
This is a great opportunity to gain hands on experience in audio publishing and production in a busy publishing environment, working on a variety of genres.
- Wage
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£22,500 a year
- Training course
- Publishing professional (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, between 9.00am - 5.00pm.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 30 April 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Administrative tasks such as preparing reader contracts, processing of invoices and archiving of paperwork
- Carrying out casting research for new projects
- Preparation of manuscripts ahead of recordings (including pronunciation research, text splits)
- Creation of a file metadata for audiobooks, such as a table of
- contents and supplementary PDFs
- Adding audio-specific metadata to the bibliographic system
- Proof listening of audio files
- Supporting our operations team with checking of audio files ahead of distribution, and troubleshooting any issues
- Sharing audio files for each title with the editor/author/agents
- Work with our marketing and publicity departments to supply audio for reviews
- Title availability checks on publication dates across key retailers
- Attending studio recordings on occasion
- Contributing content for the audio social media account and internal newsletter
Where you'll work
50 BEDFORD SQUARE
LONDON
WC1B 3DP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LDN APPRENTICESHIPS LTD
Training course
Publishing professional (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Input and maintain data to produce products or publications that meet company, sales channel and audience requirements.
- Continually improve the quality of information or data in line with best practice.
- Maintain data and records in line with relevant data protection guidelines.
- Follow publishing guidelines relevant to their role to produce products or publications that meet budgets, are on schedule and meet company and industry standards.
- Ensure appropriate changes are highlighted and agreed with stakeholders
- Apply rigour and attention to detail
- Escalate issues and concerns, in line with company process.
- Identify stakeholders, build relationships and manage expectations
- Present appropriate information clearly and concisely, whether internal or external.
- Ensure that products or publications meet contractual structures agreed with authors or other content providers.
- Think laterally and provide sensible solutions to problems.
- Demonstrate a strong ability to work as part of a team, taking on tasks confidently and resourcefully, working cooperatively with others, and supporting the team and line manager as required.
- Communicate clearly with relevant stakeholders, showing confidence, inclusiveness and flexibility, and ensuring an appropriate use of language and terminology.
- Present and communicate ideas to colleagues internally and externally as needed.
- Manage own workload and operate both individually and as part of a wider team and seek support when needed.
- Demonstrate good time-management – prioritise effectively, with the ability to manage multiple demands and deadlines.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively during remote or hybrid working, where required by their company.
- Input and maintain data to produce products or publications that meet company, sales channel and audience requirements.
- Continually improve the quality of information or data in line with best practice.
- Maintain data and records in line with relevant data protection guidelines.
- Follow publishing guidelines relevant to their role to produce products or publications that meet budgets, are on schedule and meet company and industry standards.
- Ensure appropriate changes are highlighted and agreed with stakeholders
- Apply rigour and attention to detail
- Escalate issues and concerns, in line with company process.
- Identify stakeholders, build relationships and manage expectations
- Present appropriate information clearly and concisely, whether internal or external.
- Ensure that products or publications meet contractual structures agreed with authors or other content providers.
- Think laterally and provide sensible solutions to problems.
- Demonstrate a strong ability to work as part of a team, taking on tasks confidently and resourcefully, working cooperatively with others, and supporting the team and line manager as required.
- Communicate clearly with relevant stakeholders, showing confidence, inclusiveness and flexibility, and ensuring an appropriate use of language and terminology.
- Present and communicate ideas to colleagues internally and externally as needed.
- Manage own workload and operate both individually and as part of a wider team and seek support when needed.
- Demonstrate good time-management – prioritise effectively, with the ability to manage multiple demands and deadlines.
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively during remote or hybrid working, where required by their company.
Training schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 9 - 4 or A* - C)
- Maths (grade 9 - 4 or A* - C)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
Bloomsbury Publishing is a leading independent publishing house, established in 1986, with authors who have won the Nobel, Pulitzer and Booker Prizes and is the originating publisher and custodian of the Harry Potter series. Bloomsbury has offices in London, New York, New Delhi, Oxford and Sydney. Within Bloomsbury’s Academic division, it publishes under Bloomsbury, as well as under a number of prestigious and historic imprint names.
After this apprenticeship
- Full-time employment upon successful completion of the apprenticeship
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LDN APPRENTICESHIPS LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000008109.
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Closes in 17 days (Friday 30 January 2026)
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