Employment

Are you an experienced cover artist, illustrator, book designer, publicist, editor or proof reader? We’re always looking to expand our consulting and freelance team, and would love to hear from you!
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For publishing consulting positions at Ally Books. This role is an outbound role unique to Ally Books and is a blend of client liaison and project manager. This role involves UK travel, a thorough knowledge of the publishing process and face to face interaction with authors and freelancers. Send your resume and a cover letter detailing your professional experience and publishing background to the Executive Publisher at employment(at)allybooks(dot)com.

For editorial positions at Ally Books, send your resume and a cover letter detailing your professional experience, titles edited, and publishing background to the Executive Publisher at employment(at)allybooks(dot)com. Experience in the areas of children's books desirable.

For design positions at Ally Books, send a cover letter and a link to your on-line portfolio to the Executive Publisher at employment(at)allybooks(dot)com.

For book manager positions at Ally Books. This role is a blend of publicist and project manager. Send your resume and a cover letter detailing your professional marketing and/or publicity experience to the Marketing Director at employment(at)allybooks(dot)com.

For author coaching positions at Ally Books. Send your resume and a cover letter detailing your professional creative writing experience, titles written/ghost written, along with a sample of  three pieces of writing to the Publishing Editor at employment(at)allybooks(dot)com.



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Our Current Vacancies

Print and eBook Formatter
Ally Books an imprint of ETA Publishing House LLP is seeking an experienced print and eBook Formatter to work with its production team. This person will work as a telecommuting, independent contractor for this Bristol based company.
Interested candidates must have InDesign and Photoshop experience. Must be detail oriented, and able to work with a sense of urgency to get the job done. Creative design in both print and eBook formatting. 

Overview of responsibilities
1. Create, apply, and/or adapt templates for the interior layout & design.
2. Create a PDF galley for proofreading and advanced reader copies. Make all required changes after the proofreading process.
3. Insert content, apply styles, add images, and then output a print-ready PDF. Once a print-ready version is complete, an ePub version will be made based on the required template, as well as other necessary ARC formats.
4. Set up and run preflight on all Adobe InDesign book projects.

How to Apply
Interested candidates please send cover letter, resume and samples of previous work to employment@allybooks(dot)co(dot)uk. Please put Production Formatting in the subject line. No calls please.