I didn’t realise until I started working at Usborne that almost all the books are written in-house. What have you experienced in your job and publishing that you didn’t expect? We’re not complaining if people are buying Usborne books on Amazon, but we feel we can offer more on, including personalised recommendations, a more friendly, curated user experience, and loads of extra content from teachers’ resources to Usborne Quicklinks, our library of more than 40,000 links to the best websites for children.ħ. It was an immense project but very rewarding, and we all believe ours is the best website in publishing! I’m also working closely with our foreign editions teams to launch foreign versions of the website, including Spanish, German and Korean.Ĭonvincing users to buy books on our site instead of Amazon. Launching our beautiful English language website last year, bringing together lots of previously separate websites under one banner. People who like books tend to be very friendly! Seeing new titles come in is always exciting too.ĥ. Working with other departments and our lovely web developers. Plus as with most ‘office’ jobs from home, a lot of emails and Zoom meetings!Ĥ. An average day might include creating webpages, testing new technical developments, planning a digital marketing campaign, reporting on analytics and suggesting new ideas. Most of my day-to-day work is focused on improving the website and planning and carrying out other digital projects. What does your average working day entail? Then I joined Usborne in September 2016.ģ. I did a few work experience placements and some freelance proofreading, before working as an editorial assistant for another independent publisher, Anness Publishing, for eight months. I graduated with a degree in English in 2014, then did a post-grad in journalism for a year before focusing on publishing. ![]() What are your qualifications and working background, and when and how did you take on your current job? There are roughly 250 of us in offices in London, Oxford, Wolverhampton and Regensburg, Germany.Ģ. I am digital editor at Usborne Publishing. What is your job title and company? And roughly how many people work for your company?
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