Watkins Toolkit for Publishing Hopefuls

Welcome to our Peek into Publishing: Watkins Toolkit for Publishing Hopefuls! This is a new initiative where we want to pull back the curtains to the publishing industry and give you insight into different departments and how they work together.

We’ve asked a wide variety of our colleagues to write profiles, telling you more about their jobs: the daily tasks, the best bits, the challenges. Our aim is to also share application and interview advice from our senior team, as well as general tips and publishing content.

We hope you find some useful content within these posts and best of luck on your journey as you apply to and work in publishing! If there’s content you want us to be creating on this page, engage with us on Twitter and let us know.

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  A Peek into Publishing: Publishing AssistantJanuary 26, 2022
  We’ve asked Desola to answer questions about her job as a Publishing Assistant for Angry Robot.
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  Top Ten Terms: Editorial in PublishingJanuary 12, 2022
  We’ve asked our editorial department about ten terms they wish they’d known when they started in publishing.
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  A Peek into Publishing: Audio with Sneha AlexanderDecember 15, 2021
  We’ve asked Sneha to answer questions about her job in publishing as an Audio Assistant.
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  Top 10 Tips:
  First Week in PublishingDecember 8, 2021
  We asked our recent starters what ten things they would recommend you do in your first week.
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  A Peek into Publishing: Interview Tips from Hiring ManagersNovember 15, 2021
  Our senior hiring team have answered your questions about interviewing for entry-level publishing jobs – what stood out, what not to do and what they were specifically looking for.
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  A Peek into Publishing: Editorial and Audio with Daniel CulverNovember 3, 2021
  We’ve asked Daniel to answer questions about his publishing job in the editorial and audio departments!
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  A Peek into Publishing: The Difference Between Publicity and MarketingOctober 6, 2021
  The difference between marketing and publicity is often unclear and we’re here to show you exactly what each publishing department gets up to.
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  A Peek into Publishing: Application Tips from Hiring ManagersAugust 11, 2021
  Our senior hiring team have answered your questions about applying to entry-level publishing jobs – what stood out, what not to do and what they were specifically looking for.
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  Top Ten Terms: Rights in PublishingAugust 4, 2021
  We’ve asked our rights department about ten terms they wish they’d known when they started in publishing.
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  A Peek into Publishing: Sales with Lauren StrangeJuly 14, 2021
  We’ve asked Lauren to answer questions about her publishing job in the sales department!