Book Publishing Salary Transparency (UK)

Book Publishing Salary Transparency (UK)

Book Publishing Salaries Transparency Spreadsheet (UK)

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This is a sheet for UK publishing employees to compare salaries for the sake of transparency. 	This is a sheet for UK publishing employees to compare salaries for the sake of transparency and change. 											

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Timestamp	Job Title	Employer	Location	Salary	Employment Status	Race / Ethnicity	Gender Identity	Sexual Orientation	Years in Pubishing	Years of Overall Experience	Additional Compensation	Additional Information

17/06/2020 10:42:08	Marketing manager	Penguin Random House	London	£36k	Full-time	White	Woman (cisgender)	Straight	3	9	Annual bonus	

17/06/2020 10:45:51	Early careere coordinator 	Penguin random house	London	23,000 per annum	Full-time	Black african 	Woman (cisgender)	Bisexual	2	2	Can't remember	

17/06/2020 10:51:09	Audience and Digital Development Assistant 	Penguin random house 	London	£23,000	Full-time	British Indian	Woman (cisgender)	Straight	1	4	1% increase after 7 months in line with the rest of the company 	I worked in publishing 2016-17. After leaving publishing, I realised a lot of companies have “pay bands” which discloses how much different levels can get paid. This is something publishing should push for.

17/06/2020 10:58:25	Publicity Officer	Penguin Random House	80 Strand	£28,000	Full-time	White British	Woman (cisgender)	Pansexual	3	6	Annual bonus of approx £500, all expenses paid travel and accommodation and food for events/author tours, fully paid iPhone contract	This role was my first and only role in publishing - I did not complete any internships (pair or unpaid) or relevant entry level positions, but I had PR and comms experience in another industry prior to joining. I did not receive a promotion or salary increase during my time in my role, despite asking annually.

17/06/2020 11:03:40	Creative art worker	Pan Macmillan Publishing 	London 	£115 per day 	Contract	British Indian 	Woman (cisgender)	Straight	7	10	0	I was pregnant

	Executive (marketing and operations)	Penguin random house 	Central London 	£21k starting, £27k 5 years later 	Full-time	White British 	Woman (cisgender)	Straight	6	10	Annual performance bonus based on individual and division. Never got more than £700 pre tax and that was the year of the merger with random house. 	Was told that the annual 'conversation' (because they refuse to call it an appraisal) was not the time to bring up pay and was told if I didn't like it there were hundreds of people ready to jump in to replace me. Successfully negotiated one payrise of £2k but only by sheer determination and insistence that it be reviewed. It took me 2 years.

	Project & Brand Exec	Large publisher	London	31,000	Full-time	White	Woman (cisgender)	Straight	3	12	company performance bonus once a year (equates to about one paycheck). Annual cost of living salary increase (which management often think counts as a "raise"). in my bracket that means a couple extra hundred pounds a month.	At my most recent review I was told that I'm "paid well." I've not had a raise since starting three years ago. Performance raises are rare and only happen when someone has been excelling for a "very, very long amount of time" (aka indefinite and non-committal). In my experience, raises only happen with new jobs, either internally or as a competitive offer to something external. Being financially rewarded for doing your job well just doesn't happen often, if ever. In my division, the MD has to approve ALL raises, aka team leaders do not have their own money to allocate as they see fit.

	Coordinator (Creative Responsibility)	Penguin Random House UK	London	£25,000 entering in Sept 2016, £29,248.44 exiting in Sept 2019	Full-time	White Australian	Woman (cisgender)	Straight	3	11	Role was a Group function (not based within a Publishing House). Annual bonus was based on overall company performance and you received a % depending on your salary range. Became eligible to receive after 1 year with company. April 2017 - March 2018: £1524 gross. April 2018 - March 2019: £1653.67 gross.	When I applied for the role, they were seeking someone at £23k and the recruitment process nearly ended when I declared my salary expectation of £25-30k. I was currently on £30k as a team assistant/PA at Virgin Management Limited (family office of Virgin group). When offered the role, I was offered £25k and this bump was unprompted by me. I started in Sept 2016. I wasn't promoted during 3 years and remained with title of Coordinator. I was the first hire in Creative Responsibility (by the existing Head Of role). By the time I left, our team had grown to 4 members including an Executive (who had been promoted from Assistant) and an Assistant, both junior to me. When the Assistant was hired in Jan 2019 they were on £23k. When I asked for a promotion on the basis that Coordinator title was entry level so therefore I was hired at entry level and should be promoted to reflect my progression, this was denied.

17/06/2020 11:03:55	Corporate responsibility assistant 	Penguin Random House	London	25.5k	Full-time	Black Caribbean 	Woman (cisgender)	Straight	1	12	Annual bonus 	Given a 3 grand pay rise when inquiring about promotion. Over qualified for my role but was only given a payrise which is 1.5k more than set salary for entry level employees.

17/06/2020 11:13:29	Press Officer	Penguin General / Penguin Random House	London	£26,600	Full-time	White British	Woman (cisgender)	Queer	4	4	Annual bonus £1,500 (variable)	

17/06/2020 11:16:34	Publicity Manager	Penguin Random House	London	33000	Full-time	White British	Woman (cisgender)	Straight	5	6	0	

17/06/2020 11:20:29	Sales Admin	Pan Macmillan	London	23k	Full-time	White	Woman (cisgender)	Bisexual	1	5	Target based bonus spread across whole company	Working class upbringing. Entered industry on diversity scheme where I was paid 20k.

17/06/2020 11:22:11	Marketing Executive	Penguin Random House	London	28,000	Full-time	White British	Woman (cisgender)	Straight	5	15	Annual bonus	Joined at £21.5k, raised to £23k in line with all PRH entry level jobs, given two promotions, to £25k Marketing Coordinator  then £28k Marketing Executive

17/06/2020 11:31:57	Digital Marketing Assistant	Pan Macmillan	London	18,000	Full-time	Pakistani	Man (cisgender)	Gay	2	2	N/A	Islam

17/06/2020 11:54:59	Editorial Assistant	Orion Publishing Group	London	23,000	Full-time	White	Prefer to self-describe	Straight	2	3	Annual bonus 	

17/06/2020 11:55:37	Marketing Manager	Penguin Random House 	London	35,300	Full-time	Caucasian 	Woman (cisgender)	Straight	4	4	not including annual bonus	Started on 35,000 got a small increase due to annual pay raise - I had already been a manager for over a year at another prominent publishing house on the same salary

17/06/2020 11:57:20	Key Account Manager	Bonnier Books 	London	£50,000	Full-time	Black British 	Woman (cisgender)	Straight	2	12	Company car, 20% bonus 	

17/06/2020 11:58:38	Marketing Assistant	Harper		23,500	Full-time	Black	Woman (cisgender)	Straight	2	3	N/A	

17/06/2020 12:04:33	Agency Assistant	The Blair Partnership	London	£23,000 per annum	Full-time	White British	Woman (cisgender)	Straight	Less than 1	1	Annual bonus (not in first year) and annual pay review. Some incentive bonuses e.g. bottles of champagne after key projects.	My salary was not listed on the job advert, and I noticed that replies to a tweet advertising the job asking for indications of salary were hidden. I didn't find out what the salary was until I was offered the position.

17/06/2020 12:17:35	Campaigns Manager	Penguin Random House	London	32,000	Full-time	White/Irish	Woman (cisgender)	Bisexual	8		Annual bonus	

17/06/2020 12:19:26	Business Analyst	Bloomsbury	London	42,900	Full-time	White	Woman (cisgender)	Asexual	6	7	N/a	I was severely underpaid initially and had to ask several times for a raise

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17/06/2020 12:28:11	Digital key account manager	Penguin Random House	London	£32.8k	Full-time	White British	Woman (cisgender)	Bisexual	5	8	target based bonus	

17/06/2020 12:29:13	Head of Marketing	Penguin Random House	London	44,000	Full-time	White British	Woman (cisgender)	Straight	15	15	10% bonus (at head of level, 3% at manager level)	I lost out on promotion to ‘Head of’ 3 years before I was eventually promoted due to getting pregnant. Not officially of course, they covered themselves, but there was no other reason. Informal discussions long after the event confirmed it.

17/06/2020 12:33:04	Senior Marketing Manager	Bonnier Books	London	36,000	Full-time