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The Stage Media Company Ltd career site

What you can expect from our recruitment process

We know looking for a new opportunity can be a stressful and nervous experience. We want to help make you feel more at ease. 

How we recruit

We prefer to recruit directly via our job boards, via Creative Access and any other relevant job boards. 

We take time to carefully consider each candidate who has chosen to apply to us. We endevour to respond to every application we receive. 

Our interview process

Interviews can be time consuming and full of uncertainty. We want to do our best to support your candidate experience with us. 

Although we are very interested in your skills and experience, we want to get to know who you are, what you stand for and why you want to work with us. 

For most roles, you can expect:

  • a two-stage process
  • first meeting tend to be virtual
  • at least one meeting will be at our office

You will get the opportunity to meet various members of our team, each of whom bring their own uniqueness to our company. 

Please let us know if you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the application and/or recruitment process.

We aim to increase our team diversification by continuing to work on recruit candidates from a range of backgrounds, and with different perspectives. 

Here is what the team have to say...

  • The Bookseller is an incredibly supportive team and some of the best people I've ever worked with. Working here has provided incredible opportunities and the chance to meet equally incredible writers. Talking about books all day is definitely a bonus!

    Katie Fraser

    Staff Writer - The Bookseller

faqs to assist you with your interview(s)

  • We have a smart casual dress code so anything you feel comfortable in within this category will be suitable. We want you to feel comfortable.

  • We aim to not take up more than 45 minutes to one hour of your time. If you are visiting us, travelling to/from our office will depend on where you are coming from. If your time is limited, please feel free to let us know. 

  • We try to balance taking time to consider each candidate against not taking too long to make a decision. This can take 2-3 weeks depending on time taken to complete our interview process. 

  • You may be asked to complete a test if it is necessary to consider a particular skill which we feel is very important part of the role. You may be asked to present something as an alternative. We will provide you with advance notice. If reasonable adjustment will allow you to be more at ease, please let us know. 

  • Please let us know how we can support you. We want everyone to feel at their best.