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Vacancies

Salt is a national and virtual business based in Cromer, North Norfolk. Since 2011, we have gradually moved all our operations into the Cloud. We no longer maintain physical offices and our team is dispersed around the UK.

There are no current vacancies at Salt.

As part of our long-term development plans, we anticipate that there may be new freelance opportunities from 2027 onwards, subject to funding. Any openings will be announced here and on our social media channels.

Work experience, internships & volunteering

Our virtual structure means we are currently unable to offer work experience placements. We appreciate the interest we receive from students and early-career applicants, but we cannot support in-person or remote shadowing outside of formal programmes.

Volunteering at Salt

Salt is a small, independent publisher with a dispersed team. We do not run an open volunteering programme, and we do not accept informal offers of unpaid work.

However, we may occasionally support structured, time-limited volunteering placements where:

  • They are arranged through a university, cultural organisation, or recognised training programme
  • The placement has clear learning outcomes and is appropriately supervised
  • The activities involved are suitable for volunteers (e.g. research support, metadata checks, social-media assistance, light administrative tasks)
  • The arrangement does not replace or reduce paid freelance work
  • The placement is compatible with our virtual operations

We are not able to offer volunteering involving confidential materials, editorial decision-making, acquisitions support, design work, or publicity strategy.

If your university or organisation would like to propose a structured volunteering or internship placement, please contact us via your programme coordinator.

University internships

Salt does support bespoke internship opportunities through university partnerships, including placements with Manchester Metropolitan University. We also welcome enquiries from other institutions — including the University of East Anglia — where structured academic internship programmes are in place.

If you are looking for routes into the publishing industry, the following organisations and resources offer guidance, training and job listings:

Additional useful websites include:

You may also be eligible to join the Society of Young Publishers, which provides workshops, networking, and support for people entering the industry.

Recommended reading

We recommend the following books on the publishing industry:

Bradley, Sue. The British Book Trade: An Oral History. London: The British Library, 2010.

Feather, John. A History of British Publishing. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2005.

Finkelstein, David, and McCleery, Alistair, eds. The Book History Reader. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2006.

Thompson, John B. Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2010.

Unwin, Stanley. The Truth About Publishing. Revised and rewritten by Philip Unwin. 8th ed. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1976.

Woll, Thomas. Publishing for Profit: Successful Bottom-Line Management for Book Publishers. 5th ed. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2014.

Last updated 3 December 2025