We have a staff team of 33 who work full or part-time, from our London offices and remotely across the UK.
Management team
Senior SoA staff leading specific activities and working together on organisational strategy and development
Contracts and advice
Providing expert one-to-one advice to members — from vetting contracts to offering support at every stage of the author career
Estates
Managing the literary estates of many distinguished writers, including Bernard Shaw, Virginia Woolf, Philip Larkin and Rosamond Lehmann
Member services
Our front line team, managing member subscriptions and continually working to improve our services to members
Prizes and awards
Administering our range of awards for poetry, fiction, non-fiction and translation, alongside our grants for works in progress and for authors in need
Communications, events and outreach
Coordinating our outward public and member-facing work — from public relations, online channels and The Author, to online and in-venue events and community building
Policy and campaigns
Promoting the interests of authors through public campaigns, political and industry lobbying, and working with partners
Community coordinators
Bringing our members together in professional and national groups and networks, and local communities
Operations
Keeping our IT, finances, and offices functioning smoothly