About Us
About Think Selection
Founded in 2003, Think Selection offers a most thorough approach to recruitment across Trade (Consumer), Education, Academic, and Professional Publishing sectors.
Since our founding, we’ve successfully placed hundreds of candidates across the UK, USA, and Europe, working with organisations in trade, academic, educational and professional publishing, and with publishing-adjacent organisations that range from editorial services to print and digital distribution companies.
Our team brings many years of direct experience within the publishing industry, allowing us to fully understand the complexities and requirements of each role.
We combine deep industry knowledge with a commitment to professionalism and confidentiality, working diligently to help our clients achieve their recruitment goals while empowering candidates to grow their careers.
We take pride in offering a personalised service, meeting clients and candidates face-to-face to ensure the best possible matches. We also provide consultative advice throughout the recruitment process, supporting both candidates and clients in making informed decisions.
Discover Our Unique and Thoughtful Approach
At Think Selection, we pride ourselves on a consultative and personalised recruitment process, ensuring we identify the best talent in the publishing sector. Our deep understanding of this sector allows us to connect clients with exceptional talent and uncover hidden candidates who may not be actively seeking new opportunities. Please call Danny Parnes for a confidential chat to discuss your recruitment needs:
+44 (0) 7958 208817
danny@thinkselection.com
Personalized Attention for Every Client
We believe in treating each client as a partner, ensuring their specific needs are met with care.
A Consultative Approach to Recruitment
Our consultative method fosters open communication, allowing us to uncover hidden talent.
Proven High Success Rate in Placements
With a track record of successful placements, we ensure our clients find the right fit every time.
Meet Our Team
Meet the dedicated professionals who drive our success in publishing recruitment.
Recruitment consultant / all general enquiries
Danny Parnes is a publishing recruitment consultant with over 25 years’ experience in the publishing industry. Before moving into recruitment in 2018, he worked as a Sales Director and hiring manager in trade publishing, gaining first-hand insight into the publishing sector.
He began his career at Reed Consumer Books, focusing on export market growth. He later managed UK high-street and non-traditional sales at Chrysalis Books Group and subsequently oversaw UK & Export Sales at Ryland, Peters & Small.
In 2018, Danny joined Gregory Martin, a publishing recruitment firm, acquiring the business later that year and subsequently rebranding the company as Think Selection.
Recruitment consultant / all general enquiries
Senior level recruitment
Publishing consultant, mentor and non-executive director.
Andrew worked in Publishing for over 40 years most recently holding the post of Deputy CEO at Octopus Publishing Group. Prior to that he worked at Penguin for over 20 years, spending 4 years as Global CEO of DK and rising to the position of Deputy Managing Director of Penguin. In addition to working with Think Selection he is a non-executive director of Flame Tree Publishing and sits on the Advisory Board of the Publishing Post Graduate course at Kingston University.
Senior level recruitment
Recruitment Consultant
Rebecca Fenton has 20 years’ experience in media, publishing and tech. With nine of those years at Audible, An Amazon Company, Rebecca has sat on both sides of Amazon’s 'bar-raising' interview process, as both a hiring manager and as a candidate. All of Rebecca’s work within her professional life has had a collaborative and relationship-centric focus, including in roles spanning Business Development, Sales, Metadata/Operations, Team Management, Publisher and Catalogue Management, Executive Production and International Project Management. She also volunteers as a mentor with charity Creative Access.
Recruitment Consultant
