Hamza Jahanzeb

Testimonials:

“Hamza's eye for detail and his attentiveness to the work he produces is exemplary. It's a real testament to his lived experience as someone who's spent time in different countries and his understanding of nuances making him an impressively formidable editor and strategic communications expert in the field.”

Publishing Director, Penguin Books

"A total joy to work with whose energy is infectious and inspiring; Hamza's astute accruracy coupled with his professionalism is what makes him one of my adored freelancers amongst my team. I heartily recommend his services to all of the publishing industry.”

Editorial Director, Hachette UK

"If there's one person who gets the job done, it's Hamza. Tasked with a rather niche task for an Adult Fiction book, he delivered, and then some. I was able to meet our team's critical path deadline due to Hamza's commitment and determination to ensure that our work went to print on time. Your manuscript is in same hands with his impressive ability to pick things no one in-house could have dreamed of.”

Publishing Director, Bloomsbury

About Hamza Jahanzeb:

Hamza Jahanzeb (CEO & Founder of hamzajahanzeb.co.uk) who has over ten years of experience in:

Editorial & Editing services:

This ensuring that a manuscript of a book or a script is professionally checked to ensure it publication-ready by presses . Hamza's editorial experience means he offers to authors, literary agents and publishers a selection og proofreading, sensitivity reading (now prefeably refereed to as authenticity reading), copyediting (to a bespoke editorial in-house style guide) and to garner cultural nuance when the due dilligence is required if the research of a minoritised people hasn't been rigorously undertaken.

Marketing & Events Producing:

Most recently, he worked on the revival of the Laurence Olivier Award-winning play The P Word (2026) at the Bush Theatre. Hamza also produced sold-out events for the Jaipur Literature Festival at the British Library including Pod Saves the UK's presenters Coco Khan and Nish Kumar as well as a West End presentation of live music.

Publicity (PR) and Crisis support:

Hamza offers campaign planning, mailing with his extensive international network and organising launch events. Most recently, Hamza executed the launch for Hamed Amiri's The Other Boy at the National Theatre in London. He also works with individuals as well as organisations, for any crisis management offering a tailored plan to ensure that clients can be advised when they may be subjec to being a target in the public eye.

Click here to watch Shobna Gulati mention Hamza for his involvement with their memoir (Remember Me?) on British TV show Loose Women (ITV)

"A young man called Hamza Jahanzeb spotted a blog post I wrote, and he brought me to the table."

Shobna Gulati spoke on UK national TV about Hamza's direct involvement in the publication of her memoir titled Remember Me? which came from a blog post written about her mother's illness that Hamza spotted.

editorial (COMMISSIONING & Project management)

As a published author of The Rise and Rise of Chappell Roan (Octopus Publishing Group 🇬🇧, Running Press 🇺🇸), Hamza is an accomplished freelance editorial professional whose rolodex of over 2,000+ editors who carry out Sensitivity Reader services (also known as an Authenticity Read).

He wrote a piece for The Society of Authors in the UK about Sensitivity Reading which you can access here (no paywall).

Further, Hamza is a stalwart for ensuring that publishers can access the most astutely aware and knowledgable professionals to make manuscripts as tight as possible prior to their publication.

Marketing, PUBLIC RELATIONS & COmms

Hamza has over a decades’ experience in creating multi-channel marketing campaigns to increase awareness and also generate increase in products (be it books or tickets to events) for clients.

He also advises C-Suite level professionals and Boards on how to best communicate both internally and externally relating to issues of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Having himself started in Trade publishing, Hamza worked major “Big 4” Publishing houses such as Penguin Random House UK, Pan Macmillan Hachette UK before taking on a portfolio of Academic unviversity presses before going fully freelance to launch his own business.

Theatre, ARTS, Culture & Charity sectors

Hamza is a published writer and reviewer, having had his works in The Guardian, The Stage and The New York Times.

He writes a weekly Substack with theatre reviews and news which you can view here.

Further, he is a Trustee of the Postal Museum in London and Blaze Arts (Lancashire) and in 2026 was appointed Chair of Queer Beyond Belief.

Marketing, PR & Comms

Editorial

Charity Governance

Theatre, Arts & Culture Sectors

A SENSITIVITY READER is born!

Hamza Jahanzeb’s impressive career thus far transcends creative indsutries as he has worked in the Book Trade, Academic publishing, Book Festivals as well as taking an active role in the Arts & Culture sectors maintaining charity governance to a high level.

A highlight in Hamza’s career was being spotlighted as a future leader with his inclusion in The Bookseller‘s Rising Star of 2020.