Editor, Running Press
Company
Hachette Book Group
Location
New York, NY
Type
Full Time
Job Description
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- Identify trends, topics, and formats in Lifestyle, Art, Body, Mind & Spirit, Creative Self-Help, and Gift spaces that can be developed into books and stationery/book-plus products.
- Cultivate strong relationships with authors, literary agents, artists, and other creative communities.
- Evaluate and develop book proposals and pitches, making commercial, creative, and imprint-focused cases for acquisition.
- Edit and develop manuscripts, and act as a project manager through all stages of the publishing process.
- Actively partner with authors to bring their visions to life, from acquisition through publication.
- Work closely and collaboratively with design, production, production editorial, and freelancers.
- Serve as a public voice for projects, from initial acquisition meetings through sales presentations.
- Participate in brainstorming meetings and share ideas for books, stationery, and other related products.
- Act as project editor on titles acquired by Publisher and Senior Editor.
- Serve as an in-house advocate for the views of authors, and a diplomatic representative of the publishing house when communicating with authors and their literary agents.
- Possess excellent verbal and written communications skills, including comfort speaking publicly.
- Have 5+ years’ editorial experience in book, magazine, or digital publishing. Experience in complex, four-color illustrated books or other content-rich media spaces will be considered a plus.
- Have a well-developed understanding of the acquisition process.
- Be highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Embrace all aspects of the creative process, including brainstorming, editorial development, and determining a design/physical package.
- Demonstrate sensitivity and professionalism when interacting with authors and their literary agents, licensors, and colleagues within Running Press and Hachette.
- Be comfortable coordinating team projects that will include designers, writers/authors, and freelancers.
- Be proficient in Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel or other like tools, and have a strong understanding of line editing, the Chicago Manual of Style or other style guides, and the book publishing process, with understanding of the illustrated book process considered a plus.
Date Posted
11/02/2024
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