Assistant Editor – William Morrow

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Editor to join William Morrow! The Assistant Editor will provide administrative and editorial support to a VP/Editorial Director who specializes in literary, book club, and high-end commercial fiction, with some focus on memoirs and essay collections.

This position is based out of NYC on a hybrid schedule.

Responsibilities

• Performs some administrative duties.
• Acts as a liaison between manager(s) and Sales, Marketing, Production, Design, and Managing Editorial departments and is responsible for tracking and meeting deadlines throughout the publication process.
• Communicates directly with high profile authors and agents.
• Aids in the acquisitions process by reading and evaluating submissions and researching author track records and comparison titles and assists VP/Editorial Director in the timely response to submissions.
• Reviews publicity, copyediting, and design documents, and drafts occasional promotional materials such as Reading Group Guides, Q&As, and other ancillary material.
• Formats and transmits final manuscripts to Production Department, including image files and art logs.
• Drafts and manages editorial materials, including flap copy, fact sheets, catalog and online retailer copy, memos, blurb requests, and more.
• Prepares forms, including contract requests, profit and loss statements, production memos, estimate requests, and payment requests.
• Provides cold reads on request and sometimes assists on editing manuscripts.

Qualifications

• Comfortable speaking in front of groups
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• 4 year college degree or equivalent work experience
• Interest in fiction
• Strong work ethic and exceptional organizational skills
• Minimum 1 year of book publishing experience, editorial experience preferred
• Ability to handle and prioritize a large volume of tasks independently
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work effectively with all levels of management
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite

HarperCollins Publishers is a company full of people who are passionate about books. When you apply for a position, we want to know why you want to work here, and why you are interested in the job. That’s why cover letters are strongly preferred.

The salary range for this position is $52,000-$57,000. We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

In addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.

HarperCollins Publishers is an equal opportunity employer.