Associate Editor, Art & Entertainment
About The Position
Chronicle Books is looking for a creative and savvy Associate Editor to join the Art & Entertainment publishing group. From Grumpy Cat to Dolly Parton, the Art & Entertainment team acquires and publishes art and pop culture books, gift formats, and calendars across a wide range of non-fiction categories. Our titles are contagious, beautifully designed, funny, and commercial. We need a quick-thinking, pop-culture and trend-loving editor who has endless creative book ideas, agent relationships and a growing track-record of acquisitions, and a clear vision for what makes a book irresistible. Key Responsibilities: This Associate Editor will focus on acquiring for the Art & Entertainment book list, with some additional format and calendar responsibilities. They will independently acquire (or project edit) approximately 8 books and 4-6 gift formats and calendars a year. They will build a distinctive, innovative, and profitable list by generating ideas, conducting consumer research, and adding value whenever possible. The Associate Editor will focus on key Art & Entertainment publishing categories like humor, photography, music, creativity/inspiration, brand- and trend-driven, pets, and licensing. The Associate Editor will provide some project management support to an Executive Editor including proposal and consumer research, evaluating manuscripts, assisting in art research, tracking and overseeing corrections to galleys, and maintaining title schedules. The person in this role will also project manage and edit ongoing and established book and gift series publishing, aim to acquire 2 breakout or lead book titles per year, and maintain and grow relationships with agents, authors, licensors, packagers, overseas publishers, and other publishing industry professionals. They will evaluate and present proposals, generate P&Ls, tipsheets, and copy, make offers, and monitor marketplace trends. Guiding titles through the publishing process, working alongside Art & Entertainment group members to exceed goals for publishing and developing homegrown ideas based on marketplace trends will also be part of this role.
Requirements
- Candidates will need a minimum of five years’ publishing experience with proven acquisitions and project management skills
- Demonstrated abilities in copywriting and written communications
- Experience growing agent contacts in the publishing world.
- Demonstrated ability to acquire, develop, position, and edit a list of strong performing titles in humor, pop culture, and general non-fiction
- Strongly self-motivated with the ability to work independently as well as in a creative team, while modeling policies that promote the company’s vision and a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and collaborative culture.
Responsibilities
- Acquiring for the Art & Entertainment book list, with some additional format and calendar responsibilities.
- Independently acquire (or project edit) approximately 8 books and 4-6 gift formats and calendars a year.
- Build a distinctive, innovative, and profitable list by generating ideas, conducting consumer research, and adding value whenever possible.
- Focus on key Art & Entertainment publishing categories like humor, photography, music, creativity/inspiration, brand- and trend-driven, pets, and licensing.
- Provide some project management support to an Executive Editor including proposal and consumer research, evaluating manuscripts, assisting in art research, tracking and overseeing corrections to galleys, and maintaining title schedules.
- Project manage and edit ongoing and established book and gift series publishing
- Aim to acquire 2 breakout or lead book titles per year
- Maintain and grow relationships with agents, authors, licensors, packagers, overseas publishers, and other publishing industry professionals.
- Evaluate and present proposals, generate P&Ls, tipsheets, and copy, make offers, and monitor marketplace trends.
- Guiding titles through the publishing process, working alongside Art & Entertainment group members to exceed goals for publishing and developing homegrown ideas based on marketplace trends
Benefits
- Chronicle Books offers a full suite of benefits, including, but not limited to, medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401k, a profit share plan, three weeks of paid vacation to start, two weeks of sick time per year, and company holidays, including a paid winter break between Christmas Day and New Year's Day, paid family, maternity, and paternity leave, commuter benefits, long-term disability insurance, annual tuition assistance, annual wellness stipend, and more.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
