Editorial Assistant (NYC Hybrid)

HarperCollins Publishers • New York, NY

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

We have an exciting opportunity for an Editorial Assistant to join the Storytide imprint of the HarperChildren’s editorial team! The Editorial Assistant will provide administrative and editorial support to an editorial director and an executive editor, as well as overall imprint support, with a focus on fiction for middle-grade and teen readers.
This role is based in New York City and will require someone in commutable distance to come into the office on a hybrid basis.

Requirements

• College degree or 1+ year of relevant work experience
• Must have genuine interest in children’s and teen books for readers age 8 and older and knowledge of the marketplace
• Must enjoy working collaboratively
• Must be an efficient, self-motivated problem-solver with exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Strong communication, planning, organizational, teamwork, and problem-solving skills; must have the ability to set priorities under pressure and multi-task
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and social media platforms

Nice To Haves

• Cover letters are strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Works with supervisors on the progress of book projects from acquisition to publication and beyond by managing schedules, maintaining records, and acting as the in-house liaison between Editorial, other internal departments, and authors and agents.
• Traffics manuscripts through production and maintains intra-departmental communication to meet publishing deadlines.
• Assists supervisors in the acquisitions process by reading and evaluating manuscripts and proposals, drafting rejection letters, evaluating market competition and trends, conducting sales research, creating P&Ls, and drafting contract paperwork.
• Under close supervision prepares publication materials including title information sheets, jacket and retailer copy; manuscript transmittals; updates backlist copy; generates and maintains metadata; conducts positioning research.
• Manages deadlines and schedules for the team, completing assigned tasks on time and anticipating routine needs.
• Provides administrative support by coordinating prep for seasonal launch meetings; scheduling meetings; title data set-up and maintenance; managing mailings, alerting authors of price promotions, preparing expense reports, processing invoices etc.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree