Editor - Running Press Group

• Brainstorm and develop projects based on entertainment properties, lifestyle practices, and popular formats, with a vision for creating books and other related products, including Mini Kits, that connect with fan communities and hit marketplace trends.
• Cultivate strong relationships with authors, licensors, literary agents, subject experts, and other creative communities with the goal of acquiring titles and introducing partnership opportunities for Running Press.
• Evaluate and develop book proposals and pitches, making commercial, creative, and imprint-focused cases for acquisition.
• Work with Editorial Director on expanding Running Press’s one-color narrative publishing and bonus if able to grow our fiction line, working with partners to acquire and develop titles that meet trends in the genre fiction space.
• Work with licensors to craft concepts and guide projects through all stages of approvals.
• Edit and develop manuscripts, and act as a project manager through all stages of the publishing process.
• Work closely and collaboratively with in-house design, production, and production editorial departments, as well as external freelancers, authors, and publishing partners.
• Draft descriptive copy that will be used to explain and position books to the sales and marketing departments, as well as write consumer-facing descriptive copy.
• Act as project editor on some titles acquired by Editorial Director.

• Possess excellent verbal and written communications skills, including comfort speaking publicly in varied in-house team meetings and sales-facing presentations.
• Have 5+ years’ editorial experience in book, licensing, magazine, or digital publishing, with experience in genre fiction and/or illustrated books or other content-rich media spaces considered a plus.
• Have a well-developed understanding of the acquisition and book publishing 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.
• Be comfortable coordinating team projects that will include designers, authors, and freelancers.
• Be proficient in Word, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, and Excel or other like tools, and have a strong understanding of line editing, and familiarity with the Chicago Manual of Style or other style guides

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