Overview
HarperCollins is seeking a Managing Editor to manage a growing list of titles within the William Morrow imprint. This position is part of an established Managing Editorial department and will report to the Executive Managing Editor of William Morrow.
Responsibilities
- Manages approximately 120 titles per year, consisting of both fiction and nonfiction, with an emphasis on culinary, lifestyle, and celebrity titles for the William Morrow, Harvest, and Dey Street imprints.
- Generates and distributes schedules at key book stages. Works knowledgeably and sensitively with associate publishers, editors, production editors, production managers, and designers to create appropriate and achievable schedules.
- Problem solves strategically, actively, and independently to make sure books release on time and to the highest standards.
- Manages galley schedules, tracks need-by dates, coordinates galley copy and galley solicitation, and attends weekly galley meetings.
- Attends seasonal launch and planning meetings and follows up as needed.
- Enters and maintains metadata and schedules in the title management system, reviews change memos, and tracks book-related materials for other departments.
- Reviews galley covers, catalog covers, and jackets.
- Assesses, logs, and assigns manuscripts, and works collaboratively with the production editorial team to trouble-shoot crash schedules, knotty conversions, or challenging manuscripts.
- Offers production editorial support when needed by coding and tagging manuscripts, assigning freelancers, and collating and checking page proofs.
- Attends and/or runs weekly production meetings.
- Handles production editorial work as needed for crash, special, or overflow projects.
- Helps establish department workflows, standards, and best practices.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years’ managing editorial experience in trade book publishing, including significant production editorial experience.
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
- Must have strong experience with Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat.
- Excellent copyediting and proofreading skills; knowledge of industry standards, including the Chicago Manual of Style ; college-level understanding and use of the English language; must be detailed-oriented, well organized, and able to set priorities under pressure.
- College degree or equivalent work experience.
- This job requires someone who can foster a can-do, upbeat, and flexible attitude with other team members and departments.
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.
HarperCollins Publishers is an equal opportunity employer.
