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| Title: | Editorial Assistant |
| Description: | |
| Requirements: | Editorial Assistant
Sourcebooks, an independent publishing house located in Naperville, IL, is creating significant growth because our employees share a belief that books change lives, that hard work and cooperation create momentum, and that new marketplace realities require an entrepreneurial, innovative, and flexible mentality. If you share those beliefs, come drive innovation and growth with us! We are seeking an outstanding individual to join our children’s editorial department as an editorial assistant. The editorial assistant will provide project and content development of children’s books and calendar & gift titles and execute a variety of projects for our Wonderland team. This growth position allows the employee to learn the acquisition and creative development process, sharpen organization and process management skills, and work with remarkable licenses and authors while supporting various department functions, editors, and book and product lines. Responsibilities include: • Substantive development of manuscripts and other editorial tasks associated with the bookmaking process • All copyediting and manuscript preparation responsibilities associated with bringing a product to print • As key liaison between acquisitions editorial and content delivery departments, set schedules and meet aggressive deadlines • Conduct industry and market research to determine marketplace trends, project strength, and competitive positioning • Write data-driven catalog, jacket, online, and marketing copy, and manage updating of data and content to company databases • Coordinate activities for several project lines with sales, publicity, and production/design • Manage freelancer, author, and client relationships, ensuring proactive, positive, accurate communication • Serve as an instrumental part of acquisitions and development team, offering suggestions for new ideas, concepting partnerships and projects, and delivering readers books that both inform and delight We are looking for an editorial assistant with one to three years’ experience who is ready to create and manage opportunities for growth. The ideal candidate will: • Be a self-starter. Exhibiting initiative, leadership, and a strong desire to grow in book and product development. • Play well with others. Seriously, we’re a hard-working team who also happen to be pretty nice. • Juggle and coordinate. We want a clear communicator who is detail-oriented, organized and can keep short- and long-term projects on schedules while following through on deadlines. • Love books. This is a must. If you are interested in being part of this creatively driven, growing team, please send a cover letter of interest, salary requirements, and a resume to https://sourcebooks.com/careers This position is located in our home office in Naperville, Illinois, in the western suburbs of Chicago Sourcebooks is working on creating the next evolution of a book publishing company. We thrive on our collaborative culture and are guided by the talents, passions and innovations of more than 115 enthusiastic book-loving employees who are dedicated to finding new ways to connect with authors, readers, and ideas. We publish over 300 new titles each year, and are honored to have 40+ New York Times bestsellers. You would be joining an organization that won the 2013 Publishing Innovator of the Year award and is led by Dominique Raccah, Publisher’s Weekly Person of the Year 2016, and FutureBooks’ Most Inspiring Digital Person of 2013. We are doing some great things and plan to do more! |
| Company: | SOURCEBOOKS |
| Location: | Naperville IL |
| How To Apply For This Job: | Send a cover letter of interest, salary requirements, and a resume to https://sourcebooks.com/careers |
| Date Posted: | 10/9/2020 (Ongoing Job Posting) |
