Executive Editor, Books
(Remote) Renowned book publisher and content company seeking an Executive Editor, Books. This role will discover, acquire, and edit books that align with the strategic direction of the company. The Executive Editor will work directly with and for the VP, Associate Publisher, Books. This role will be responsible for identifying new authors, creators, and content, and producing well-designed, popular gift books that resonate with adult audiences.
Main Responsibilities Include:
Acquire high quality, financially successful, editorially and data driven, illustrated gift books with strong sales and market potential.
Evaluate P&Ls and negotiate financial and business terms of contracts.
Develop and maintain strong, successful relationships with authors, creators, artists and illustrators
Proactively seek out new talent, partnerships and licenses.
Manage and control operational, editorial and project budgets within agreed profit margins.
Mentor and coach other editors to develop skills and improve their editorial judgement.
Evaluate market potential of proposed content acquisitions, in collaboration with finance, marketing, and sales, and with supporting analytics
Create title briefs, including thorough and meaningful metadata, in collaboration with sales, marketing and digital teams.
Qualifications/Experience/Skills Include:
Bachelor’s degree.
7+ years book acquisition and book publishing experience, with a proven track record of acquiring commercially successful books
Current knowledge and understanding of the book and digital media marketplace, with experience analyzing current market research data.
Excellent knowledge of current digital and print book production and design procedures.
Keen editorial eye for spotting talent and acquiring, conceptualizing and developing content.
Salary: Competitive
Job#: SG-4755