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Editor acquiring picture books and middle grade titles for Macmillan’s Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Building authors’ careers and publishing books for broad audiences.
Responsibilities:
- Publish 8-10 books per year, including lead titles
- Commission and acquire titles with strong critical, commercial, and backlist potential
- Build relationships with literary agents, writers, and subsidiary rights directors
- Directly negotiate major terms for potential acquisitions
- Develop and edit manuscripts at the structural and line level
- Shape and build authors’ careers across titles
- Seek growth opportunities and build a cohesive publishing list
- Act as liaison between in-house and external partners
- Position books for broad and effective audiences with colleagues, authors, and agents
- Prepare and present materials at launch meetings and other key publishing-cycle moments
- Support other departments through selling points, jacket briefs, and persuasive pitches
- Maintain publishing schedules for a full list of titles
- Coordinate across departments
- Read and provide feedback on team projects and generate ideas
Requirements:
- 6+ years of book publishing experience in the children’s market
- Strong picture book and middle grade sensibility, with a demonstrated record of success
- Highly developed editing and copywriting skills
- Extensive author and agent contacts
- Understanding of P&Ls and production schedules
- Deep engagement with children’s market, across a range of readerships
- Familiarity with negotiating and contract language
- Experience and interest in working collaboratively and supporting the success of the team as a whole
- Ability to manage a variety of needs and perspectives and communicate in a highly professional manner, with diplomacy, discernment, and care
Benefits:
- Remote work arrangement tied to the New York, NY office
- Equal opportunity employer
- Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities
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