Publishing Editor – Copyediting, Full-Time
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Kinder- und Jugendbuchlektorat für BrainBook, einen Verlag für Creator-Bücher. Verantwortlich für Storyentwicklung, Korrektorat, Autor:innenführung und termingerechte Druckfreigaben.
Responsibilities:
- Review and assess incoming manuscripts and book proposals
- Independently edit children’s and young adult novels, as well as graphic novels, from plot and character development through to a clean typesetting-ready manuscript
- Handle copyediting, typesetting, and layout checks through final approval for print
- Brief authors and ghostwriters, manage feedback rounds, and track milestones
- Serve as the point of contact for creators regarding book content and translate their wishes into compelling, workable stories
- Meet publication deadlines and plan backward from final print approval
- Flag schedule risks at an early stage
- Write back-cover copy
- Contribute to series concepts
- Conduct topic research and market analyses
Requirements:
- At least two to three years of experience editing children’s or young adult fiction, in publishing, at an agency, with a book packager, or as a freelancer
- Strong feel for story structure, character development, point of view, and dialogue
- Strong copyediting and proofreading skills
- Experience working on series and to fixed publication schedules
- Read children’s and young adult novels in your personal time as well
- Native-level German
- Ability to work independently and stay organized in a home-office environment
- Keep commitments and report issues at an early stage
- Proficient use of Microsoft Word Track Changes
- Demonstrable experience in children’s fiction; experience solely in nonfiction, educational textbooks, or academic publishing is not sufficient
- Experience working with YouTubers or influencers is not required
Benefits:
- Uncapped bonuses
- Additional payment for every title published on time and every SPIEGEL bestseller; realistically €3,000–€4,000 per year
- Full-time, permanent position
- 100% remote work
- 40-hour workweek with a flexitime account
- Overtime hours do not expire; automatic payout once 37 surplus hours are accrued
- 25 days of paid vacation
- €50 per month in tax-free benefits-in-kind
- Company-provided laptop
- Dedicated point of contact
- Genuine responsibility from day one
- Direct communication with senior management
- Travel expenses for trade fairs and meetings at the company headquarters are covered
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