Associate Editor, Romantic Suspense

Title: Associate Editor, Romantic Suspense (NYC Hybrid)

Location: New York, NY United States

Job Description:

Overview

Company:  Harlequin Enterprises

Department:  Harlequin Brand Group (Editorial)

Reporting To:  Senior Editor, Harlequin Romantic Suspense

Status:  Regular Full Time

Location: 195 Broadway (Hybrid)

We celebrate and support the differences that make each of us unique, striving to create a welcoming workplace that ensures everyone has a voice and are able to do their best work. We welcome all applicants, including those who identify with groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the publishing industry including, but not limited to, Black, Indigenous, and people of colour, and members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community, and persons with disabilities.

Job Summary:  

The Associate Editor is accountable for acquiring and developing manuscripts for the Harlequin Romantic Suspense publishing program and project managing these titles through to publication. The primary purpose of the position is to ensure the ongoing and timely supply of high quality, saleable titles for the list. 

Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Acquires manuscripts with the correct editorial fit and highest editorial quality for the publishing strategy.
• Works closely with authors on editorial development, including evaluating and advising on proposals, providing revisions to authors and line editing. Oversees copy editing and author approval/ alterations.
• Contributes to the editorial development and project management of IP projects, including concept, author selection, packaging and working on manuscripts through all stages of production.
• Reads submissions (solicited and unsolicited where applicable), replies to authors/agents, presents projects, negotiates contracts and monitors payments to authors. Develops new authors to publication standard.
• Provides editorial input into packaging design to ensure key selling features are reflected in the book package. Works with the Marketing and Art teams on design recommendations.
• Writes and reviews back cover copy to deliver the most saleable package.
• Provides assistance to team as needed, to back imprint strategy and growth.
• Represents the program/company at both internal and external conferences.
• Fosters current agent contacts and develops relationships with new agents.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

Specific training or job experience required includes:

• An undergraduate degree
• 3-5 years of experience in publishing, including acquisitions experience
• Strong communication, writing, and editorial skills
• Strong project management, planning, organizational, teamwork, and problem-solving skills
• Creativity, decisiveness, functional/technical knowledge, computer knowledge, adaptability/flexibility, customer orientation and a drive for results.
• The ability to manage execution, to prioritize, and to pay close attention to detail.

About Harlequin

Harlequin is a leading publisher of commercial fiction and narrative nonfiction. We publish more than 100 titles a month that reach audiences globally. Encompassing highly recognizable imprints that span a broad number of genres, we are home to many award-winning New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling authors. Harlequin is a division of HarperCollins Publishers, the second-largest consumer book publisher in the world. Through HarperCollins’s global publishing program, Harlequin titles are published in 17 countries and 16 languages.

The salary range for this position is $60,000-$66,000. We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.