Editorial Assistant - Children's Books (NYC Hybrid)

HarperCollins Children’s Books is seeking an Editorial Assistant to provide administrative and editorial support to the Picture Books and Programs team. The role involves managing deadlines, offering editorial feedback, and maintaining author files while working collaboratively within a creative team.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and editorial support, including coordinating prep for seasonal launch meetings, title data set-up and maintenance, reprint corrections, scheduling meetings, and processing expense reports
• Manage deadlines and schedules for the team, completing assigned tasks on time and anticipating routine needs
• Offer editorial feedback on projects in development and assist with preparation of acquisitions materials, including conducting sales research, creating P&Ls, Acquisitions Memos, and drafting contract paperwork
• Maintain and update author files, review quotes, and records, and assist with contractual payments
• Under close supervision drafts copy for individual titles, including title sheets, flap copy, and selling copy; update backlist copy; generate and maintain metadata; conduct positioning research
• Review production stages of books, maintaining intra-departmental communication and deadlines
• Attend meetings, including departmental and small-group meetings. Contribute ideas and research to development efforts. Take notes and maintain records of projects and status

Skills

• College degree or 1+ year equivalent work experience
• Prior relevant work experience (including but not limited to bookselling, internships, and/or coursework)
• Must have a passion for children's books, knowledge of the marketplace, and keen interest in learning about the business of publishing
• Must enjoy working collaboratively, both in a small editorial team and across departments
• Proven ability to set priorities under pressure and multi-task; must be highly organized, resilient, flexible, patient, and detail-oriented
• Must be an efficient, self-motivated problem-solver with excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Excel, and Power Point
• Cover letters are strongly preferred

Benefits

• A comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce

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