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About the Role

Storehouse Voices, an imprint of Crown Publishing Group, seeks an organized, detail-oriented, and process-driven Editorial Assistant to provide administrative and editorial support to acquiring editors for commercial fiction and nonfiction titles.

Responsibilities

• Support and serve as a liaison for projects between editorial, internal departments, authors, and agents through the publication process, ensuring timely delivery of materials.
• Communicate and support editors with meeting cross-departmental deadlines for frontlist titles and upcoming reprints.
• Support the editorial team with author care and outreach for title interest and visibility.
• Track and evaluate a high volume of submissions, read projects under contract, write reader's reports and rejection letters, and research competitive titles.
• Assist with mailings, editors’ expense reports, contract initiation and routing, P&L creation, advance payment tracking, process development, preparation for launch presentations, and various administrative tasks.
• Maintain calendars and coordinate virtual and/or in-person meetings.
• Circulate and take meeting minutes for the editorial review board.
• Transmit manuscripts and accompanying materials, track permissions and missing items, and submit titles for legal reads.
• Draft supporting materials for upcoming titles, including book announcements, title information sheets, galley copy, cover copy, website copy, and reading group guides.
• Work closely with production, design, marketing, publicity, rights, and sales departments.
• Maintain and update key information and metadata in MyHouse.
• Support the editorial team with special projects including on-site video shoots and annual events.
• Manage title reprints and reprint corrections.
• Travel may be required.

Requirements

• At least one year of prior office experience or related internship is ideal.
• Keen attention to detail and proofreading ability.
• Ability to be organized and provide support in organizational implementation.
• Ability to anticipate needs and take initiative to solve problems.
• Ability to work independently and with a team in a fast-paced office environment.
• Ability to communicate regularly in a professional and timely manner with key stakeholders on scheduling, prioritization, and project status.
• Excellent writing, reading, online research, and analytical skills.
• Outstanding project management skills, including ability to meet deadlines while juggling multiple ongoing projects.
• Strong communication and follow-up skills.
• Strong multitasking and problem-solving skills with capacity to manage multiple (and often competing) deadlines.
• Strong computer skills (with knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Deep interest in and enthusiasm for commercial titles with awareness of the current adult market in nonfiction and fiction is a plus.
• Knowledge of social media platforms and engagement is a plus.
• Knowledge of project management software is a plus.

Skills

• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Outlook
• Social media platforms
• Project management software

Location

• New York City

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Entry-level

Salary/Compensations

• $55,000 - $55,000

Benefits

• Medical/Prescription drug insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Pre-Tax and Roth 401(k)
• Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life/AD&D Insurance
• Commuter Benefits
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Educational Assistance
• Generous paid time off

About the Company

• Penguin Random House is the leading adult and children's publishing house in North America, the United Kingdom and many other regions around the world.
• Storehouse Voices, founded in 2024, celebrates stories from under-published voices across the globe, elevating fiction and nonfiction that interrogates and re-imagines our past & present and conceives of new futures.
• The imprint publishes contemporary, historical, romance, speculative and magical realist fiction as well as narrative nonfiction, memoir, self-help, inspirational, and biographical nonfiction.
• Storehouse Voices is dedicated to amplifying culturally rich narratives and developing an environment that bolsters creators and engages the community.

Equal Opportunity

• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.
• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.