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About the Role
The Editorial Assistant provides administrative support to senior editors and the Hanover Square publishing program, gaining an understanding of the publishing business. This role serves as a front-line contact for the Editorial team and helps portray the company positively to external sources.
Responsibilities
- Provides administrative support to a senior editor and other editors as needed, including updating internal systems, drafting correspondence, trafficking files, preparing travel, and generating reports.
- Completes the first screen for manuscripts and query letters.
- Logs and tracks all incoming manuscripts to ensure status awareness.
- Prepares and traffics manuscript production and cover materials.
- Prepares book-related sales materials, including fact sheets.
- Prepares contract forms and processes payments.
- Liaises with authors and agents.
- Acts as the front-line contact for the department, screening requests and messages from external parties.
- Provides administrative support to the department, including requesting ISBNs, managing schedules, generating reports, and ordering books.
- Contributes to the imprint’s social media accounts.
- Provides additional assistance to the team as needed.
Requirements
- Previous administrative experience is a plus.
- 1-year experience in the publishing industry is an asset.
- Ability to manage execution, prioritize, pay close attention to detail, and multi-task.
- Strong communication, planning, organizational, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.
- Creativity, decisiveness, functional/technical knowledge, computer knowledge, adaptability/flexibility, and a drive for results.
- Interest in books and reading, particularly the genres published by the imprint.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Planning skills
- Organizational skills
- Teamwork skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Computer knowledge
Location
- 195 Broadway, New York
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Regular full time
Experience Level
- 1-year experience in the publishing industry
Education Level
- Undergraduate degree in English
Salary/Compensations
- $52,500
About the Company
- Harlequin is a leading publisher of commercial fiction and narrative nonfiction, publishing over 100 titles monthly that reach audiences globally.
- The company encompasses highly recognizable imprints across a broad number of genres and is 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.
Equal Opportunity
- HarperCollins Canada and Harlequin are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to equal employment opportunities.
- Employment decisions are based on job requirements and the skills, knowledge, and experience of the candidate, regardless of any other factors unrelated to job performance.
- HarperCollins Publishers is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process.