Publishing Lead

SheThePeople.TV; Delhi; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

SheThePeople is launching a book imprint and seeks a Publishing Lead to build and run the division within the established brand. Based in Delhi, you will own end-to-end book production, from outreach to distribution, reporting to the Founder.

You will sign authors, sell commissioned books to corporates/foundations, and manage ISBN, printers, print-on-demand, distribution, and editor/designer coordination.

Qualifications

• 3-4 years’ experience in publishing, media, or a business with measurable results.
• Closed a substantial deal such as a rights deal, sponsorship, or corporate mandate.
• Understanding of how a book gets made from idea to publication.
• Willingness to work in Delhi and operate within an Indian market context.
• Experience selling to corporate, CSR or foundation budgets.

Responsibilities

• Find and sign authors, building a pipeline of women whose books should exist and convert them.
• Sell commissioned books to companies and foundations.
• Set up the publishing machine: ISBN registration, printers, print-on-demand, distribution, and the author contract.
• Own the numbers — pricing, cash terms, production budgets, print runs.
• Collaborate with existing teams (social, video, podcast, events) rather than building a separate unit.

Job description

Publishing Lead — SheThePeople Delhi · Full time (or a 6-month consulting engagement that converts) · Reports to Shaili Chopra

SheThePeople is starting a book imprint. We publish women — founders, doctors, lawyers, academics, leaders — for whom a book is professional infrastructure, not a hobby. Our authors pay, at published prices, and we publish far fewer books than we are offered.

You are the first hire. You will build this division and run it as a business.

What you'll do

• Find and sign the authors. This is most of the job - building a pipeline of women whose books should exist, and converting them.
• Sell commissioned books to companies and foundations
• Set the machine up: ISBN registration, printers, print-on-demand, distribution, the freelance bench of editors and designers, the author contract.
• Own the numbers — pricing, cash terms, production budgets, print runs.
• Work with SheThePeople's existing social, video, podcast and events teams rather than building your own.

Who we're looking for

• 3-4 years, with real time inside publishing, media, or a business where you carried a number.
• You have closed something substantial — a rights deal, a sponsorship, a corporate mandate.
• You know how a book actually gets made.
• You read, and you have defensible opinions about what is worth publishing.
• Not for you if you want to spend your days editing manuscripts, need a department around you, or think selling is beneath the work.
• Prior experience at a trade publishing house, literary agency or publishing services business.
• Experience selling to corporate, CSR or foundation budgets.
• Familiarity with print-on-demand and Amazon/Flipkart distribution.
• Working knowledge of Hindi or another Indian language.

What we offer

Full ownership of a new business line within an established, well-known brand.

Direct reporting to the Founder, with meaningful decision-making authority and budget responsibility.

An established national audience, media platform and event property to build on from day one.