Acquisitions Editor, Education & Human Services (Remote)

Sage; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package including health/dent

Job summary

Sage is seeking an Acquisitions Editor, Education & Human Services, to shape the next generation of higher education content for Sage US College. You will spot promising ideas, author talent, and collaborate across teams to acquire, develop, launch, and sustain products used by instructors and students.

You will build relationships with authors, use market insight to strengthen lists, and guide projects from concept through launch and revision in a remote role with travel to conferences and

Qualifications

• 3–4 years of relevant experience in book acquisitions, content development, marketing, sales, or a related higher education publishing function.
• Strong editorial judgment, curiosity, relationship building, negotiation, communication, and project management.
• Ability to analyze market and customer evidence, make recommendations, and manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Comfort with technology, systems, digital content, change, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Sound business judgment, including consideration of revenue, profitability, budgets, and resource trade-offs.

Responsibilities

• Develop expertise in assigned course markets, customer needs, curriculum trends, accreditation expectations, pedagogy, competition, and technology.
• Identify and recruit authors and coauthors, shape proposals, prepare persuasive business cases, and negotiate approved contract terms.
• Manage active titles and revisions, including schedules, author care, product differentiation, profitability, and launch readiness.
• Design and interpret surveys, reviews, focus groups, and interviews to test concepts, content, value propositions, and market potential.
• Partner with Content Development, Product, Marketing, Sales, Sales Enablement, and other teams to align product strategy and execution.
• Present new projects and product information to decision groups and sales teams; travel to campuses and conferences to build knowledge and networks.

Skills

Editorial judgment

Relationship building

Negotiation

Project management

Market insight

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Job description

Sage is seeking an Acquisitions Editor, Education & Human Services, to shape the next generation of higher education content for Sage US College. You will spot promising ideas, author talent, and collaborate across teams to acquire, develop, launch, and sustain products used by instructors and students.

You will build relationships with authors, use market insight to strengthen lists, and guide projects from concept through launch and revision in a remote role with travel to conferences and