Editorial Assistant for Conservative Nonfiction Publishing

Hachette-Livre; Franklin (TN); On-site; USD 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability

AD&D

Critical illness

Hospital indemnity

Long-term care

FSA (Health/Dependent Care)

Commuter benefits

Employee assistance program

Tuition reimbursement

Travel assistance

401(k)

Bonus program

PTO: 15 vacation days, 3 personal days

Group discounts on auto & home

Legal services

Job summary

Center Street, a Nashville-based imprint of Hachette Book Group, seeks an assistant editor to support acquisitions and manage titles through production. You will collaborate with authors, agents, and internal teams to keep projects on track, write copy, and organize meetings.

Ideal candidates have 1 year publishing experience, strong editing/writing skills, and comfort with CMS, MS Word, Excel, and data management.

Qualifications

• 1 year publishing experience preferred (internships OK).
• Strong writing and editing ability.
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Interest in conservative nonfiction and faith leadership is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Supports the Center Street Associate Publisher on acquisitions and book projects.
• Project manages titles through production with authors, agents, and internal teams.
• Reads and evaluates proposals submitted for acquisition consideration.
• Prepares pre-acquisition materials, including profit-and-loss statements and memos.
• Creates and manages title data in our internal CMS, including deal memos, contracts, and fact sheets.
• Attends, participates in, and organizes editorial, marketing, sales meetings.
• Writes descriptive copy for books and fact sheets.
• Serves as primary contact for division duties (reversions, inventory, metadata).
• Performs administrative duties (responding to messages, organizing meetings, distributing materials).
• Aim to independently edit a select manuscript within the first 9-12 months.

Skills

Editorial judgment

Editing skills

Project management

Publishing knowledge

MS Word

Excel

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Tools

CMS (Internal)

MS Excel

Job description

Center Street, a Nashville-based imprint of Hachette Book Group, seeks an assistant editor to support acquisitions and manage titles through production. You will collaborate with authors, agents, and internal teams to keep projects on track, write copy, and organize meetings.

Ideal candidates have 1 year publishing experience, strong editing/writing skills, and comfort with CMS, MS Word, Excel, and data management.