Editorial Team Lead: Volunteer

Mentor A Promise, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Mentor A Promise, Inc. in New York City seeks an experienced editorial leader to manage its editorial team and guide storytelling across manuscripts and programs supporting children and youth.

You will coordinate with Writing Team Lead and Acquisitions Editor, assign work, review proposals, and participate in weekly meetings to keep projects on track and aligned with the organization's trauma-informed, equity-centered mission.

Qualifications

• Editorial, publishing, and leadership experience desired.
• Strong writing background.
• Ability to give constructive feedback to both authors and other editors.
• Excellent communication, mentorship, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the editorial team.
• Communicate effectively with other team leads about the project timeline and when manuscripts will go on to the next stages.
• Assign editorial work to editors.
• Review proposed stories with the Writing Team Lead and Acquisitions Editor.
• Attend weekly general meeting and team lead meeting for PromisePages to update all departments on progress and ask questions.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Strong writing

Mentorship

Constructive feedback

Communication

Job description

Mentor A Promise is a New York City–based nonprofit serving children and youth (ages 5–18) experiencing housing instability, grounded in the belief that every child is a Promise—full of potential, dignity, and possibility. We deliver consistent, high-quality programming across mentorship, literacy, social-emotional learning, and creative expression in shelters, schools, and community spaces, creating structured environments where students can grow, be seen, and build lasting skills. Through signature experiences like The Imagination Studio, The Kitchen Table, The Sound Lab, and The Story Space, we nurture academic development, emotional well-being, and creative voice, all within a trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and accessibility-centered framework. Our work prioritizes dignity-protective storytelling, consent-driven engagement, and deep community partnership, ensuring that how we serve is as intentional as whom we serve. We are not only addressing immediate needs - we are building pathways to confidence, belonging, and long-term opportunity, so every child has the support and foundation to carry their promise forward.

Responsibilities

• Manage the editorial team
• Communicate effectively with other team leads about the project timeline and when manuscripts will go on to the next stages.
• Assign editorial work to editors
• Review proposed stories with the Writing Team Lead and Aquisitions Editor
• Attend weekly general meeting and team lead meeting for PromisePages to update all departments on progress and ask questions.

Requirements

• Editorial, publishing, and leadership experience desired
• Strong writing background
• Ability to give constructive feedback to both authors and other editors
• Excellent communication, mentorship, and organizational skills