Editorial Team Lead, Youth Lit & Mentorship

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, 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.