On-Site Managing Editor: Publishing Leader

Content Creators; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Stripe Press in New York is seeking a Managing Editor to own editorial development from acquisition through final proofs and production handoff. You will guide intellectually ambitious nonfiction, upholding Stripe Press's standards for rigor, clarity, accuracy, and editorial distinction.

This role requires exceptional editorial judgment and project management as you collaborate with editors, production, designers, authors, agents, and external specialists to build scalable systems and a

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing complex nonfiction books in trade, academic, journalistic, or ideas-focused publishing.
• Exceptional editorial judgment across structure, argument, prose, evidence, and authorial voice.
• Comfort working with technical, scientific, economic, historical, or research-intensive nonfiction.
• Deep knowledge of developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, fact-checking, permissions, proofreading, and editorial-production workflows.
• Exceptional project management, coordinating multiple complex projects with precision.
• Enjoy working in a small, ambitious organization that builds systems and embraces ideas.

Responsibilities

• Own the editorial path from acquisition through final proofs and handoff to production.
• Establish and manage editorial schedules spanning manuscript delivery, editorial review, revision, copyediting, fact-checking, permissions, indexing, proofreading, and final approval.
• Evaluate manuscripts for structure, argument, clarity, pacing, voice, evidence, and accessibility.
• Provide editorial guidance to authors, with direct developmental or line-editing support when needed.
• Determine appropriate editorial and verification processes, including when to involve technical, legal, or specialist review.
• Build and supervise a network of developmental editors, line editors, copyeditors, fact-checkers, proofreaders, indexers, typesetters, and reviewers.
• Give final editorial approval before production and oversee author review through proofs.
• Maintain house style and create clear workflows and handoffs across editorial and production.

Skills

Editorial judgment

Project management

Development editing

Copyediting

Fact-checking

Publishing workflows

Education

Nonfiction publishing experience

Tools

Word processing

Job description

Stripe Press in New York is seeking a Managing Editor to own editorial development from acquisition through final proofs and production handoff. You will guide intellectually ambitious nonfiction, upholding Stripe Press's standards for rigor, clarity, accuracy, and editorial distinction.

This role requires exceptional editorial judgment and project management as you collaborate with editors, production, designers, authors, agents, and external specialists to build scalable systems and a