Remote Acquisitions Editor - K-12 Education

Sage; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Hybrid or remote work options

Tuition assistance for degree programs

401(k) matching

Job summary

Sage Publishing in the United States is seeking an Acquisitions Editor to sign authors and ideas that help K-12 educators grow professionally, collaborating with Content Development, Marketing, and Sales to bring titles to classrooms.

You will build a market-informed list, manage projects from concept through launch and revision, recruit authors, test concepts, and travel to conferences to connect with educators and authors.

Qualifications

• 3-4 years of relevant experience in book acquisitions, content development, marketing, sales, or a related publishing function.
• Strong editorial instincts, 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

• Build expertise in the K-12 professional learning market, including trends and competitive landscape.
• Identify and recruit authors and coauthors, shape proposals, prepare persuasive business cases, present new projects to the Publishing Committee, 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 with educators to test concepts, content, and value propositions.
• Partner with Content Development, Marketing, Sales, and other teams to align strategy, launch new titles, and help sellers share the value of your list.
• Present new titles at sales meetings and travel to K-12 education conferences and events to learn about trends and connect with potential authors.

Skills

Editorial instincts

Relationship building

Negotiation

Communication

Project management

Market analysis

Job description

Sage Publishing in the United States is seeking an Acquisitions Editor to sign authors and ideas that help K-12 educators grow professionally, collaborating with Content Development, Marketing, and Sales to bring titles to classrooms.

You will build a market-informed list, manage projects from concept through launch and revision, recruit authors, test concepts, and travel to conferences to connect with educators and authors.