Remote Education Acquisitions Editor

Sage; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Sage Publishing in the United States is seeking an Acquisitions Editor, Education & Human Services, to shape the next generation of higher education content. You will spot ideas, build a market-driven publishing list, and partner with teams across Sage to acquire, develop, launch, and sustain products that instructors and students rely on.

If you love building relationships with authors and educators and turning ideas into books that make a difference, we’d love to meet you.

Qualifications

• 3-4 years of relevant experience in book acquisitions, content development, marketing, sales, or related higher education publishing functions.
• Strong editorial judgment, 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

• Develop expertise in assigned course markets, customer needs, curriculum trends, accreditation expectations, pedagogy, competition, and technology.
• Identify and recruit authors and coauthors, shape proposals, prepare persuasive business cases, 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 to test concepts, content, value propositions, and market potential.
• Partner with Content Development, Product, Marketing, Sales, Sales Enablement, and other teams to align product strategy and execution.
• Present new projects and product information to decision groups and sales teams; travel to campuses and conferences to build knowledge and networks.

Skills

Editorial judgment

Relationship building

Negotiation

Project management

Market analysis

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Technology familiarity

Job description

Sage Publishing in the United States is seeking an Acquisitions Editor, Education & Human Services, to shape the next generation of higher education content. You will spot ideas, build a market-driven publishing list, and partner with teams across Sage to acquire, develop, launch, and sustain products that instructors and students rely on.

If you love building relationships with authors and educators and turning ideas into books that make a difference, we’d love to meet you.