Associate Acquisitions Editor

About the role

We believe in bold ideas, diverse perspectives, and the drive to transform knowledge into impact. Here, your curiosity fuels progress, your voice shapes innovation, and your ambition helps redefine what’s possible within science and learning.

Job Responsibilities

• Signs a minimum of 16 books per year - primarily non-revisions and new authors - and ensures that each project meets profit goals.
• Works to refine overall strategy including identifying new sub-areas, performing market research, monitoring sales results, and analyzing sales channels.
• Champions projects throughout the publication lifecycle by developing and articulating visions for each project and by collaborating with production, marketing and others as needed.
• PRACTICES EFFECTIVE AND DIPLOMATIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO PROPOSE AND IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR KEEPING TITLES ON TRACK.
• MANAGES PROJECT AND SCHEDULE FOLLOW-UP; HANDLES AUTHOR QUERIES AND TRUBSTROWS WHEN NECESSARY.
• MET WITH AUTHORS, VENDORS, AND AGENTS TO NETWORK AND DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS.
• EXPLAINS TO AUTHORS THEIR ROLE IN THE MARKETING, SALES, AND SUCCESS OF THEIR TITLES.
• MEETS ESTABLISHED GOALS FOR GROWTH AND PROFIT.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum three years of experience in publishing, specifically with book acquisitions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs.
• Experience and/or interest in business, entrepreneurship and/or wellness subject areas.
• Demonstrated mastery of publishing systems, cycles and activities.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively analyze potential authors and projects, identify the right projects and shape them for an audience.
• Excellent written and oral communication and the ability to be persuasive and direct, yet tactful.
• Ability to negotiate contracts, schedules and other efforts.
• Project management skills and the ability to work on multiple tasks and agendas.
• Detail oriented with attention to deadlines and a productive and focused work pattern.
• Ability to move publication projects smoothly from beginning to end.
• Ability to build and manage relationships with authors and team members.
• Self-motivated, flexible, curious, energetic, outgoing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working at a trade publisher.
• Knowledge of AI tools.
• Ability to apply financial understanding of publishing to the overall strategy.