Hachette Book Group

Editor

• Brainstorm and develop projects based on entertainment properties, lifestyle practices, and popular formats
• Acquire and edit approximately 15 books and related book-plus products each year
• Cultivate relationships with authors, licensors, literary agents, subject experts, and creative communities
• Evaluate and develop book proposals and pitches for acquisition
• Work with the Editorial Director to expand one-color narrative publishing and potentially grow the fiction line
• Work with licensors to craft concepts and guide projects through approvals
• Edit and develop manuscripts and manage projects through all publishing stages
• Collaborate with in-house design, production, and production editorial departments, plus external freelancers, authors, and publishing partners
• Draft sales, marketing, and consumer-facing descriptive copy
• Act as project editor on titles acquired by the Editorial Director

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