Senior Editor

Job Description:

W. W. Norton & Company is seeking a Senior Editor for its Trade Editorial Department. This Senior Editor will be responsible for acquiring titles in trade science, mathematics, and economics.

Essential Job Responsibilities Include:

• Acquiring 12-15 titles per year
• All editorial aspects of book development, including manuscript development and editing; copywriting, including jacket, catalog, and other marketing copy as required; liaising with art and production departments as needed
• Maintaining publishing and production schedules and meeting deadlines
• Presenting titles at sales meetings and elsewhere as needed
• Developing and maintaining relationships with licensors, authors, and agents
• Serving as the primary contact for the author throughout the process

This job description is not designed to cover all activities required of the employee.

Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Employment eligibility to work with W. W. Norton & Company in the US
• Must be able to work full business hours from Norton’s New York City headquarters. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are temporarily providing employees the option to work remotely
• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communications skills
• Must be creative, pro-active, flexible, and adaptable
• Must have the ability to work well with editorial colleagues in addition to sales, publicity, marketing, art, and production departments
• Must have good time management skills, be organized, and be capable of multi-tasking across departments, activities, and projects
• Must be detail-oriented, making sure that all aspects of their daily activities are handled with accuracy and with minimal mistakes
• Mastery of email and calendar management tools, specifically Outlook
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word and Excel
• Proficiency in a foreign language, e.g. French, German, etc., is a plus

About Norton:
W. W. Norton & Company is the oldest and largest publishing house owned wholly by its employees. W. W. Norton & Company strives to carry out the imperative of its founder to "publish books not for a single season, but for the years." For more information about the Company, visit us online at: http://www.wwnorton.com.