Associate Editor – Licensed Publishing

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🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $70.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🟡 Mid-level

✏️ Editor

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA

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10,000+ employees

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

📱 Media

Consulting • Marketing • Media

Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA is a global media and education company that has evolved from a small book publisher founded in 1835 into a diverse organization with over 80,000 employees worldwide. The company operates various business units, including the RTL Group, Penguin Random House, BMG, Arvato Group, Bertelsmann Marketing Services, and Bertelsmann Education Group, which offer job opportunities across about 50 countries. Bertelsmann is dedicated to fostering an equitable and inclusive workplace, encouraging personal initiative, creativity, and diverse perspectives among its workforce.

📋 Description

• Manage assigned licensed publishing projects from manuscript development through publication • Provide editorial feedback and creative direction while ensuring projects meet Delacorte’s editorial standards and licensor requirements • Identify, develop, and acquire select new projects focused on commercial opportunities, emerging trends, and MG/YA marketplace potential • Develop original publishing concepts within licensed worlds, including formats, story opportunities, and potential authors and creators • Evaluate proposals and manuscripts and participate in acquisitions discussions • Build and maintain relationships with authors, agents, licensors, creators, and external partners • Serve as a key liaison throughout the publishing process • Manage licensor submissions, feedback, approvals, project schedules, and evolving deadlines • Partner with Design, Production, Marketing, Publicity, and Sales on positioning and publication plans • Manage retail-exclusive editions and paperback conversions, including new editorial content and design elements • Identify backlist opportunities for refreshed, repackaged, or updated editions • Contribute to the strategic growth of Delacorte’s licensed publishing program

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years editorial experience in trade publishing • Experience independently managing books or comparable publishing projects through the editorial and production process • Strong editorial judgment • Ability to provide substantive and line-level editorial feedback • Excellent organizational and project-management skills • Ability to manage a large and shifting workload and multiple simultaneous deadlines • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills • Strong attention to detail and follow-through • Ability to collaborate effectively with creative teams, internal stakeholders, and external partners • Strong interest in children’s and young adult publishing, popular culture, entertainment properties, and franchise storytelling • Experience with licensed publishing and/or working with licensors and approval processes is a plus • Must be based in the United States and able to work primarily on Eastern Time • Resume and cover letter required

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual profit award or bonus, subject to company results • Medical/Prescription drug insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account • Health Savings Account • Pre-Tax and Roth 401(k) • Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance • Life/AD&D Insurance • Commuter Benefits • Student Loan Repayment Program • Educational Assistance • Generous paid time off • Remote work arrangement