Editorial Assistant Rotational Program Job at Book of the Month, New York, NY

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  • Book of the Month
  • New York, NY

Job Description

Summary:

The Editorial Rotational Program mission is to accelerate the professional growth and development of Early Career Editorial professionals through exposure to a multitude of assignments, apprenticeship style learning, and accelerated responsibility. We are looking for driven, tenacious, and pragmatic team members who have the desire and potential to rise over time into a significant contributor within the Editorial team and our broader direct-to-consumer lifestyle business.

As a full time Editorial Assistant, this program will offer employees the opportunity to explore areas such as: Analytics & Reporting, Industry Relations, Operations, Licensing & Contracts, Cross-Functional Business Initiatives, and Book Selections. After approximately 2 years, team members will be placed in a more specialized role based on performance, strengths, and interests demonstrated over the previous years.

Success in this program will be achieved by approaching work with the following characteristics:

+ Making High Quality Work: Learning how to organize, prioritize, and check work for efficiency, accuracy, and proper formatting

+ Getting Things Done: Exhibits sense of urgency & follow through in assigned tasks; proactively communicates status updates of tasks

+ Possessing Good Judgment : Demonstrates upward trajectory in thinking through steps of work thoroughly and logically.

+ Being A Good Learner : Receives feedback well and incorporates it to improve

What Youll Do

+ Administrative : Perform administrative tasks such as building and maintaining various trackers and reports, and preparing/proofreading a variety of documents, including agendas, memos, contact directories, presentations, and documents for special projects

+ Analytics & Reporting : Organize and analyze data to find trends; input findings into spreadsheets and charts for stakeholder review

+ Industry Relations : Assist with maintaining & expanding contact databases, developing presentations for publishers, and communicating efficiently and professionally with industry partners

+ Turnover Operations : Coordinate and input Editorial content into internal company systems as part of the monthly book turnover process

+ Licensing & Contracts : Draft and execute licensing agreements, manage trackers, and update in a timely and accurate manner

+ Cross-Functional Initiatives : Support the coordination and execution of cross-functional business initiatives, including but not limited to: audio production & acquisition, sourcing foreign titles, literary magazine, etc.

+ Book Selections : Read and evaluate manuscripts, providing feedback on their potential for BOTM

What You Should Have

+ Strong work ethic; ability to learn quickly, take on new challenges, and apply feedback

+ A desire to learn quickly and grow over time

+ Excellent time management and organizational skills

+ Strong prioritization skills that allow you to keep projects on track

+ Ability to do math and conduct data analysis

+ Strong writing and proofreading skills, as well as excellent attention to detail

+ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interface comfortably with people at all levels

+ Great judgment, with the ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and care

+ Fast and avid reader with a deep knowledge of contemporary commercial fiction

Base Salary Range: $62,400 - $70,000

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