Jobs

If you have a love for academia and books, listen up. Emerald Group Publishing is in need of a new acquisitions editor to help secure partnerships with member organizations around the world.

In this role, you’ll assist the vice president of publishing for the Americas in acquiring quality books and journals content, while managing partnership and acquisitions targets. You’ll attend conferences and meetings in order to develop a network of key contacts and broaden your understanding of the market. Read more

Create a social media strategy, launch your campaign, and track the results in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. The online event and workshop will feature speakers including The Onion‘s Baratunde Thurston (left), Facebook’s Morin Oluwole, and bitly’s Tim Devane. Register now.

This week, Sixth&Spring Books is hiring an art/production/design assistant, while Workman Publishing Co. is on the hunt for a new managing editor. ALM is seeking a legal book editor, and Macmillan High Education Publishing Group is looking for a director of its high school division. Get the scoop on these openings below, and find additional just-posted jobs on mediabistro.com.

• Art/Production/Design Assistant Sixth&Spring Books (New York, NY)
• Managing Editor Workman Publishing, Co. (New York, NY)
• Legal Book Editor ALM (New York, NY)
• Editorial Assistant DC Literary Agency (Washington, DC)
• Director, High School Macmillan High Education Publishing Group (New York, NY)

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This week, Apress needs a senior coordinating editor, while Barnes & Noble is hiring a manager of digital content. Random House is hiring a manager of national accounts in its online sales department, and Jones & Bartlett Learning is seeking a production specialist in its media services department. Get more details below and find additional job opportunities on mediabistro.com.

• Senior Coordinating Editor Apress (New York, NY)
• Manager, Digital Content Barnes & Noble (New York, NY)
• Production Manager Greenleaf Book Group (Austin, TX)
• Manager – National Accounts, Online Sales Random House (New York, NY)
• Production Specialist – Media Services Jones & Bartlett Learning (Burlington, MA)

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This week, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is hiring a senior editor of books and special projects, while Black Balloon Publishing needs a new managing director. Loyola Press is looking for a project editor, and Bedford/St. Martin’s is on the hunt for an operations manager. Get the scoop on these openings and more below, and find additional publishing gigs on mediabistro.com.

• Managing Director Black Balloon Publishing (Brooklyn, NY)
• Project Editor Loyola Press (Chicago, IL)
• Operations Manager Bedford/St. Martin’s (Boston, MA)
• Director of Publicity Bloomsbury Publishing (New York, NY)
• Senior Editor, Books & Special Projects Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (New York, NY)

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Ready for a new gig? Bloomsbury Publishing is looking for a new director of publicity to manage its adult PR department.

In this role, you’ll act as the chief representative and spokesperson for U.S. adult media, setting strategic publicity goals for each title. You’ll also liaise with authors and editors, as well as the marketing and sales staff, on publicity campaigns.

To land the position, you should have significant book publicity experience, including booking top-line media, maintaining a budget and managing a staff. Those with a team-player attitude and excellent contacts in the traditional and digital media spaces are most wanted. Interested? Apply here.

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This week, Open Air Publishing is looking for an author for a parenting book, while Cambridge University Press is in need of a senior project controller. NAEYC is hiring a managing editor, and Bedford, Freeman, & Worth is seeking a media producer. Get the scoop on these openings and more below, and find additional just-posted gigs on mediabistro.com.

• Author for Parenting Book Open Air Publishing (New York, NY)
• Managing Editor NAEYC (Washington, DC)
• Media Producer Bedford, Freeman, & Worth (New York, NY)
• Book Reviewers Kirkus Media (New York, NY)
• Senior Project Controller Cambridge University Press (New York, NY)

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Ever wish you could teach aspiring writers? Mediabistro is looking for a teacher for our online Young Adult Novel Writing class.

Here’s more about the job: “Mediabistro is looking for a dynamic, spirited instructor to teach our Young Adult Novel Writing class online. This class meets for 12 sessions and will take students through the process of writing a YA novel, with students producing about 80 pages of a first draft by the end of class. Ideal candidate will be an agent or editor who deals with YA novels with a passion for teaching others. No previous teaching experience required.”

We offer this class a few times every year, so the right candidate could find more work teaching the course in the future.

Kirkus Media is looking for a few experienced book editors to join its New York-based team. While the company is known for its Kirkus Reviews magazine, you’ll be working on manuscripts by independent authors.

To land the position, you’ll need a solid background in copy editing with major trade publishers. If you have experience editing bestsellers or working with best-selling authors, even better. Read more

This week, Random House is hiring a publicist and a web developer in its New York office. Meanwhile, Reader’s Digest is looking for an eBook graphic designer, and Macmillan is seeking an associate editor. Get the details on these openings and more below, and find additional just-posted gigs on mediabistro.com.

• Publicist Random House (New York, NY)
• Web Developer Random House (New York, NY)
• eBook Graphic Designer Reader’s Digest (Greendale, WI)
• Associate Editor Macmillan (New York, NY)
• Senior Application Specialist Bedford/St. Martin’s (Boston, MA)

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This week, HarperCollins is hiring a marketing manager, while Penguin Group is in need of a new digital account manager. Amazon is looking for a senior acquisitions editor for AmazonCrossing, and Reader’s Digest is seeking a senior health editor. Get the details on these gigs and more below, and find additional just-posted openings on mediabistro.com.

• Marketing Manager HarperCollins (New York, NY)
• Digital Account Manager Penguin Group (New York, NY)
• Senior Acquisitions Editor AmazonCrossing (Seattle, WA)
• Senior Health Editor Reader’s Digest (New York, NY)
• Production Editor Newgen North America (Ossining, NY)

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