Managing Editor, Books Job at America's Test Kitchen in Boston
America's Test Kitchen, Boston, MA, United States
America’s Test Kitchen is seeking a Managing Editor to join our book team. This is a unique opportunity to work with a group of passionate cooks, editors, and designers while managing workflow that spans a range of content creation: editorial, design, recipe development, and photography.
You will oversee the flow of work across a variety of cookbook titles from editorial inception to finished books, centralize information, set milestones, help manage resources, and maintain schedules.
You will support the editors in a variety of tasks and work closely with sales, marketing, photo, and manufacturing by coordinating communication and establishing best practices.
Overall Book Project Management Guide long‑range planning, working with the Editorial Director, by creating timelines for new projects that account for each book’s unique needs.
Accurately forecast the stages of the development process including editorial, recipe development, design, and photography.
Establish milestones and clarify deliverables.
Maintain book schedules, surfacing relevant info for team members, and monitor schedules against in‑progress work to identify areas where action is needed.
Support editors in managing their projects; take the lead in problem‑solving and proactively bring solutions.
Coordinate recipe development with production schedule to ensure timely delivery of manuscripts.
Workflow and Resourcing
Set and communicate priorities across the team; direct and motivate teams to meet deadlines.
Work with the Editorial Director to match projects and resources to ensure success; suggest ways to reallocate resources when needed.
Hire and manage freelance copyeditors, proofreaders, and indexers.
Conduct periodic reviews of existing workflows and suggest ways to improve them.
Editorial Support
Support editorial by checking copyedit and proofs and sending files for indexing.
Oversee editorial for select annual publications and custom publications, such as special markets editions.
Oversee creation and timely approval of front matters for all titles.
Help manage book photo programs by creating photo collections and preparing documents for photo meetings.
Cross‑Department Communication
Act as point‑of‑contact for sales, publicity, and marketing to ensure timely delivery of TI sheets, launch/sales conference needs, and press releases.
Coordinate communication with manufacturing to establish files‑to‑production dates, printer quotes, page counts, and final print quantities; manage spec changes and oversee reprint updates.
Coordinate photography planning to guarantee photos are scheduled within the timeline and photo reviews happen to facilitate timely image processing.
Systems
Evaluate existing tracking systems and suggest ways to make them more efficient, including recommending whether a new approach or technology is needed.
Key Skills
Ability to thrive amid shifting and sometimes competing priorities, react thoughtfully and efficiently to new information, and work comfortably when complete information isn’t available.
Strong leadership qualities, especially when guiding problem‑solving discussions and finding resolutions that consider the needs of multiple individuals.
A clear grasp of the editorial side of book publishing or a related field and an eagerness to learn the specific needs of each stage of our content‑creation process.
Job Requirements
Three to five years of experience in managing the production of complex editorial projects; cookbook experience preferred.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Strong editorial abilities and judgment; some copyediting and proofreading experience preferred.
Top‑notch organizational skills.
Ability to work successfully independently as well as part of a team.
Proficiency with publishing technology tools (experience with Google Suite, InDesign, InCopy, K4 desirable).
Location & Salary This position is located in our Boston, MA office in the Seaport district. It is the expectation that the person in this role will work a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) in the office and 2 days per week remotely.
Salary Range: $63,500 – $75,000
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You will oversee the flow of work across a variety of cookbook titles from editorial inception to finished books, centralize information, set milestones, help manage resources, and maintain schedules.
You will support the editors in a variety of tasks and work closely with sales, marketing, photo, and manufacturing by coordinating communication and establishing best practices.
Overall Book Project Management Guide long‑range planning, working with the Editorial Director, by creating timelines for new projects that account for each book’s unique needs.
Accurately forecast the stages of the development process including editorial, recipe development, design, and photography.
Establish milestones and clarify deliverables.
Maintain book schedules, surfacing relevant info for team members, and monitor schedules against in‑progress work to identify areas where action is needed.
Support editors in managing their projects; take the lead in problem‑solving and proactively bring solutions.
Coordinate recipe development with production schedule to ensure timely delivery of manuscripts.
Workflow and Resourcing
Set and communicate priorities across the team; direct and motivate teams to meet deadlines.
Work with the Editorial Director to match projects and resources to ensure success; suggest ways to reallocate resources when needed.
Hire and manage freelance copyeditors, proofreaders, and indexers.
Conduct periodic reviews of existing workflows and suggest ways to improve them.
Editorial Support
Support editorial by checking copyedit and proofs and sending files for indexing.
Oversee editorial for select annual publications and custom publications, such as special markets editions.
Oversee creation and timely approval of front matters for all titles.
Help manage book photo programs by creating photo collections and preparing documents for photo meetings.
Cross‑Department Communication
Act as point‑of‑contact for sales, publicity, and marketing to ensure timely delivery of TI sheets, launch/sales conference needs, and press releases.
Coordinate communication with manufacturing to establish files‑to‑production dates, printer quotes, page counts, and final print quantities; manage spec changes and oversee reprint updates.
Coordinate photography planning to guarantee photos are scheduled within the timeline and photo reviews happen to facilitate timely image processing.
Systems
Evaluate existing tracking systems and suggest ways to make them more efficient, including recommending whether a new approach or technology is needed.
Key Skills
Ability to thrive amid shifting and sometimes competing priorities, react thoughtfully and efficiently to new information, and work comfortably when complete information isn’t available.
Strong leadership qualities, especially when guiding problem‑solving discussions and finding resolutions that consider the needs of multiple individuals.
A clear grasp of the editorial side of book publishing or a related field and an eagerness to learn the specific needs of each stage of our content‑creation process.
Job Requirements
Three to five years of experience in managing the production of complex editorial projects; cookbook experience preferred.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Strong editorial abilities and judgment; some copyediting and proofreading experience preferred.
Top‑notch organizational skills.
Ability to work successfully independently as well as part of a team.
Proficiency with publishing technology tools (experience with Google Suite, InDesign, InCopy, K4 desirable).
Location & Salary This position is located in our Boston, MA office in the Seaport district. It is the expectation that the person in this role will work a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) in the office and 2 days per week remotely.
Salary Range: $63,500 – $75,000
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