Jobleads-US is hiring: Acquisitions Editor, Trade Business & Personal Success in

Location: Hoboken, NJ (Hybrid opportunity - 8 days/month office expectation)

Our mission is to unlock human potential. We welcome you for who you are, the background you bring, and we embrace individuals who get excited about learning. Bring your experiences, your perspectives, and your passion; it’s in our differences that we empower the way the world learns.

About the Role:

As the Acquisitions Editor, Trade Business & Personal Success, you will be joining a leading global trade book publishing team and will have the opportunity to contribute to one of our largest and most dynamic programs related to business, success, and self-improvement topics. You will be responsible for the acquisition of 20-25 books per year and will manage an overall list to ensure profitability.

How you will make an impact:

• Sign a minimum of 20-25 books per year and ensure that each project meets profit goals.
• Refine overall strategy including identifying new topics, planning revisions for key titles, performing market research, monitoring sales results, and analyzing sales channels.
• Champion projects throughout the publication lifecycle by developing and articulating a vision for each project and collaborating with production, sales, marketing, and others as needed.
• Practice effective and diplomatic communication skills to propose and implement solutions for keeping titles on track.
• Manage project and schedule follow-up; handle author queries and troubleshoot when necessary.
• Meet with authors, vendors, and agents to network and develop relationships.
• Meet established goals for growth and profit.

What we look for:

• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum five years of experience in publishing, specifically with acquisitions.
• Demonstrated mastery of publishing systems, cycles, and activities.
• Ability to apply financial understanding of publishing to the overall strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively analyze potential authors and projects, identify the right projects, and shape them for an audience.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to be persuasive and direct, yet tactful.
• Ability to negotiate contracts, schedules, and other efforts.
• Project management skills and the ability to work on multiple tasks and agendas. Detail-oriented with attention to deadlines and a productive and focused work pattern. Ability to move publication projects smoothly from beginning to end.
• Ability to build and manage relationships with authors and team members.
• Self-motivated, flexible, curious, energetic, and outgoing.

About Wiley:

Wiley is a trusted leader in research and learning, our pioneering solutions and services are paving the way for knowledge seekers as they work to solve the world’s most important challenges. We are advocates of advancement, empowering knowledge-seekers to transform today’s biggest obstacles into tomorrow’s brightest opportunities.

With over 200 years of experience in publishing, we continue to evolve knowledge seekers’ steps into strides, illuminating their path forward to personal, educational, and professional success at every stage. Around the globe, we break down barriers for innovators, empowering them to advance discoveries in their fields, adapt their workforces, and shape minds.

Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or based on any individual’s status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

When applying, please attach your resume/CV to be considered.

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