Bloomsbury is an independent, mid-size publishing house originating in London and now operating worldwide. Since its inception in 1998, Bloomsbury USA has been committed to publishing groundbreaking, conversation-shaping literary fiction, hard-hitting narrative nonfiction, and genre-bending memoirs. Recent titles include Carol Anderson’s prizewinning, bestselling works White Rage; One Person, No Vote; and The Second; the 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Chasing Me to My Grave by the late artist Winfred Rembert, as told to Erin I. Kelly; Isaac Fitzgerald’s 2022 New York Times bestseller Dirtbag, Massachusetts; Melissa Febos’s 2022 National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Girlhood; Susanna Clarke’s New York Times bestseller Piranesi, winner of the 2021 Women’s Fiction Prize; the novels of 2021 Nobel Prize–winner Abdulrazak Gurnah; Nicole Perlroth’s New York Times bestseller This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends, winner of the McKinsey/FT 2021 Business Book of the Year Award; Anna North’s 2021 New York Times bestseller Outlawed, a Reese’s Book Club pick; and Samantha Shannon’s New York Times bestselling series The Bone Season and The Roots of Chaos. Our list of bestselling, award-winning titles also includes works by Anthony Bourdain, Roz Chast, Laird Hunt, Mark Kurlansky, Sam Quinones, Elif Shafak, Jesmyn Ward, Mary Pipher, Rachel Louise Snyder, V (formerly Eve Ensler), and Edmund White.

Position Profile

This role reports to a Senior Editor in the Adult Trade group with the possibility of supporting two editors across fiction and nonfiction.  

Primary Responsibilities 

• Communicate with other departments, authors, and agents.
• Write editorial materials, including but not limited to: tip sheets, catalog copy, jacket copy, and copy to feed out to online retailers.
• Read submissions and provide feedback.
• Prepare acquisition materials and provide editorial notes on acquired manuscripts.  
• Input data into our electronic databases, in particular Biblio.
• Shepherd UK co-pub titles through the US publication process and present these titles at pre-launch and launch meetings.
• Mail out various forms of correspondence, including book mailings.
• Prepare Travel and Expense reports and Focal Point invoices.
• Calendar management for the Editorial Director and the organization and scheduling of various department meetings.
• Make restaurant reservations, book travel via the corporate travel agent, and book conference appointments.
• Create Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations.
• Commission and send advance payments.
• Run P&Ls.
• Research/update sales figures (Cognos, Decision Key, Royalty Share) for tip sheets.
• Draft deal memos, review contracts, and upload to Biblio.
• Pull seasonal lists and maintain pub grids and department grids.
• Research and analyze trends and competition.
• Review reprints and make necessary updates.
• Prepare illustration suggestions and art logs for illustrated titles.
• Prepare manuscripts for transmittal.

•  Bachelor's Degree in a related field and at least one year of experience.
• Ability to communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing.
• Organization.
• Multi-tasking and ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Attention to detail. 
• Critical reading skills/editorial eye.
• Ability to take initiative.
• Interest in working on fiction and non-fiction titles. 
• Microsoft Office skills.

Location

Candidates must reside in the NY tri-state area. Candidates must be able to work in person 2+ days per week in our Herald Square office in New York City.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Bloomsbury Publishing USA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our company has always followed and will continue to follow, a policy of providing equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, sex, ethnicity, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

We welcome and celebrate talent from all backgrounds and believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are crucial elements to our success. We are dedicated to actively and continuously improving our practices to better support all of our employees. For more information about Bloomsbury’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, please see our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Action Plan.