What are the responsibilities and job description for the Editorial Assistant, FSG position at Macmillan Publishers?
Join the team at Farrar, Straus, Giroux (FSG). We're looking for an editorial assistant who will work closely with our President and Publisher on a range of administrative and editorial tasks. The ideal candidate will have excellent organizational abilities, unusual attention to detail, experience working independently and collaboratively, exemplary written and verbal communication skills, and a passion for literature. Time management (of yourself and others), devotion to follow-through, and grace under pressure are essential.
What you'll do:
- Coordinate and oversee all aspects of a high-volume, fast-paced president’s and publisher’s desk (including calendar management, administrative support, and clerical work—like notetaking, submissions and acquisitions tracking, making copies, and placing book orders)
- Design and maintain organizational systems, such as databases, paying particular attention to work-flow.
- Act as a liaison between the president’s office and other departments while meeting tight deadlines
- Confidently and gracefully correspond with authors, colleagues, and agents
- Read and evaluate manuscripts on submission
What you'll bring:
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Consistent attention to detail—and an ability to see the larger picture
- Discretion
- Superb grammar, spelling, proofreading, and writing skills
- Ability to multitask, prioritize, and get things done
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and other basic IT experience (data entry, etc.)
- Eagerness to learn
- Strong work ethic and initiative
- Widely read and engaged with literary culture
Ideal Experience/Education
- 0-1 years prior publishing experience preferred but not required
- Foreign language proficiency a plus
- Bachelor’s Degree
Macmillan Publishers is a global trade book publishing company with prominent imprints around the world, publishing a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats. Macmillan Publishers is committed to our authors, our employees, and to the environment.
U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, Picador, St. Martin's Press and Tor Books. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, Macmillan publishes under the Pan Macmillan name. The German company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.
Macmillan Publishers is a part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned media group of companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels. The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.
