Job Title: EDITOR
Location: New York, NY
Zip Code: 10162

Description:

The McGraw-Hill Companies is driving the education, financial services and business information markets through leading brands such as McGraw-Hill Education, Standard & Poor's, BusinessWeek, J.D. Power and Associates, Platts, McGraw-Hill Construction, Aviation Week, and Broadcasting.

McGraw-Hill Professional, a division of McGraw-Hill Education, is recognized for publishing the most respected and well-known works in a wide range of professional fields, namely Medical, Business, and Technical. McGraw-Hill Professional is a leader in providing on-the-job content and solutions to professionals throughout the world. In addition, McGraw-Hill Professional has been a leader in creating online and digital solutions to professionals and students in medicine through AccessMedicine, or to engineers through its Digital Engineering Library. In addition to the Business, Medical, and Technical markets, McGraw-Hill Professional is a publishing and content leader in Education and Test Prep and in Consumer categories such as health and self-help.

McGraw-Hill Professional has an immediate opening for anEditor .

TheEditor is responsible for acquiring, developing and publishing a minimum of 20 books annually in the Business group of McGraw-Hill Professional. Target publishing areas include Management, Career and Business Skills.

Essential Accountabilities include:
? Sign a minimum of 20 author contracts annually
? Meet/surpass annual frontlist sales goals in accordance with the Business group's strategy.
? Work closely with authors to develop, refine and finalize manuscripts ensuring that projects adhere to the high standards of the division and satisfy the requirements set for the project when it was acquired.
? Successfully negotiate author contracts, including advances, royalty rates, licensing, etc., while minimizing financial exposure/risk.
? Prepare a profit and loss statement on each project and ensure that the project meets financial hurdles.
? Work closely with Marketing and Sales departments to ensure that books meet the needs of the target markets.
? Present books to the McGraw-Hill editorial board, at pre-sales meetings, WebEx meetings, sales conferences, etc.
? Stay abreast of target publishing areas' market trends/issues in order to know the needs of the targeted readership and signing areas.
? Work closely with Editorial Director to prepare author collateral material to help ensure timely delivery of manuscripts, and effective marketing, promotion and sales plans.

? Minimum of Bachelors degree in a related discipline
? Minimum of four (4) years of related acquisitions experience
? Demonstrated success in publishing books for the non-fiction, global and special sales markets
? Strong knowledge of the publishing and acquisitions process
? Strong knowledge of the Management and General Business book markets
? Strong communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to communicate with top experts in the field
? Ability to successfully negotiate author contracts
? Ability to develop manuscripts, to include, making decisions on the content, direction, writing abilities of authors, etc.

The McGraw-Hill Companies is an equal opportunity employer.

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