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Simon & Schuster
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Assistant Editor, Gallery Books
Gallery Books & Threshold Editions seek an assistant editor to support an Executive Editor, focused on politics/current events books as well as celebrity/pop culture nonfiction. Responsibilities include: reviewing manuscripts; general administrative duties; organizing and scheduling meetings in MS Outlook; communicating with authors and agents by phone and email; expense tracking; evaluating a high volume of manuscripts; handling all aspects of transmitting books to production.
Qualifications:
• Ability to anticipate needs and take initiative to solve problems
• Capacity to manage multiple (and often competing) deadlines
• Interest in politics and pop culture; love of the highbrow and lowbrow
• Sense of humor and calm under pressure
• Open-minded and curious