Date: November 17, 2025
Job Title: Assistant Editor, Love Inspired
Department: Editorial – Harlequin Brand Group
Reporting To: Executive Editor, Love Inspired
Status: Regular Full Time
Location: 195 Broadway, New York, NY (hybrid model) OR
22 Adelaide Street West, Toronto (hybrid model)
Job Summary:
The Assistant Editor is responsible for providing editorial and administrative assistance for the Love Inspired inspirational romance publishing programs as well as soliciting, acquiring and developing authors/books for this program. The primary purpose is to ensure the ongoing and timely supply of high quality, saleable titles for the list.
Responsibilities
- Provides editorial support to the Senior/Executive Editor, including preparing revision and rejection letters, reading and evaluating suitability of proposals for the publishing program, line editing with supervision and overseeing copy editing and author approval/alterations.
- Works with specified author base to acquire manuscripts with the appropriate editorial fit and highest editorial quality for the publishing strategy. Reads submissions (solicited and unsolicited where applicable),responds to authors/agents, negotiates contracts and monitors payments to authors; develops new authors to publication standard.
- Provides editorial input into packaging design to ensure key selling features are reflected in the book package. Recommends titles and writes/revises back cover copy.
- Provides assistance to team as needed to support imprint strategy and growth.
- Represents the program/company at both internal and external conferences.
- Fosters current agent contacts and develops relationships with new agents.
Qualifications
- An undergraduate degree
- 1 to 3 years of relevant experience in the publishing industry
- Strong communication, planning, organizational, teamwork, and problem-solving skills
- The ability to manage execution, to prioritize, and to pay close attention to detail.
- Flexible with the ability to manage and adapt to rapidly changing situations and circumstances
Harlequin is a company full of people who are passionate about books. When you apply for a position, we want to know why you want to work here, and why you are interested in the job. That’s why cover letters are strongly preferred.
The salary range for this position is $55,000-$60,000. We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate’s experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.
In addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including “elective” benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.
_HarperCollins Publishers is an equal opportunity employer._
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Job Locations _US-NY-New York_
Category _Brand_
Equal Opportunity Employer
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