Associate Editor, Biology

Overview

W. W. Norton & Company is seeking an Associate Editor for its Biology college textbooks. The Biology team is a highly collaborative group, so the Associate Editor will work closely with the Discipline Editors, Media Editors, Content Development Specialist, Editorial Assistant, and Marketing Manager. The Associate Editor will be responsible for the timely planning and execution of multiple Biology textbook revisions each year.

Responsibilities

Develop a deeper understanding of the market for college course materials and the diverse needs of biology instructors and students throughout the country.

Plan, develop, and implement pedagogically useful and innovative content for teaching, learning, and assessment.

Work with budgets and development timelines to correspond with editorial, sales, and production schedules and the needs of the market.

Communicate with authors and biologists on a wide variety of editorial projects.

Solicit feedback from the market through surveys, reviews, and interviews and incorporate this feedback into current and future editorial projects.

Collaborate with the discipline editors, media editors, editorial assistant, project editors, and others on the book team to manage projects in all stages of editorial development and production.

Professionally interact with authors, college faculty, and graduate students, and effectively communicate ideas to colleagues including the college department editorial board and the advertising and marketing departments.

Attend one or more academic conferences each year.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree.

Employment eligibility to work with W. W. Norton & Company in the US is required.

Must be able to work from Norton’s New York City Headquarters.

Strong candidates will be detail‑oriented and self‑motivated, with some experience managing projects independently.

Demonstrate a keen interest in the teaching and learning needs of college instructors and students.

Effective oral and written communication skills.

Can‑do attitude, proactive and flexible.

Opportunity to work on projects outside Biology as department needs shift.

Compensation & Benefits

Annual compensation for this position is $52,000–$58,000.

Generous paid time off, paid holidays, and summer Friday afternoons beginning in July.

Generous health benefits, including PPO and EPO medical insurance options, vision insurance, dental insurance, flexible spending accounts for healthcare, dependent care and commuter, gym membership reimbursement, and more. Coverage for spouses, domestic partners, and dependent children is available.

Profit‑Sharing and 401(k) benefit plan with discretionary contribution matching by employer.

Disability and life insurances.

FMLA, parental and other leave.

Employee Assistance Program (for mental health, financial planning, and other needs).

Company‑provided laptop.

Employee discounts on Norton books.

Limited matching of employee donations to select non‑profit organizations.

Location

New York, NY

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