Acquisition Editor, Amazon Publishing

Amazon • Seattle, WA

2d

About The Position

Amazon Publishing is seeking an innovative, passionate, market-savvy
Acquisitions Editor to acquire across commercial fiction genres with primary
focus on mystery, thriller, and suspense novels and short fiction across
categories. You will be responsible for discovering and acquiring exceptional
content, managing author and agent relationships, and collaborating with
marketing, publicity, production, and author relations teams to deliver quality
books and world-class author experiences. This is a multi-faceted job in a
fast-paced environment that requires facility with date, flexibility,
creativity, and a sense of humor.

Amazon Publishing is the full-service publishing arm of Amazon. Our mission is
to invent new and better ways to connect authors and readers.

Requirements

• Experience managing multiple projects and meeting aggressive deadlines
• Experience effectively communicating complex concepts through written and verbal communication
• Experience working in a fast-paced, team environment
• Strong track record of discovering, developing, and publishing bestselling titles and authors.
• Strong negotiation skills along with knowledge of standard publishing contracts and P&Ls.
• Demonstrated analytical thinking paired with excellent editorial sensibility
• Fluent in all office applications including Word, Excel, Outlook, Salesforce.

Nice To Haves

• Broad list of agent contacts
• 5+ years of content acquisition and/or content development experience preferred
• Familiarity with ETL, SQL, handling/analyzing data a plus

Responsibilities

• Identify, evaluate, and develop submissions, projects, and proposals to acquire for our commercial fiction imprints, including:
• Monitoring trend and sales data
• Strong analytical thinking paired with excellent editorial sensibility
• Strong track record of discovering, developing, and publishing bestselling titles and authors
• Working closely with authors to develop their work and careers
• Working closely with internal teams to shepherd work from manuscript through publication and beyond
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with literary agents

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed