Standard editorial assistant duties but also doing additional admin work for one of my bosses. It’s a lot!!

Subsidiary Rights Assistant

Prepare manuscripts for production, liaise with authors, production, design, marketing/publicity, etc., run reviews of proposals and existing texts, work on digital supplements,

Marketing & Publicity Associate

One of the top 10. Not Big Five (sorry, there's only 2 people with my title and I want to protect myself)

Suppliers operation specialist

$26.75/hour (~$55,600/year pre-tax)

Duties include consulting with managing ed/production ed/editorial/art & design to develop specs & schedules, updating metadata internally, making estimates and P&Ls, issuing purchase orders, working closely with vendors/printers, trafficking all materials & proof passes, and ensuring quality of final products.

Managing Editorial Assistant

copyediting/proofreading/fact checking manuscripts and galleys, providing art direction and feedback on potential manuscripts, writing backmatter for children's books, manage the data inputted into our content management system, write flap and catalog copy, research art/photographs/copyright law, provide admin assistance

Daily/weekly sales reporting and analysis, general admin support, slideshow creation

$30/hr (currently about $30,000/year)

Mailings, admin work, making presentations, creating and running ads, book buzzes, traveling to conferences

client relations coordinator

J&J Editorial // Wiley Publishing

Process new/revised submissions across 3 journals, manage inbox for each journal, process decisions and transmit articles to production. Attend weekly and monthly meetings to answer client questions, provide reports, and take notes. Special projects as required (helping prep for conferences, solociting anonymous feedback from the Editorial Board, etc)

I list two companies as we were bought out by Wiley Publishing in October but we are still able to maintain our company identity as J&J Editorial. The transition to Wiley came with a pay increase

Digital Publications Assistant

University of Chicago Press

previously Design Assistant ($40k), no previous publishing experience prior, but did have previous design/freelance outside publishing

Verve Talent & Literary Agency

$20/hour, around $48,000 a year

Answering phones, managing boss’ calendar, setting meetings, reading and evaluating manuscripts, tracking royalty payments, reading contracts

In a year, I’ll be forced to switch to commission when I become an agent

Publishing house in the Netherlands

Princeton University Press

Prefer not to answer, but not white if that matters.

Previously a student, internships and newspaper exec roles in college but no direct publishing experience.

I think my department is great in comparison to others and I’m not overworked at all. My boss is really understanding and I got a merit raise and a raise with the “40-hour workweek.” The work is boring though and I want to transfer to editorial because I don’t think my work is important at all. I’ve been doing the same things and not been bumped up to more creative, impactful work even though I’ve asked.
8-11 months

Bedford Freeman & Worth (Macmillan Learning)

admin duties (ISBNs, reprints, payments), manuscript turnover, text and photo permissions, creating handouts/teacher resource materials, JIRA tix, random projects

45,000 (starting salary at PRH); got a raise of 1,650 after a year

Assist two editors (at or above senior-level) editorially and administratively, read submissions, track production processes for titles, track calendar deadlines for titles (both internally and externally), mailings, serve as conduit between authors and rest of their team, other tasks as needed.

9-6 entails lots of email, data entry, responding to client queries; after hours work (unpaid) includes reading manuscripts, occasionally going through rights guides for fair prep & sometimes (but rarely) writing reports/corresponding w/ clients for time-sensitive matters

Copyediting physics articles w 2 day turnaround times, can pull articles whenever I want as long as they’re available. Editing for grammar, correctness, consistency, and clarity

Schedule and run all social media content. Write press releases, run announcements, pitch further press for comic and book titles.

Academic marketing associate

Administrative duties such as contracts, TI sheets, P&Ls, cover copy, art notes, cover concepts, and payment requests. Editorial duties such as co-editing three picture books and co-editing 3-5 middle grade books per season.

Assistant Production Editor

Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group

Rowman and Littlefield- trade division

Managing fiction and non-fiction titles across multiple imprints and editors, writing and editing cover copy, preparing original and reissue titles for production including creating/formatting additional content and editing as necessary, aiding in the acquisition of new titles, communicating with marketing and production to coordinate titles, coordinating meetings, processing contracts and payments for authors and freelancers, market research related to title acquisition in a variety of non-fiction spheres, reading and evaluating proposals for acquisition, editing manuscripts.

Administrative duties such as contracts, TI sheets, P&Ls, cover copy, art notes, cover concepts, and payment requests. Editorial duties such as co-editing three picture books and co-editing 3-5 middle grade books per season.

Providing administrative and commissioning support to two editors - including: market research, preparing manuscripts for handover, managing author relations, writing, sending and chasing in contracts.

Editorial / Foreign rights associate

3500/mo pretax, no benefits

Major metro region but not NYC

Office management, client communication, selling foreign rights, editorial work, reading queries, doing marketing materials, light social media duties

Administrative management for my team of 5, select front list title marketing campaigns, steering marketing for an ongoing series/program

Bloomsbury Publishing (US)

Independently running my own publicity campaigns (list-building, writing pitches/press releases, pitching, author care, etc.), submitting titles for early review, fielding publicity requests, reporting media hits, etc.

Merchandising Coordinate

Small independent publisher

Acquire and edit 4-6 titles, assist the editorial director/publisher, supervise/manage the EA and intern, run the departmental support program

Designer - Interiors/ Covers

Designing interiors, typesetting, cover designs, reviewing match-proofs, some production responsibility

Academic publishers outsource to my company for production. Main point of contact for author throughout production process, from Word manuscript to finished print and ebook files. Manage copyediting, typesetting, indexing, proofreading and proof correction processes. Work to a short schedule set by the publisher. Responsible for quality control at all stages. Usually managing ~25 books at a time (this is over capacity, should be ~15).

Started at €20k, up to €30k after 14 months but there is no upward progression from here. I support 2 people, if we didn't live in a grimy tax dodge rent would take my entire paycheck. I love the job despite abusive authors but will eventually have to seek a better wage for quality of life.

Track books through production and keep production schedules, look up sales numbers and comps, write tip and launch sheets, write catalog and selling copy, manage authenticity readers, file check requests, order final copies and ARCs, draft deal memos, edit manuscripts, read submissions, field requests from multiple departments and authors, and other admin miscellany

university-affiliated literary magazine

$27/hour, half-time role with health benefits

Junior Accountant/Analyst

Subsidiary Rights Coordinator

$58,500 with $5,000 yearly bonus

Supporting a senior agent (handling queries, contracts, author payments, editorial, supervising my intern etc)

International Sales Manager

Title marketing, social media manager, seasonal meeting coordinating, mailings, outreach

Reviewing submissions, process contract requests, manage/schedule meetings, edit titles

Design from start to finish covers and interiors for ~15-20 new titles per year. Art direction of and communication to artists and freelancers.

Company in NYC, currently remote out of state

Production Coordinator: $40,000; $44,099; $49,735; $51,233. Production Associate: $55,000

Last salary increase was due to employer going from 35 hour work week to 40 hour work week for non-exempt employees.

Senior Agency Assistant / Junior Agent

Contracts, permissions, managing backlist, hiring interns, queries, foreign rights, office upkeep, etc