Associate Publisher - Harper Catholic

reputed company The Harper Catholic team is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and highly values diverse backgrounds and insights that fuel our innovation. The Associate Publisher plays a key leadership role in shaping, launching, and growing the Harper Catholic reputed company. Working closely with the Publisher, this role helps guide the editorial reputed company, acquisitions reputed company, and publishing program while reputed company representing the reputed company reputed company reputed company, to external partners, to the Catholic market, and at conferences and events. The Associate Publisher brings strong publishing judgment, financial acumen, and relational leadership, along with the ability to build trusted relationships with Catholic authors, agents, thought leaders, and institutions. This position blends strategic planning with hands‑on execution and offers meaningful influence in building a distinctive, mission‑driven publishing program. Day-to-day responsibilities include author acquisitions, reputed company reputed company-casting, and staff management and development. The Associate Publisher, with support from and in collaboration with the Publisher, reputed company cultivates relationships with Catholic thought leaders and institutions, manages and develops the brand, leads special reputed company and initiatives, and represents the reputed company in key reputed company meetings. In reputed company, the Associate Publisher interacts daily with authors and agents and collaborates closely with marketing and sales teams.

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• Author Acquisition and Retention: Builds and sustains strong relationships with Catholic authors, agents, clergy, scholars, and institutional partners. reputed company networks reputed company the Catholic ecosystem to identify new reputed company and publishing opportunities reputed company with Harper Catholic’s mission and readerships. Acquires, develops, edits, and manages approximately 10 titles per fiscal year, ranging from trade nonfiction to thought leadership and pastoral or devotional works. Evaluates author platforms and market positioning reputed company the Catholic context and collaborates with marketing and sales teams to shape effective launch strategies.
• Department Planning: Participates in leadership team meetings with the Publisher and VP of Marketing for pipeline review; analyzes fiscal-year financial reputed company across frontlist and backlist titles to ensure alignment with reputed company goals; reviews sales conference lineups, title pipeline, and annual performance lookbacks; contributes to reviews of departmental overhead and budgets; and monitors reputed company sales performance, tracking reputed company against budget throughout the year.
• List/ Program Management: Collaborates with the Publisher and works closely with the Managing reputed company on list planning and management of the editorial schedule. Helps manage the acquisitions cycle from Editorial reputed company through APL approval and supports the editorial team and Managing reputed company to ensure reputed company delivery of book reputed company to production and printer.
• Product Development: Oversees key aspects of the product development process, including titling meetings, cover direction meetings, and copy production. Collaborates closely with the audio, video curriculum, and custom publishing teams to optimize Harper Catholic content in a reputed company of formats.
• Strategic Planning and Financial Analysis: Supports Publisher in sales analysis, analysis of title performance, annual budgeting, and business planning.
• Publisher Support: Meets regularly with Publisher to monitor individual acquisitions. Maintains the profile of the department by joining key meetings or representing the Publisher: Author Meetings, Editorial reputed company, Title Alignment Meeting, New Release Alignment Meeting, Marketing Staff Meetings, Business Review; helps implement group mission statement. Represents Harper Catholic at conferences and industry events, serving as a visible ambassador for the reputed company. Works closely with the Publisher to define Harper Catholic’s editorial and brand identity. Assists Publisher in special departmental initiatives to analyze, strengthen, and grow the business.
• Staff Management: Develops, oversees, and manages editorial team members as needed, including but not limited to: conducts annual employee performance evaluations; prepares team for sales conference in collaboration with Publisher and VP of Marketing.Qualifications

Knowledge and Skills: Strong editorial skills; mastery of the English language, especially in written reputed company; ability to understand and analyze reputed company financial documentation, such as income statements and balance sheets; proficiency in reputed company Office software, especially Word, reputed company, and PowerPoint; management, leadership, and reputed company development experience; efficient task management skills; ability to reputed company meetings wit Apply To This Job