Macmillan Learning
Editorial Director, Audio
🇺🇸 New York, NY
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $130K - $135K
💻 Other
🗓️ September 25th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Macmillan Publishers is hiring an Editorial Director, Audio to lead and grow the audiobook publishing program. The role involves acquiring and developing audio titles, managing an editorial team, collaborating with other departments, and driving innovation to deliver high-quality, commercially successful products.
Highlights
- Acquire and develop audiobook titles aligned with business goals and market demands.
- Lead and mentor an editorial team to ensure editorial excellence.
- Manage the entire editorial process from proposal to publication.
- Build and maintain relationships with authors, agents, and content creators.
- Collaborate with production, marketing, sales, and design teams.
- Analyze industry trends and listener behavior to guide editorial direction.
- Set and manage title budgets in collaboration with finance and sales teams.
- Oversee licensing of rights to English-language audio publishers internationally.
- Represent the Audio department at industry events and conferences.
- Required: 5+ years in senior editorial/acquisitions role, bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- Salary range: $130,000 - $135,000 annually.
Editorial Director, Audio Full Description
Editorial Director, Audio
Job Category: Editorial
Requisition Number: EDITO003169
- Full-Time
- 120 Broadway
- New York, NY 10271, USA
Job Details
Description
The Editorial Director within Macmillan Audio is a strategic leader who will drive the acquisition and development of audiobooks, helping to shape the creative and strategic direction of the audio publishing program. You will lead an accomplished editorial team, forge and nurture key relationships with authors and agents, and collaborate across departments to deliver high-quality, commercially successful audio titles that captivate listeners and expand our market reach.
What you'll do:
- Acquire and develop high-impact titles that align with Macmillan Audio’s business goals and a deep understanding of listener/market demands.
- Evaluate proposals and manuscripts for viability on audio, providing expert guidance on acquisitions, author relations, and project execution.
- Mentor and guide the editorial team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance environment while ensuring editorial excellence and professional growth
- Oversee the editorial process for audiobooks, from proposal through publication, ensuring quality, timeliness, and market relevance.
- Build and maintain strong, lasting relationships with authors, agents, and content creators to grow the audio publishing list.
- Collaborate with production, marketing, sales, and design teams to deliver compelling and innovative audio products.
- Analyze industry trends, listener behavior, and competitive landscapes to inform editorial direction.
- Set and manage title budgets in partnership with finance, sales, and production teams.
- Oversee the licensing of rights and use of masters to English-language audio publishers in other countries
- Represent the Audio department at industry events, conferences, and author meetings.
- Drive innovation in audio storytelling, exploring new formats, genres, and creative opportunities.
What you'll bring:
- A proven collaborator with a track record of effectively working across teams
- Superior judgment of commercial potential for editorial projects
- Adept at multitasking in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Fluency with utilizing data and market insights to inform strategic decision-making
Ideal Experience/Education:
- Five plus years of publishing experience in a senior editorial or acquisitions role
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
This role will have an annual salary of $130,000 - $135,000.
Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade company that is part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned group of media companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.
U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, companies in the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group publish under the Pan Macmillan name. The German publishing company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels. The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.
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