Jobs at Simon & Schuster, LLC

Leads editorial operations for Simon & Schuster Australia’s adult publishing division. Oversees project editors, workflows, critical paths, schedules, budgets, metadata, systems, backlist processes, suppliers, freelancers, and team capability. Partners with publishers to improve efficiency, maintain editorial quality, support authors and agents, and ensure publishing programmes are delivered on time and within budget.

Leads nonfiction acquisitions and editorial development for Atria Books, identifying authors and concepts, evaluating proposals, negotiating deals, guiding manuscripts through publication, and shaping commercial publishing strategies. Collaborates with marketing, publicity, sales, design, production, and rights teams; monitors market trends and sales performance; develops author relationships; mentors editorial colleagues; and balances creative vision with financial and scheduling considerations.

Build modern .NET worker services, APIs, T-SQL solutions, and web interfaces replacing legacy COBOL batch systems. Review and validate AI-generated code, implement logging and restartability patterns, support parallel validation and production cutovers, troubleshoot system differences, and improve engineering standards. The role requires production ownership, strong SQL and full-stack development skills, and collaboration with QA and legacy-system specialists.

Develop and execute social media strategy and daily content across TikTok, YouTube, Meta, and emerging platforms. Create social-first video, photography, graphics, and written content; manage editorial calendars and publishing workflows; analyze performance and audience trends; support social commerce, affiliate marketing, and creator partnerships; and collaborate with marketing, publicity, authors, and internal teams to grow book discovery and audience engagement.

Manage publishing sales accounts across Brodart, B&N College, Follett Adult, Christian-market, and homeschool channels. Build buyer relationships, solicit frontlist and backlist orders, analyze sales and market data, plan promotions, manage co-op programs, support events, resolve order and shipment issues, coordinate commission representatives, and share market insights with sales and publishing teams.

Leads a portfolio of data- and AI-enabled software products from discovery through launch, adoption, and value realization. Defines product outcomes, roadmaps, requirements, and success measures; coordinates cross-functional delivery; manages dependencies, risks, budgets, vendors, testing, releases, and executive reporting. Drives workflow redesign, user adoption, responsible AI controls, and continuous improvement while aligning technical initiatives with measurable business outcomes.

Partners with leaders and employees on people strategies, organizational effectiveness, talent development, succession planning, employee engagement, culture, employee relations, performance management, and organizational change. Coaches managers, uses workforce insights to improve retention and performance, supports sensitive people matters, and collaborates across HR functions to strengthen the employee experience and people practices.

Develops and delivers publicity campaigns for publishing titles, securing print, broadcast, digital, and social coverage. Coordinates author events, book launches, submissions, logistics, and internal communications while maintaining relationships with authors, agents, journalists, producers, influencers, and event contacts. The role supports sales growth, provides author care, and manages multiple campaigns across fiction and nonfiction titles in a fast-paced environment.

Paid eight-week publishing internship for undergraduate and graduate students. Interns support research, writing, organization, administrative tasks, meetings, and department projects while learning publishing operations through mentorship. Opportunities span editorial, marketing, publicity, sales, production, and corporate marketing. The program requires 16 hours weekly across two full days and is available in New York City and Stoughton, Massachusetts.

Oversee daily distribution center operations, including receiving, inventory control, fulfillment, shipping, and returns. Lead supervisors and warehouse staff, manage staffing and training, monitor service levels, and drive Lean-based process improvements. Ensure inventory accuracy, safety, compliance, and order quality while supporting seasonal publishing demands. Collaborate with IT, Supply Chain, Sales, Customer Service, Publishing Operations, and Transportation teams to optimize warehouse systems, resolve issues, and communicate performance to leadership.

Develop and implement marketing campaigns for fiction and nonfiction titles. Responsibilities include planning campaign materials, briefing online assets, creating content strategies, supporting seasonal campaigns and events, and coordinating marketing design briefs with internal and external stakeholders. The role requires strong organization, multitasking, creativity, attention to detail, collaboration, and the ability to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Manages children’s publishing accounts, particularly Waterstones, while supporting sales growth across independent bookshops, schools, libraries, clubs and fairs. Develops commercial strategies, builds retailer and partner relationships, identifies growth opportunities, supports authors and illustrators, and collaborates with creative, marketing and regional sales teams to improve processes and expand readership.

Oversee distribution center operations including receiving, put-away, inventory control, fulfillment, shipping, and returns. Lead supervisors and warehouse staff, manage staffing and performance, ensure inventory and order accuracy, maintain safety and compliance, and drive continuous improvement. Partner with cross-functional teams to support title releases, seasonal surges, service-level commitments, and operational reporting.

Owns automated QA for a multi-year systems modernization program, including SQL-based data reconciliation, regression testing, integration and performance validation, discrepancy root-cause analysis, UAT coordination, and production cutover evidence. The role validates parallel legacy and replacement outputs across large datasets, improves reusable testing frameworks, and applies AI tools critically for test generation, analysis, and documentation.

Supports publicity campaigns for adult, children’s, and young adult books. Responsibilities include researching and pitching media, coordinating author events and bookstore visits, preparing publicity materials, and building relationships with media, booksellers, festivals, event organizers, and internal teams. The role requires creativity, multitasking, organization, attention to detail, teamwork, and the ability to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Develop and execute strategies to grow Scribner’s backlist across print, digital, audio, retail, academic, and direct-to-consumer channels. Identify repackaging and publishing opportunities, create campaigns tied to cultural and commercial moments, analyze sales and market data, and lead cross-functional collaboration with editorial, sales, marketing, publicity, design, production, rights, audio, and digital teams.

Designs up to 30 children's book titles annually, including covers and interiors, from concept through final production. Develops age-appropriate creative concepts, presents design directions, collaborates with editors and licensors, commissions and art-directs illustrators, prepares production-ready files, and supports proofing and color correction. The role also manages multiple deadlines, incorporates stakeholder feedback, and provides administrative support to the design team.

Manages corporate social media programming across multiple platforms, including content planning, publishing, community engagement, audience growth, performance reporting, and trend monitoring. Creates graphics, photography, video, and written content while supporting book campaigns, author events, partnerships, and internal social media education. Collaborates with marketing, design, and video teams to promote books and strengthen reader communities.

Financial Accountant responsible for monthly financial reporting, accounts payable and receivable, ebook and audiobook revenue processing, balance sheet reconciliations, budgeting, forecasting, expense tracking, royalty statements, and financial controls. The role supports cross-functional teams, responds to author and agent queries, contributes to process improvement projects, and provides guidance to junior team members. CPA or CA qualification, or progress toward qualification, is expected.

Supports the Simon Spotlight editorial team with scheduling, file organization, title data entry, manuscript and proof review, copywriting, project tracking, licensing coordination, communications, meeting preparation, market research, and cross-functional publishing support.