The location for this position can be hybrid or remote in New York or Naperville, Illinois or remote based in any of the following states: Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Wisconsin.
This is a temporary non-exempt hourly position at $22.00/hourly. This assignment will be approximately 60 days in duration. We determine starting pay based on a thorough evaluation of job-related factors, including geographic location, market conditions, relevant experience, training, and education. This process ensures a fair and competitive salary that aligns with both the company and the candidate’s qualifications.
What you’ll do:
- Provide day-to-day operational support to the Metadata Supervisor and broader Metadata team.
- Serve as a key support resource for digital metadata, ensuring information is accurate, complete, and delivered on schedule.
- Create, update, review, and maintain product metadata across internal systems and partner platforms as needed.
- Manage routine metadata tasks, including data entry, updates, quality checks, and data cleanup.
- Monitor metadata for accuracy and completeness, identifying and helping resolve discrepancies or missing information.
- Provide FileMaker support, including data entry, maintenance, reporting, and routine troubleshooting.
- Track assigned tasks, priorities, and deadlines to ensure work is completed accurately and on time.
- Assist with troubleshooting metadata and system-related issues, escalating more complex problems when appropriate.
- Collaborate with team members and internal partners to answer questions and resolve metadata issues.
- Provide additional coverage and support during periods of high volume or shifting team priorities.
- Assist with special projects and other metadata initiatives as assigned.
- Help document and maintain team processes and workflows to support consistency and efficiency.
- High school diploma or equivalent required; associate or bachelor’s degree preferred but not required.
- Strong attention to detail with a demonstrated ability to maintain accuracy when working with data and repetitive tasks.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple assignments and deadlines.
- Comfortable working with computers, databases, spreadsheets, and other business systems.
- Basic proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability and willingness to learn new systems, tools, and processes quickly.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to identify discrepancies and ask appropriate questions.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to follow established processes and instructions while working independently.
- Collaborative mindset and willingness to provide support across the team as priorities shift.
- Dependable, adaptable, and comfortable working in a deadline-driven environment.
- Previous experience with data entry, administrative support, databases, or digital content is a plus, but not required.
- Experience with publishing, metadata, audiobooks, or FileMaker is helpful, but not required.
Sourcebooks is a thriving entrepreneurial publisher driven by our mission to change lives through books. The fifth-largest publisher in the U.S. by print units sold, we bring extraordinary authors to readers in dynamic, data-driven ways, leading to hundreds of national and international bestsellers. Our insight-driven approach has earned us recognition from Fast Company as a Most Innovative Company, a Best Workplace for Innovators, a Most Loved Workplace by Newsweek, a Best Workplace by Inc., and Publishers Weekly’s nod as “the most successful self-made publisher operating in the 21st century.”. Story by story, book by book, we have changed more than 300 million lives. Join us as we change 300 million more!
Ready to Apply:
Please submit your resume, salary requirements, and cover letter detailing your relevant experience and interest in this role. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered. Show us your passion and creativity — we’re looking for someone who’s as enthusiastic about this opportunity as we are!
Full-time employees are eligible for our comprehensive benefits program. Our range of benefits include, but are not limited to, Medical/Prescription drug insurance, Dental, Vision, Health Care, Dependent Care, Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account 401(k), Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance, Life/AD&D Insurance, & generous paid time off.
Sourcebooks values the array of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status
Skills Required
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy with data and repetitive tasks
- Strong organizational and time-management skills
- Comfort working with computers, databases, spreadsheets, and business systems
- Basic proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications
- Ability and willingness to learn new systems, tools, and processes quickly
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to identify discrepancies and ask appropriate questions
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to follow established processes and instructions while working independently
- Collaborative mindset and willingness to provide support across the team
- Dependable, adaptable, and comfortable working in a deadline-driven environment
- Associate or bachelor's degree
- Previous experience with data entry, administrative support, databases, or digital content
- Experience with publishing, metadata, audiobooks, or FileMaker
Sourcebooks Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sourcebooks and has not been reviewed or approved by Sourcebooks.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, paid holidays and sick days, and a sabbatical program are highlighted, with additional closure between Christmas and New Year’s. These elements collectively indicate a wide range of time‑off options.
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Parental & Family Support — Generous parental leave includes six weeks paid for both parents that can be combined with FMLA, alongside family medical leave. This reflects structured support for caregiving needs.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are provided along with life insurance, short‑ and long‑term disability, FSAs, and mental‑health benefits. The package spans core health protections and ancillary supports.
Sourcebooks Insights
What We Do
“Sourcebooks, a legitimate contender for the title of ‘most innovative company in book publishing.’”—Mike Shatzkin, Idealog Innovators. Always looking for ways to bring new experiences to our readers, data is the backbone that gives direction to our creativity and informs our innovative spirit. Put Me In The Story, now the #1 personalized book platform in the U.S., is one of three e-commerce businesses we operate. We are committed to innovative publishing and to exploring new publishing platforms and models. Owners and Entrepreneurs. We take pride in being pioneers. Each of us is a leader invested in creating breakthrough for ourselves, our company, and readers everywhere. Starting with just one book in 1987, we now publish more than 300 new titles each year. With millions of books sold and more than 80 New York Times and USA Today bestsellers—and more—Sourcebooks publishes authors, not books. Constantly Learning. Not content to rely on yesterday’s knowledge, we know tomorrow’s opportunities can be discovered only with a passionate desire to explore new ideas. We Create Amazing. Every book and product we create and every life we touch is an opportunity to deliver the unexpected and the extraordinary. Our award-winning books earn accolades from Parenting Media Awards, YALSA Lists, Texas Bluebonnet, state awards, the Society of Illustrators Gold Medal Award, and more. Book Business Magazine named Sourcebooks 2013 Publishing Innovator of the Year. From children’s, young adult, fiction, and memoir to personalized books, inspirational gifts, reference, poetry, and beyond, we believe books change lives. It is the heart of all that we do. We are excited to work with passionate authors, booksellers, librarians, designers, media, brand partners, and others to create a vibrant future for books. FIND US ONLINE www.sourcebooks.com www.putmeinthestory.com www.simpletruths.com www.123magic.com
