Description
Stripe Press, a division of Stripe, is seeking a Managing Editor to lead the editorial development and execution of its publishing program. You will guide intellectually ambitious nonfiction from acquisition through final proofs and production-ready handoff, upholding Press's standards for rigor, clarity, accuracy, and editorial distinction.
Responsibilities:
- Own the editorial path of every Stripe Press book from acquisition through final proofs and handoff to production.
- Establish and manage editorial schedules spanning manuscript delivery, editorial review, revision, copyediting, fact-checking, permissions, indexing, proofreading, and final approval.
- Evaluate manuscripts for structure, argument, clarity, pacing, voice, evidence, and accessibility, ensuring that complex ideas remain accurate and intellectually substantive.
- Establish clear expectations with authors and provide candid, actionable guidance throughout development.
- Determine the appropriate editorial and verification process for each book, including when to commission technical, legal, or other specialist review.
- Build, commission, and supervise a trusted network of developmental editors, line editors, copyeditors, fact-checkers, proofreaders, indexers, typesetters, and specialist reviewers.
- Give final editorial approval before manuscripts enter production, and remain responsible for editorial decisions and author review through the proof stages.
- Maintain the Stripe Press house style and create clear, repeatable workflows and handoffs across editorial and production.
Requirements:
- Significant experience managing complex nonfiction books at a trade, academic, journalistic, or ideas-focused publishing organization.
- Exceptional editorial judgment across structure, argument, prose, evidence, and authorial voice.
- Comfortable working with technical, scientific, economic, historical, or otherwise research-intensive nonfiction.
- Deep knowledge of developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, fact-checking, permissions, proofreading, and editorial-production workflows.
- Exceptional project management skills, capable of coordinating multiple complex projects and timelines with a high degree of precision.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience launching or materially scaling a publishing program, list, or imprint.
- Developed editorial standards, tools, or workflows that improved quality and execution in a growing organization.