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Editor - Running Press Group

Hachette Book Group · Philadelphia, PA · posted 7 days ago

In short: Editor - Running Press Group at Hachette Book Group in Philadelphia, PA, posted 7 days ago.

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The job

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Employer	Hachette Book Group
Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Field	Marketing, Media and Creative › Content, editing and production
Level	Senior Level
Source category	Writing and Editing
Posted	2026-11-02 (7 days ago)
Work arrangement	On-site at the location listed
Pay	Not published in the source listing

Job description

Running Press, an imprint of the Hachette Book Group company, is a leading publisher of books, decks and book-plus, and Mini Kits in the categories of Pop Culture, Entertainment, Licensed Publishing, Creative Self-Help, Lifestyle, Food & Drink, Humor, and Gift. We are seeking an Editor to join our highly creative and collaborative team to acquire and edit approximately 15 books and related book-plus products (such as card decks, guided journals, puzzles, games, and our proprietary Mini Kits) each year. It would be a bonus if the candidate is also able to help expand our emerging list of genre fiction with key publishing partners.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Brainstorm and develop projects based on entertainment properties, lifestyle practices, and popular formats, with a vision for creating books and other related products, including Mini Kits, that connect with fan communities and hit marketplace trends.
Cultivate strong relationships with authors, licensors, literary agents, subject experts, and other creative communities with the goal of acquiring titles and introducing partnership opportunities for Running Press.
Evaluate and develop book proposals and pitches, making commercial, creative, and imprint-focused cases for acquisition.
Work with Editorial Director on expanding Running Press's one-color narrative publishing and bonus if able to grow our fiction line, working with partners to acquire and develop titles that meet trends in the genre fiction space.
Work with licensors to craft concepts and guide projects through all stages of approvals.
Edit and develop manuscripts, and act as a project manager through all stages of the publishing process.
Work closely and collaboratively with in-house design, production, and production editorial departments, as well as external freelancers, authors, and publishing partners.
Draft descriptive copy that will be used to explain and position books to the sales and marketing departments, as well as write consumer-facing descriptive copy.
Act as project editor on some titles acquired by Editorial Director.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES REQUIRED:

Possess excellent verbal and written communications skills, including comfort speaking publicly in varied in-house team meetings and sales-facing presentations.
Have 5+ years' editorial experience in book, licensing, magazine, or digital publishing, with experience in genre fiction and/or illustrated books or other content-rich media spaces considered a plus.
Have a well-developed understanding of the acquisition and book publishing process.
Be highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously.
Embrace all aspects of the creative process, including brainstorming, editorial development, and determining a design/physical package.
Demonstrate sensitivity and professionalism when interacting with authors and their literary agents, licensors, and colleagues.
Be comfortable coordinating team projects that will include designers, authors, and freelancers.
Be proficient in Word, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, and Excel or other like tools, and have a strong understanding of line editing, and familiarity with the Chicago Manual of Style or other style guides

How to Apply: To be considered, please submit a resume and cover letter.

Location: Philadelphia (Preferred) or New York City (Hybrid - three days per week in the office)

About Hachette Book Group

Hachette Book Group (HBG) is a leading book publisher based in New York and a division of Hachette Livre, the third-largest publisher in the world. The mission of Hachette Book Group is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment, and opportunity. At HBG, we are guided by four core pillars: Understanding Consumers, Changing the Story, Owner Mentality, and Growth Mindset.

As a leading book publisher, we believe that including and representing diverse voices in all aspects of our business is fundamental to what we do. Our publishing programs must reflect the broad range of backgrounds, experiences, political views and ideas that shape our society and publish books for all readers.

Hachette Book Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

The compensation range for this position is $60,000-$70,000. Salary can vary based on a number of factors including skills, experience, and location - talk with your recruiter to learn more. There may be times that you will be required (or requested) to work overtime due to the nature of your role or exceptional workload issues or special projects.

The following benefits are offered by the company: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life, short-term and long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment, critical illness, hospital indemnity, long-term care, health and dependent care FSA, commuter benefit plan, employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement, travel assistance, 401(k), discretionary bonus program, PTO (15 vacation days, 3 personal days, 10 holidays and generous sick leave) and group discounts on auto and home insurance and legal services. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification, hours worked and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms.

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This is a Senior Level role in the Marketing, Media and Creative field (Content, editing and production) at Hachette Book Group. Senior roles usually expect substantial experience, ownership of results and often the ability to guide others.

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The city

The job is in Philadelphia, PA. Below is what the official statistics say about living and working there.

How Philadelphia compares. Among the 100 largest places in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia is #1 by population, #96 for long commutes (#1 = fewest), #80 for rent (#1 = cheapest), #22 for remote work (#1 = most). Its county, Philadelphia County, is #4 of 67 counties for average pay ($83,187).

The place in numbers

Philadelphia has 1,579,706 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 12.1% of the population of Pennsylvania. It covers 134 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 11,760 people per square mile. The median age is 35.3, 14% younger than the state median (35.3 against 40.9).

Housing

The median gross rent is $1,397 a month (rent plus utilities), 16% above the state median ($1,397 against $1,209). Over a year that is 27.1% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $243,100, which is 3.9 times the median household income ($61,953); a ratio under 4 usually means ownership is within reach for many households. 51.8% of households own their home, 25% below the state average (51.8% against 69.3%). A low ownership share points to a rental-heavy market with more apartments and shorter stays.

Work and pay

The Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metropolitan area has 2,897,830 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $54,310 a year, 7% above the national median ($54,310 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are office and administrative support (320,580 jobs, median $49,040); transportation and material moving (247,580 jobs, median $44,740); food preparation and serving related (235,150 jobs, median $34,710). The area is most specialised in healthcare support (1.5 times) and legal (1.4 times), where the share of workers is well above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($131,960) and computer and mathematical ($107,250). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Philadelphia County was 4.3%. 63.6% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Philadelphia County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.

Getting around

Among workers, 46.0% drive alone, 16.7% use public transit, 7.1% walk, 18.4% work from home. 23.9% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 46% above the state average (23.9% against 16.4%).

People and education

35.4% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, about the same as the state share (35.4% against 35.2%). 15.2% of residents were born outside the United States, 97% above the state share (15.2% against 7.7%). The poverty rate is 21.4%, 82% above the state rate (21.4% against 11.7%).

Climate

The warmest month is Jul, averaging 76°F (24.6°C), and the coolest is Jan at 30°F (-1.0°C). About 1,228 mm (48 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; Jul is the wettest month (124 mm) and Jan the driest (78 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.

Nearby cities to compare

Closest cities in this guide: Bala Cynwyd (5 miles, rent 35% higher); Camden (5 miles, rent 12% lower); Collingswood (7 miles, rent 7% higher); Cherry Hill Mall (8 miles, rent 53% higher). Rent differences are against Philadelphia; use the Compare tab to put any two cities side by side.

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Where to live

CITY Official statistics Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year (via Census Reporter) · Data: ACS 2020–2024

Places within 50 miles (straight line) of Philadelphia, PA that have a guide, with what living there costs. No pay estimate is shown because the title did not match one occupation.

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Place ⇅	Distance from the job city ⇅	Median rent ⇅	Median home value ⇅	Median household income ⇅	Commute 45+ min ⇅	Rent as % of occupation pay ⇅	Open jobs there ⇅
Philadelphia, PA	0 mi	$1,397	$243,100	$61,953	23.9%	n/a	Jobs
Bala Cynwyd, PA	5 mi	$1,886	$640,400	$150,000	17.8%	n/a	—
Camden, NJ	5 mi	$1,226	$112,000	$40,546	10.1%	n/a	—
Collingswood, NJ	7 mi	$1,488	$380,400	$90,184	15.1%	n/a	—
Cherry Hill Mall, NJ	8 mi	$2,132	$341,200	$103,708	19.6%	n/a	—
Westmont, NJ	8 mi	$1,754	$422,200	$115,317	13.8%	n/a	—
Yeadon, PA	8 mi	$1,213	$182,800	$49,759	21.7%	n/a	—
Roslyn, PA	8 mi	$1,306	$328,800	$99,318	21.9%	n/a	—
Ardmore, PA	9 mi	$1,763	$453,100	$119,111	15.4%	n/a	—
Lansdowne, PA	9 mi	$1,304	$210,500	$73,232	25.8%	n/a	—
Darby, PA	9 mi	$1,308	$117,900	$39,863	32.5%	n/a	—
Willow Grove, PA	10 mi	$1,765	$357,300	$98,064	19.3%	n/a	—
Moorestown-Lenola, NJ	10 mi	$1,648	$581,700	$138,398	19.1%	n/a	—
Drexel Hill, PA	10 mi	$1,357	$266,400	$88,168	22.3%	n/a	—
Horsham, PA	12 mi	$1,446	$388,500	$94,987	15.7%	n/a	—
Broomall, PA	12 mi	$1,765	$483,000	$105,625	14.4%	n/a	—
Springdale, NJ	13 mi	$879	$493,900	$164,796	22.5%	n/a	—
Norristown, PA	13 mi	$1,422	$213,900	$66,701	13.2%	n/a	—
Croydon, PA	14 mi	$1,312	$293,700	$70,308	18.9%	n/a	—
King of Prussia, PA	14 mi	$2,077	$436,200	$117,912	15.1%	n/a	Jobs

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Distances

CITY Calculation (straight line) Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer (coordinates) · Data: 2024

How far Philadelphia, PA is from the 20 largest US cities, in straight-line miles (not driving distance). Click a column to sort.

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From ⇅	Straight-line distance (miles) ⇅	Population of that city ⇅
Philadelphia, PA	0 mi	1,579,706
New York, NY	77 mi	8,483,844
Columbus, OH	415 mi	914,802
Charlotte, NC	455 mi	903,844
Indianapolis, IN	584 mi	885,860
Chicago, IL	667 mi	2,711,226
Jacksonville, FL	763 mi	977,670
Oklahoma City, OK	1,259 mi	697,125
Dallas, TX	1,298 mi	1,307,930
Fort Worth, TX	1,328 mi	963,194
Houston, TX	1,343 mi	2,328,253
Austin, TX	1,437 mi	979,539
San Antonio, TX	1,508 mi	1,479,835
Denver, CO	1,570 mi	718,877
Phoenix, AZ	2,077 mi	1,642,323
San Diego, CA	2,365 mi	1,389,526
Seattle, WA	2,374 mi	754,195
Los Angeles, CA	2,399 mi	3,857,263
San Jose, CA	2,497 mi	990,138
San Francisco, CA	2,550 mi	830,235

Nearby cities with open jobs (within 120 miles)

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City ⇅	Straight-line distance ⇅	Open jobs ⇅
Fort Washington, PA	10 mi	2
Marlton, NJ	13 mi	13
Wilmington, DE	28 mi	2
Newark, DE	40 mi	8
Bethlehem, PA	44 mi	3
Lakewood, NJ	49 mi	2
Atlantic City, NJ	57 mi	5
Iselin, NJ	58 mi	2
Jersey City, NJ	74 mi	108
New York, NY	77 mi	2,049
Brooklyn, NY	78 mi	1
Manhattan, NY	81 mi	3
Mahwah, NJ	91 mi	2
Baltimore, MD	93 mi	107
Deer Park, NY	109 mi	17
Darien, CT	114 mi	11

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Median rent in Philadelphia is $1,397 a month and median household income $61,953 (ACS 2020–2024).

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