Assistant Editor, Love Inspired (Toronto Hybrid)
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Job Summary
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Company: Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Date: November 17 2025
Job Title: Assistant Editor Love Inspired
Department: Editorial Harlequin Brand Group
Reporting To: Executive Editor Love Inspired
Status: Regular Full Time
Location: 195 Broadway New York NY (hybrid model) OR
22 Adelaide Street West Toronto (hybrid model)
Job Vacancy Status: Vacant and actively accepting applications
Job Summary:
The Assistant Editor is responsible for providing editorial and administrative assistance for the Love Inspired inspirational romance publishing programs as well as soliciting acquiring and developing authors/books for this program. The primary purpose is to ensure the ongoing and timely supply of high quality saleable titles for the list.
Responsibilities
- Provides editorial support to the Senior/Executive Editor including preparing revision and rejection letters reading and evaluating suitability of proposals for the publishing program line editing with supervision and overseeing copy editing and author approval/alterations.
- Works with specified author base to acquire manuscripts with the appropriate editorial fit and highest editorial quality for the publishing strategy. Reads submissions (solicited and unsolicited where applicable) responds to authors/agents negotiates contracts and monitors payments to authors; develops new authors to publication standard.
- Provides editorial input into packaging design to ensure key selling features are reflected in the book package. Recommends titles and writes/revises back cover copy.
- Provides assistance to team as needed to support imprint strategy and growth.
- Represents the program/company at both internal and external conferences.
- Fosters current agent contacts and develops relationships with new agents.
Qualifications
- An undergraduate degree
- 1 to 3 years of relevant experience in the publishing industry
- Strong communication planning organizational teamwork and problem-solving skills
- The ability to manage execution to prioritize and to pay close attention to detail.
- Flexible with the ability to manage and adapt to rapidly changing situations and circumstances
Harlequin is a company full of people who are passionate about books. When you apply for a position we want to know why you want to work here and why you are interested in the job.Thats why cover letters are strongly preferred.
About HarperCollins Canada and Harlequin
Harlequin is a leading publisher of commercial fiction and narrative nonfiction. We publish more than 100 titles a month that reach audiences globally. Encompassing highly recognizable imprints that span a broad number of genres we are home to many award-winning New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling authors. Harlequin is a division of HarperCollins Publishers the second-largest consumer book publisher
in the world. Through HarperCollinss global publishing program Harlequin titles are published in 17 countries and 16 languages.
The salary range for this position is $51000-$61000. We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidates experience industry knowledge technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.
Known worldwide for the quality of its list HarperCollins Canada is the proud home of many bestselling and award-winning authors including Esi Edugyan Heather ONeill and Lawrence Hill. It is our vision to publish the best books of our generation and to work with authors over the length and breadth of their careers. Our authors are at the centre of everything we addition to the Canadian publishing program HarperCollins Canada is responsible for the sales marketing and publicity of HarperCollins titles from around the globe
HarperCollins Canada and Harlequin are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to equal employment opportunities. Employment decisions are based on job requirements and the skills
knowledge and experience of the candidate regardless of any other factors unrelated to job performance.
HarperCollins Publishers is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application due to a disability email us at . Note: we will only respond to accommodation requests.
We thank all applicants for their interest however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- Proofreading
- Video Editing
- Fact check
- Taleo
- Copy Editing
- Digitization
- Journalism
- Market Research
- Adobe Premiere
- Final Cut Pro
- Wordpress
- Writing Skills
