Job Detective: W. W. Norton Hires

By Jason Boog 

Home - W. W.jpgAs the middle of the week nears, three new publishing jobs have surfaced. Like a hardboiled gumshoe, GalleyCat has been investigating publishing work on the mediabistro.com job boards. For your resume-making pleasure, here are the new postings. If you have any job-related tips, feel free to email us.

First up, ABRAMS seeks a Publicist. Next, a Established Publishing Company is looking for an Internet Project Manager.

Finally, W. W. Norton & Company, Norton Professional Books needs an Associate Managing Editor. Here’s more about the job: “[This editor] manages approximately 12 to 15 books a season throughout through the production process, from manuscript approval through copyediting, jacket design, page proofs, indexing, and publication. Duties include hiring and overseeing freelance copy editors, jacket designers, and indexers; checking copyedited manuscript; and editing and proofreading page proofs. The associate managing editor also acts a point person for authors, walking them through each stage of the production process and answering any questions they may have.”