Associate Editor

Overview

Job Title: Associate Editor – Ministry Resources
Organization: United Methodist Publishing House (UMPH) – Nashville, TN
Work Arrangement: On-site, Remote

Salary: $21.93 - $32.93/hr •
Employment: Full-time •
Posted: 23 hours ago

The Associate Editor – Ministry Resources position combines editing experience with the ability to plan and oversee project development. The incumbent possesses:

• Solid biblical studies foundation
• Excellent writing skills
• Working knowledge of the United Methodist Church or other mainline denominations
• Familiarity with the needs and interests of leaders and groups within the church
• Mastery of line and development editing skills
• Familiarity with and openness to generative AI technology
• Flexibility in developing both print and video resources
• Strong organization and leadership skills
• Ability to adhere to a budget and production schedule in order to produce high-quality books and programs that meet sales expectations

In collaboration with the Associate Publisher, Senior Editor, and Publishing team, which includes or collaborates with editing, business operations, marketing, and sales functions, the Associate Editor edits and oversees a range of new titles each year.

Reporting Relationship & Peers

Reports to the Senior Editor for Ministry Resources, as do:

• Senior Production Manager
• Editor – General Studies
• Contract/freelance editors as necessary (non-UMPH staff)

Areas of Impact (as applicable)

Annual product sales – Ministry Resources: $5,000,000

Essential Job Functions

• Provides editorial support for assigned projects, meeting the team’s guidelines and sales goals within cost parameters. This includes developmental editing, line editing, fact-checking, communication with authors, coordination of video resources, and creation of leader content.
• Accomplishes general administrative tasks related to projects such as creation of business plans and contract orders, maintaining records in Biblio, coordinating relationships with vendors, and attending to the project management platform.
• Works with the production manager on various production-related tasks such as tagging, reviewing copyedits, integrating manuscript changes, plagiarism review, permissions, scripture citation review, and other research.
• Works directly with the Abingdon Women line of products to acquire, develop, and nurture authors in the creation of robust women’s Bible studies and devotional materials.

• Adhering to financially viable publishing plans that meet our customer needs and interests while fulfilling specific sales targets
• Editing resources in such a way that they are sound in content, reflect the mission and vision of Abingdon Press, and are marketable through Abingdon Press channels
• Establishing good and productive working relations with authors, publishing colleagues, and with internal production, sales, and marketing colleagues in a remote environment
• Managing time and available resources to complete tasks across multiple projects and with multiple team members
• Keeping aware of and in touch with intended customers in order to meet their needs, exceed their expectations, and build their trust

• Authority to participate in preparing a strategic publishing plan developing specific product proposals for recommendation to the publishing unit and the Publishing Leadership Team
• Authority to participate in editorial and project budget planning and monitoring as required
• Accountability for work-related decisions about publication content; contract/freelance editors and copy editors; illustrations, art, and photographs; permissions; and other pertinent matters pertaining to the development of a book or program
• Accountability for all content that appears in sponsored or assigned publications

Internal

• Members of the Ministry Resources publishing group, the wider Publishing Department, the Abingdon and Cokesbury sales and marketing teams, and business operations

External

• Authors, internal and external reviewers/evaluators, and contract/freelance editors and copy/production…