Executive Publishing Director & Managing Editor

Executive Publishing Director & Managing Editor1. Executive Summary & Position Overview

Position Attribute

Specification

Job Title

Executive Publishing Director & Managing Editor

Unit / Division

Books & Research Publishing Unit

Mapped Service Stream

Global Authority Book Publishing

Executive Ghostwriting, Trade & Corporate Publishing, Strategic Thought Leadership

Engagement Model

Senior Consulting Partner / Director (Hybrid / Remote with Global Client Engagements)

Experience Requirement

5+ Years in developmental editing, executive ghostwriting, or managing trade/corporate publication pipelines

C-Suite Executives, Founders, Senior Management Consultants, Public Policy Leaders, Category-Defining Thought Leaders

The Executive Publishing Director & Managing Editor serves as the master intellectual architect and creative director for high-stakes client manuscripts. In a business world dominated by disposable social media posts and superficial AI content, this partner leads our Global Authority Book Publishing stream, capturing the authentic voice and hard-earned insights of elite corporate leaders and translating them into commercially viable, legacy-building books.

Operating at the strategic nexus of developmental ghostwriting, rigorous structural editing, intellectual property structuring, and master-level typographic design, the Director oversees the complete journey from raw conceptual discovery to physical book distribution. This partner works directly with founders, C-suite executives, and public policy architects to deliver 100% IP ownership, turnkey print-ready assets, and instant retail availability across more than 40,000 bookstores, corporate libraries, and academic networks worldwide.

(Sourced directly from the DADYMINDS Unit Employee Skill Set Framework)

Executive Ghostwriting & Developmental Editing (Skill #2): Elite ability to capture the authentic voice of C-suite leaders and founders, organizing raw strategic insight into structured, compelling long-form narratives and business playbooks.

Advanced Pre-Press Typography & Editorial Design (Skill #3): Production-grade typesetting and layout design in Adobe InDesign CC, including master page grid architecture, font hierarchy, kerning, micro-typography, and pre-flight print separation.

Global Distribution Metadata Engineering & POD API Operations (Skill #6): Precision management of ONIX data feeds, BISAC/Thema subject categorization, keyword algorithms, and print-on-demand fulfillment pipelines.

Intellectual Property Structuring & Copyright Licensing (Skill #8): Securing sovereign author-retention contracts, international trademark alignments, Library of Congress filings, and territorial rights syndication while ensuring clients retain 100% IP ownership.

Enterprise Workflow & Automation Architecture (Skill #9): Orchestrating multi-stage manuscript editorial workflows, version-controlled review cycles, and client sign-offs using Zoho Creator, Zoho Docs, and project pipelines.

Diagnostic Client Elicitation & Elite Interviewing (Skill #1): Conducting high-yield, empathetic diagnostic interview sessions with time-constrained executives to draw out proprietary frameworks without causing client fatigue.

Multi-Stakeholder Editorial Project Management (Skill #2): Managing multi-month book publication cycles, coordinating proofreaders, illustrators, legal teams, and executive stakeholders without scope creep.

Strategic Thought-Leadership Positioning (Skill #3): Analyzing market saturation and competitive business literature to carve out uncontested intellectual territory and category authority for the author.

Print Production Sourcing & Material Specifications (Skill #8): Detailed specification of paper weights (GSM), binding types (case laminate, jacketed hardcover, foil stamping, edge guilding, and specialty paper stocks) for bespoke executive editions.

Content Atomization & Derivative Asset Packaging (Skill #6): Breaking down a 250+ page monograph into executive briefs, keynote frameworks, Linked In series, and internal corporate training modules.

Manuscript Architecture & Ghostwriting: Conduct elite interview series and developmental structural editing to draft, write, and refine executive monographs, business playbooks, and organizational memoirs.

Turnkey Editorial Curation: Direct the end-to-end editorial pipeline—including developmental passes, line editing, copyediting, index…