The opportunity
Stripe Press publishes ideas for progress in technology, science, and economics because we believe that for many of the most significant breakthroughs in each of these categories, the key ingredient is ideas. The Stripe Press team is effectively a startup within Stripe; we have…
What you'll do
Own the editorial path of every Stripe Press book from acquisition through: final proofs and handoff to production.
Establish and manage editorial schedules spanning manuscript delivery,: editorial review, revision, copyediting, fact-checking, permissions, indexing, proofreading, and final approval.
Evaluate manuscripts for structure, argument, clarity, pacing, voice,: evidence, and accessibility, ensuring that complex ideas remain accurate and intellectually substantive.
Establish clear expectations with authors and provide candid, actionable: guidance throughout development. Provide direct developmental or line-editing support when a project requires senior intervention.
Determine the appropriate editorial and verification process for each book,: including when to commission technical, legal, or other specialist review.
Build, commission, and supervise a trusted network of developmental editors,: line editors, copyeditors, fact-checkers, proofreaders, indexers, typesetters, and specialist reviewers.
What they're looking for
- You have significant experience managing complex nonfiction books at a trade,: academic, journalistic, or ideas-focused publishing organization.
- You demonstrate exceptional editorial judgment across structure, argument,: prose, evidence, and authorial voice.
- You are comfortable working with technical, scientific, economic, historical,: or otherwise research-intensive nonfiction.
- You have deep knowledge of developmental editing, line editing, copyediting,: fact-checking, permissions, proofreading, and editorial-production workflows.
- You are an exceptional project manager, capable of coordinating multiple: complex projects and timelines with a high degree of precision.
- You enjoy operating in a small, ambitious organization where systems are: still being built, and you share Stripe Press’s appetite for ideas that can improve how people understand and shape the world.
- You have helped launch or materially scale a publishing program, list, or imprint.
- You have developed editorial standards, tools, or workflows that improved: quality and execution in a growing organization.