Associate Editor
Required skills
- romance
- editorial
- AI
- data analysis
- creative writing
- publishing
- reader feedback
- engagement data
- quantitative data
- storytelling
Nice to have
- serialized fiction
- web fiction
- Wattpad
- Galatea
- Kindle Vella
- webtoons
Role summary
Inkitt is seeking an Associate Editor to build its romance catalogue. This role involves diagnosing story weaknesses using reader feedback and engagement data, developing editorial plans for major rewrites, executing those rewrites with authors and AI tools, and testing revisions with readers. The ideal candidate has a deep love for romance fiction, sharp editorial instincts, creative storytelling ideas, comfort with data analysis, and excitement about using AI as a creative tool. A background in editorial or publishing with 1-3 years of experience or an MFA is required. The position is on-site in San Francisco.
Inkitt is building the Operating System for Storytellers, standing at the forefront of technology and entertainment.
Leveraging AI and predictive algorithms, Inkitt discovers unknown stories and turns them into blockbuster hits, producing a new $1M ebook every 7 days and selling directly to consumers through its Inkitt Galatea app. Bestsellers are then translated onto the screen through Inkitt CandyJar, the #1 US-based microdrama platform with billions of episodes streamed to date, and Inkitt Ironblood, the world's first streaming app for superhero, sci-fi and action stories.
Inkitt has become the 11th most bestseller-generating publisher in the world, boasting a 40x higher hit-rate than traditional publishers.
Backed by some of the top VC’s such as: Khosla, Kleiner Perkins, and NEA Ventures, our recent expansion into Ironblood, the first AI Native streaming platform for action and adventure, is only the beginning of our journey to becoming the next-gen entertainment powerhouse.
The Role:
We’re building the best romance catalogue in the world, and we’re assembling a small team of creative people to do it. As an Associate Editor, you’ll take books that readers almost love and reimagine them: the characters, the stakes, the pacing, the plot, the emotional payoff. You’ll study how readers respond, work out what’s holding a story back, and rebuild it into something that hits far harder. Then you’ll put your version in front of real readers and see if you were right.
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