Next step: the LinkedIn note to the fiction editor (the draft is with Peipei). If Hay House contacts you, tell us the same day.
Gone from Macmillan's posted jobs, and LinkedIn's apply flow is disabled. If you DID get an application in before it shut, note it below. Closed listings often repost; it stays on our watch list.
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Gone from LinkedIn and their careers page. If you applied before it shut, note it below. Kensington stays on the watch list for future openings.
Updated October 23: every job below was checked open on the employer's own site (or the board it was posted to) on 10/23, and every one is remote or within driving distance of Grand Rapids. Tap YES (build my packet / go), MAYBE (tell me more) or NO, add notes, then hit "Email my updates" at the bottom. Good postings close in about a week, so the top section matters most.
Your resume and cover letter are done for these three. Find them on the 📁 Packets tab. Read each letter aloud once, then apply. When one goes in, write the date in its notes.
A literary agency job on the agent track: you'd support the director of BookEnds Jr., their children's and YA division, with client management, databases, social media posts, the newsletter, and calendars. Publishing experience is valued but not required.
How to apply: email both files to info@bookendsliterary.com with the subject "Application for Assistant to Director of BookEnds Jr".
Running day-to-day conversations with readers on Macmillan's social channels (TikTok and Instagram especially). Your BookTok and your Complete Weddings social work are the angle. It asks for 3 to 4 years of social media experience, so it's a reach, but it's the best pay on this page.
Working directly for the agency's founder: editorial help on manuscripts, proposals and pitches, plus her calendar, deadlines, and the agency website. Another agent-track job.
Campaigns for Sourcebooks' young adult books: digital marketing, influencer outreach, and publicity, working with editorial, sales and authors. Their influencer work is exactly what you do on BookTok.
Good to know: it's marketing, which you said no to in July. They want 2 to 3 years of related experience, and they require a cover letter.
Helping make audiobooks from start to finish: prepping manuscripts for narrators, pronunciation guides with editors and authors, trackers, and quality checks. Your broadcast degree and Adobe Audition/Premiere work fit, and they want 1 to 2 years of experience.
Good to know: it's posted on Publishers Weekly's job board, not yet on Sourcebooks' own site, so we confirm it's live before you apply.
The oldest independent speakers bureau: you'd learn under senior agents for 1 to 2 years, then book speakers for events yourself. Same kind of role as the Macmillan Lecture Agent job you said yes to in July. Your six years running client bookings for your business fit here.
Good to know: it's a sales job, not editorial, and the pay isn't posted.
Not dream jobs, but real paychecks near books while the publishing applications work. Fine to say yes to one of these and keep applying to the rest.
Wiley is a big academic publisher. You'd help college teachers set up and use Wiley's online course materials: training, checking in, solving problems. They want 1 to 3 years of customer service or support, which your client work covers.
Helping patrons find books and answering questions at a local branch. Low pay, but it's books, it's local, and reader recommendations are what agents and editors do all day.
Grand Rapids' big indie bookstore. Holiday hiring season starts now.
Half editorial (reading manuscripts, scheduling), half marketing (social, email, trade shows), with up to 30% travel to Vermont. They're launching an adult imprint (retellings, mysteries, romance) for 2027. Because it's old, the first step is a short email asking if it's still open; the draft is ready.
Proofreading English translations of Japanese light novels (lots of fantasy), about a week per book. Paid editing credit you can list, and flexible around a main job.
A direct step toward your literary agent goal, and they welcome editing, bookselling or writing backgrounds. The honest catch: associate agent jobs are often paid only in commission, so the first question is how it pays.
About 350-word reviews, due two weeks after you get the book, nearly every genre. A reviewing credit from a name publishers know. You said no to Publishers Weekly reviewing in July, so only say yes if that's changed.
Your tailored resumes, cover letters, and writing samples: one folder per application, editable Word files, ZIP download per packet. Enter the password below (Peipei has it) and everything loads right here.
Frame not loading? Open the packets page directly. Fix anything highlighted yellow in Word/Google Docs, export to PDF, submit, and send back your final versions so the records match what employers received.