Rachael's Job Hub 📚

🎉 You applied on July 15! Every listing re-checked July 21 — statuses below. Three of your applied listings (Fablelistik, Holt, Mashable) have since closed: that is NORMAL and often good news; it usually means they have enough applicants and are reviewing. Your applications are in those piles. All 10 applications you could submit are confirmed in. 📎 links on each card hold the packet files you used. No reply after ~10 days is normal; follow-up drafts come on schedule. The moment an interview lands, tell us — prep packet within the day. 🍀

Macmillan (6 applications)

Editorial Assistant, FSG LISTING OPEN · APPLIED

Remote · $50,000 · applied 7/15

🔗 Job posting · verified still accepting 7/21

📎 Your packet files (.zip, login required)

Associate Editor, Fablelistik Editions APPLIED · LISTING NOW CLOSED

Remote · applied 7/15 · listing closed by 7/21 (your application is in their pile)

📎 Your packet files (.zip, login required)

Editorial Assistant, Flatiron LISTING CLOSED

Remote · $50,000 · closed before/around 7/15

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.

Editorial Assistant, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers APPLIED · LISTING NOW CLOSED

Remote · $50,000 · applied 7/15 · listing closed by 7/21 (application is in)

📎 Your packet files (.zip, login required)

Assistant Managing Editor LISTING OPEN · APPLIED

Remote · applied 7/15

🔗 Macmillan careers · verified still posted 7/21

📎 Your packet files (.zip, login required)

Immersive Internship 2026-27 LISTING OPEN · APPLIED

Remote · paid · applied 7/15

🔗 Macmillan careers · verified still posted 7/21

📎 Your packet files (.zip, login required)

Other publishers & media (6)

Writer/Editor, Blackstone Publishing APPLIED

Remote · applied 7/15 · listing status unverifiable from outside

📎 Your packet files (.zip, login required)

Publicist, Blackstone Publishing APPLIED

Remote · applied 7/15 with your own materials

Penguin Random House — remote internships APPLIED

Remote · paid · applied 7/15 with your own materials

🔗 PRH internships page

Editorial Assistant, Brilliance Publishing APPLIED

Grand Haven · applied 7/15

🔗 amazon.jobs Grand Haven · editorial roles still active there as of 7/21

📎 Your packet files (.zip, login required)

Social Media Manager, Kensington LISTING CLOSED

Was open-to-remote · closed before/around 7/15

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.

Digital Culture Associate Editor, Mashable APPLIED · LISTING NOW CLOSED

US Remote · applied 7/15 · listing closed by 7/21 (application is in)

Your answers are in (July 21): six YES, one NO. 🎉 Five packets are BUILT and waiting on the Packets tab (Chronicle sadly failed its location check; see its card). Bramble and Bloom each have one yellow-highlighted spot only you can fill.

⭐ Editorial (the real targets)

Associate Editor, Bramble · Tor Publishing Group (Macmillan) YES ✓ · PACKET READY

Remote · $60,000–65,000 · verified open 7/21

The Tor find we've been watching for. Bramble is Tor's romance and romantasy imprint, and the job is acquisitions: building relationships with literary agents, evaluating submissions, negotiating deal terms, running P&Ls, carrying 5 to 8 titles a year. The closest thing to agent training a publisher can offer.

The honest catch: they ask 3+ years of editorial including some acquisitions. Same stretch grade as Fablelistik, which you went for.

🔗 View the job posting

Assistant Editor, Art & Entertainment · Chronicle Books CLOSED AT VERIFICATION

Verified 7/21: hybrid San Francisco, minimum 3 office days/week + 3 years publishing required

You said YES and we went to build your packet, but the full posting requires being in their San Francisco office most of the week. It fails your no-relocation rule twice over, so no packet was built. Chronicle goes on the watch list in case they ever post remote roles.

Editor, Bloom Books (Romance) · Sourcebooks YES ✓ · PACKET READY

Remote-eligible from Michigan · $55,000–70,000 · wants 5+ years

Bloom is Sourcebooks' powerhouse romance line. The 5+ years ask makes this the biggest stretch on the page; listed because the imprint, genre, and remote policy all fit.

🔗 View the job posting

🎯 Agent-track and audio long shots (honest odds, cheap to try)

🔧 Bridge roles (paid, in publishing, not editorial)

Operations Associate · Blackstone Publishing YES ✓ · PACKET READY

Remote · among Blackstone's open remote roles

Operations at the audiobook publisher you already double-YES'd. Not an editorial seat; a paid way into a genre-fiction publisher whose editorial jobs you want.

🔗 Blackstone remote listings

Production Manager, eBooks & Backlist · Sourcebooks YES ✓ · PACKET READY

Remote-eligible from Michigan · posted ~1 week ago

How books physically and digitally get made, at a publisher whose editorial ladder you'd be inside. Manager title; production not editorial.

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Publishing Quality Assurance Lead · Sourcebooks YES ✓ · PACKET READY

United States · Sourcebooks remote policy applies · Lead title

Catching errors before books ship: detail work you're demonstrably great at. Lead-level and production-side, so it's last on the page.

🔗 View the job posting

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.