Job Description
Overview The Harper Catholic team is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and highly values diverse backgrounds and insights that fuel our innovation. The Associate Publisher plays a key leadership role in shaping, launching, and growing the Harper Catholic imprint. Working closely with the Publisher, this role helps guide the editorial vision, acquisitions strategy, and publishing program while actively representing the imprint within the company, to external partners, to the Catholic market, and at conferences and events. The Associate Publisher brings strong publishing judgment, financial acumen, and relational leadership, along with the ability to build trusted relationships with Catholic authors, agents, thought leaders, and institutions. This position blends strategic planning with hands‑on execution and offers meaningful influence in building a distinctive, mission‑driven publishing program. Day-to-day responsibilities include author acquisitions, sales and marketing vision-casting, and staff management and development. The Associate Publisher, with support from and in collaboration with the Publisher, actively cultivates relationships with Catholic thought leaders and institutions, manages and develops the brand, leads special projects and initiatives, and represents the imprint in key internal and external meetings. In addition, the Associate Publisher interacts daily with authors and agents and collaborates closely with marketing and sales teams. Responsibilities Author Acquisition and Retention: Builds and sustains strong relationships with Catholic authors, agents, clergy, scholars, and institutional partners. Actively networks within the Catholic ecosystem to identify new voices and publishing opportunities aligned with Harper Catholic’s mission and readerships. Acquires, develops, edits, and manages approximately 10 titles per fiscal year, ranging from trade nonfiction to thought leadership and pastoral or devotional works. Evaluates auth
