Associate Acquisitions Editor

Job overview

The Associate Acquisitions Editor role is onsite in Falls Church, VA, with a salary of $58,000–$65,000 per year. The position supports Tax Analysts’ Commentary department and its author acquisition and editorial operations. The role builds and maintains a contributor pipeline while coordinating submissions, author communications, agreements, editorial projects, workflows, and performance reporting. This work supports timely publication and stronger contributor relationships and departmental efficiency.

What you'll do

• Recruit and cultivate outside authors
• solicit commentary content
• administer submissions and contributor communications
• prepare and track copyright agreements and permissions
• maintain author records and databases
• coordinate contributor deliverables and editorial projects
• maintain acquisition workflows and AI-assisted submission review tools
• compile and analyze editorial performance metrics
• provide administrative and editorial support.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

associate acquisitions editor

editorial operations

author recruitment

contributor relations

submissions management

copyright agreements

permissions

editorial analytics

publishing workflows

falls church va

tax analysts

$58k–$65k per year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Health, dental and vision coverage
• immediately vested 401(k)
• tuition assistance
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness-qualified employer
• paid time off and holidays
• parental leave
• life and disability insurance
• HSA and FSA
• pet insurance
• trade publication/news subscription reimbursement
• onsite gym.

Why this role

Supports Tax Notes publications and the Procedurally Taxing blog; includes editorial analytics and AI-assisted submission review workflow support.

About the employer

Tax Analysts is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Publishers. Sector: 51.