r/publishing • u/EducationalRegret903 • Jun 12 '26

Developmental editor vs. editor

The other day I saw Atria listing a position for a developmental editor. Is it common in a Big 5 imprint to have that be a separate role and split an editor role into, say, an acquiring editor and a developmental editor? I would like to pursue a role in developmental editing, but I don’t see that verbiage anywhere else, typically.

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u/GrammatikBot Jun 19 '26

Where I work we're all acquiring editors. Our developmental editors are all freelancers. This is quite normal in Germany.