English Language Rights Assistant/Executive

Are you an enthusiastic book lover who is looking to grow their sales experience in publishing? We are looking to appoint either a Rights Assistant or Executive to join our English Language Co-edition sales team, depending on your level of experience. You would be a key player in supporting sales to our existing customer base, whilst also pursuing new sales initiatives.

Contract: Permanent

Salary: From £25,500 (depending on experience and the level appointed at)

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We operate a discretionary hybrid model; with three days in our London office and two days working from home.

About the role: You will be selling rights on our successful backlist for a selection of our children’s portfolios, while also supporting frontlist sales on our innovative children’s novelty imprint.

What you will be involved in:

• Reach and exceed set revenue and margin targets
• Negotiate prices, specifications and schedules with customers
• Maintain customer stock data and chase reprints
• Work closely with creative departments, foreign sales, publishers and production teams
• Assist with the preparation of customer meetings and creating sales tools and presentations
• Maintain and update internal systems and processes

About you: You will have experience in a rights or sales department in publishing, and ideally working knowledge of the production process. This role would suit an experienced assistant looking for the next step in their career, or a rights executive with an interest in the English-language co-edition markets.

You will be able to show you can:

• Apply good commercial awareness, with an appetite for sales and a results-focused mentality
• Show strong presentation and communication skills
• Demonstrate good organisational skills
• Be comfortable learning to use new tools and databases
• Manage multiple priorities and collaborate effectively with internal colleagues
• Provide excellent service to both customers and the team

Foreign language proficiency is desirable. As part of a busy international rights team, opportunities may arise across the department. Mandarin speakers are particularly encouraged to apply.

What we can offer: A supportive, open environment with development opportunities, as well as the following benefits:

• 25 days paid holiday per year (increasing up to 30 days per year), plus bank holidays and Christmas closure days.
• Cultural appreciation day (to honour a cultural holiday which is significant to you, separate to your holiday entitlement)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff discounts on selected shops, retailers, and restaurants
• Health Cash Plan
• Pension
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Summer hours
• Active social and diversity committees
• Excellent and welcoming office facilities in a fantastic location

All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for the vacancy. We employ individuals based on their abilities and welcome applicants from all backgrounds regardless of disability, ethnic origin, gender, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, belief, age, or sexual orientation.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we aim to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible for disabled people. Therefore, we encourage you to inform us of any reasonable adjustments you may require during your interview process. Please note, you only need to disclose information that you are comfortable sharing in order for us to accommodate your request.

Please note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are only able to respond to candidates selected for interview. We will keep applications on file for 6 months should a suitable vacancy arise. If you'd rather we didn't, please let us know with your application.