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We are seeking a Rights Assistant to join the team selling rights in books across four of the Penguin Random House adult divisions on a permanent basis.
About the team
This role will be report into the Rights Director and support the team responsible for rights sales for our non-illustrated adult publishing on the Cornerstone, Ebury, Penguin General and Penguin Press divisions. We are proud to represent a wide-ranging list of prize winning and bestselling authors spanning commercial and literary fiction, as well as nonfiction from science and history, memoir and biography, personal development and wellbeing.
The opportunity
As Rights Assistant, you’ll take charge of a wide range of tasks supporting a fast-paced team. You will manage several projects at any one time and work to deadlines that enable the team to deliver a high quality of service to our customers. You’ll work on projects for many of our leading authors and will liaise with international publishers and national newspapers as well as a variety of departments internally.
Your key responsibilities will include
- Provide administrative support, such as invoicing, processing contracts and minute-taking.
- Regularly maintain team reports and data on internal systems.
- Negotiate, sell and supply production files to customers.
- Prepare rights guides in advance of book fairs and sales trips.
- Negotiate and renew expired licences.
- Mail out reference copies of foreign editions to authors.
What you’ll bring
We’d love to hear from you if you have a passion for books and literature. You don’t need publishing experience to be considered for this role as we will provide the necessary training. You’ll need to be a fast learner with confident IT skills, in particular around Microsoft Office.
We are looking for an organised individual with precise attention to detail, the ability to manage a varied workload and to prioritise effectively. The role requires excellent collaborative and communication skills as you will need to build strong relationships with existing and potential customers, as well as key stakeholders in-house including colleagues in Editorial, Production and Design.
What we offer
Our employees are the heart of our business. We have a range of benefits to reflect our commitment to our employees, some of which are:
- 27 days paid holiday entitlement in year one (plus bank holidays), increasing a day each year up to 30 days
- Medical cover
- Life assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Generous pension scheme
- Summer working hours (role dependent)
- Volunteering policy and charity matching
- Employee Assistance programme
- Mentoring programme
- Extended gender neutral parental leave
- Access to books and eBooks across Penguin Random House UK
- Each site has trained mental health first aiders
- We plant a tree for every new employee to our business
Our creativity is inspired by different perspectives, so we want our culture to be one of belonging, where everyone feels welcome and where differences are celebrated.
