Position Overview & Specifications
This is an exciting opportunity for a Rights Assistant to join the busy and successful Rights team at Macmillan Children’s Books providing administrative support for the team.
The Rights Department is responsible for the sale of co-edition and subsidiary rights for the Macmillan Children’s Books, Two Hoots, Campbell and Kingfisher imprints around the world. Our lists include award-winning picture books, novelty titles, non-fiction and fiction books.
Key duties:
- General admin support, production and contract fulfillment and invoicing for all co-edition and license sales
- General departmental administration
- Data imputing
- Organization of book fair and sales trip schedules
- Sending out follow up material after book fairs and sales trips
- Liaising with the Production team and external customers regarding customer packing and shipping requirements
- Liaising with the Accounts team regarding customer invoicing
- Drafting of contracts for all co-edition and license deals
- Attendance at international bookfairs, carrying out reception duties, should the opportunity arise, and assisting with the organization of any Bookfair author/illustrator events
Experience / skills required:
- Knowledge / experience of Publishing, ideally Rights
- Desire to work in a fast- paced international sales department
- Highly computer literate, with particularly strong skills in MS Office and Google Suite.
- Able to demonstrate excellent written, verbal and numerical skills
- Able to demonstrate excellent organisational skills within a busy environment (both physical and virtual), particularly managing and prioritising own workload
- Able to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
- Problem solving skills
We'd love it if you had:
- Knowledge of a foreign language
- Experience of working in a similar environment / office work experience
- Knowledge of Biblio
Job Description
This is a full time, permanent role, based in our offices in Farringdon, London, with some flexibility to work from home each week.
Closing Date: 15th March 2023
Salary: £26,000
We are highly committed to equality and diversity. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. Our full Diversity & Inclusion Pledge is available here https://www.panmacmillan.com/about/diversity-and-inclusion
All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for this role.
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