Rights Assistant

The Job Profile

Simon & Schuster UK’s Rights team are looking for an enthusiastic Rights assistant to join and support the Rights team.

Reporting to the Senior Rights Manager the successful candidate will join our fast-paced and dynamic team, supporting the wider team with all administrative tasks, specifically working on our Children’s and Adult’s lists.

The Job Role

The job role is predominantly administration based including but not limited to: providing administration support to the Group Rights Director, Head of Children’s Rights, Senior Rights Manager and Rights Manager: drafting, sending and archiving contracts; organising business trips and book fair appointments; helping send out follow-up material; updating our submissions database and liaising with international customers over file supply.

The Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal and a meticulous eye for detail.  With a positive attitude and the ability to multi-task, the successful candidate will have a passion for Children’s books and an interest in international publishing. Knowledge of a foreign language would be useful but not essential. IT skills and intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel is a must.

Apply 

Please apply by attaching your CV and cover letter .

Closing Date

2 December 2024