Rights Assistant, Penguin Random House Children's

2 months ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom 2019 Full time

Are you a great organiser who is ready to work in a fast-paced environment? Are you interested in international book markets? What about children's books? We are looking to recruit a Rights Assistant to join our world record-breaking team, on a permanent basis.

The opportunity: In Children's, we publish a wide range of debut and award-winning authors and illustrators, including Stephen and Lucy Hawking, Femi Fadugba, Anthony Browne, Helen Oxenbury, Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola, as well global brands such as Bluey, Tom Fletcher, Spot and Peter Rabbit.

As a member of the Children's Rights team, you will provide support to a team managing a high volume of work and overseeing the production of a large number of translated books known as co-editions.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

  • Coordinating foreign language print deals, from price requests to supplying files, checking foreign language editions, tracking deadlines and resolving queries
  • Maintaining accurate system and database records of sales and deals in Biblio (a publishing system)
  • Preparing presentations and managing production and manuscript schedules
  • Handling requests for material from customers and supporting price requests
  • Managing the process for securing final materials/assets for Territory Managers
  • Organising travel, meetings and sales materials for book fairs and international sales trips
  • Ad-hoc duties to the support team when needed

What you'll bring: You'll be the first point of contact for incoming queries from our vast range of publishers around the globe, so you'll need strong communication and customer service skills. You'll manage and help deliver a mixture of file sales and physical books to our customers and navigate tricker printings, so project management and problem-solving skills are needed. You'll also need to be good at creating spreadsheets and managing supply of early material, manuscripts, covers and keeping the sales team updated with the submission calendar.

You'll also have:

  • Strong organisation and prioritisation skills
  • The ability to juggle requests from multiple senior team members in a fast-paced environment
  • A keen eye for detail

You don't need publishing experience as we'll provide training on publishing systems. If you want to work with our children's books and learn more about international markets, this role is for you

Disability Confident: If you have opted into our disability confident scheme below is the minimum criteria you must meet to be considered for our interview scheme. Please note, there may be occasions where the volume of applicants means we can't take all eligible candidates to interview.

Minimum criteria

  • Demonstratable interest in the Rights division and children's books
  • Proven written ability showcased through your application
  • Experience/ Knowledge of MS Office Excel/Word/ Outlook
  • Demonstrable understanding of managing multiple stakeholders at varying seniorities
  • Demonstrable communication skills

About Penguin: We're the UK's largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you'll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.

How to apply: Please apply with your CV and Cover Letter by 23:59 on Sunday 21st July. We expect interviews to take place in early August.

Salary: £27,500 plus bonus and benefits.

Competitive benefits package: Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.

Our benefits include:

  • Financial – discounted shopping, season ticket loan, rental deposit loan
  • Wellbeing - healthcare cash plan, employee assistance, gym loan
  • Lifestyle – taste card, tech scheme, free and discounted books

For our full benefits list please visit:

Hybrid working: We're experimenting with a hybrid way of working that suits the needs of each team. While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. For this role, we expect that there will be meetings and activities that you will need to attend in person 3 days a week.

The recruitment process: You can read about our recruitment process at

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form. There may be times when the volume of applications means we cannot take all eligible candidates to interview.

We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.

Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.

Company: Penguin Books Limited

Country: United Kingdom

State/Region: London

City: London

Postal Code: SW11 7BW

Job ID: 271241

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