International Rights Executive

Role Title: International Rights Executive

Reports to: Head of International Rights

Team: Client Management – International Rights

Reports: None

We are looking for an experienced rights professional to join our busy team managing translation rights across the agency's fiction, non-fiction and children's/YA clients.

What Our Team Do
The Blair Partnership is a literary and entertainment agency. We look for and work with engaging and imaginative storytellers and use our expertise, experience and connections to help them shape and share their stories around the world. Our clients include new and established writers across fiction, non-fiction, children's and young adult. We pursue commercial opportunities for our clients through deal making in the UK, US, and internationally, bringing their stories to life across publishing, audio, brand, live events, digital and TV and film.

We have a strong focus on international publishing, working closely and collaboratively with publishers all around the world to share our clients' stories with the widest possible readership.

What You'll Be Doing
This role will be an integral part of the international rights team, working closely with the head of international rights and providing administrative support on a wide range of publishing projects as well as selling our clients' work directly in certain territories.

We are a dynamic, ambitious team, looking for someone who can bring energy and enthusiasm to the role, as well as initiative and the ability to handle a high workload with accuracy and efficiency. As a small team, there is also a lot of opportunity for growth and the chance to take on further responsibilities according to experience, skills and interests.

Responsibilities (including But Not Limited To)
General Admin

• Updating our international publishing directory of contacts
• Responsible for collating and tracking translation deals and publication schedules for all authors
• Posting author copies of books
• Team diary management, booking meeting rooms etc.
• Managing the general team enquiries inbox
• Supporting the team on key projects on an ad hoc basis

Supporting Sales and Account Management

• Liaising with primary agents on upcoming titles
• Designing international rights guides and drafting pitch documents
• Sending regular updates to literary scouts on all projects and authors
• Updating our submissions database
• Drafting translation rights contracts, sending contracts via DocuSign, and keeping track of contracts' status
• Reviewing and approving translated editions (covers, copyright notices, interiors), marketing plans and other materials from international partners worldwide

Book Fairs (subject to authorised travel)

• Preparing for and attending major international Book Fairs (Frankfurt, London, Bologna) as well as following up on interest in the subsequent weeks
• Assisting with other international travel
• Scheduling meetings for the team
• Managing bookings (meeting tables, flights, hotels, restaurants)
• Organising additional events

What We're Looking For

• A voracious reader with a keen interest in international publishing
• Desire to pursue a career in a sales/licensing role
• A personable and proactive character and ability to communicate with people at all levels, with a helpful and accommodating approach
• Excellent at prioritising heavy workloads, working under pressure and multitasking
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong Microsoft Office skills
• Highly organised, with strong attention to detail
• Strong initiative and with a collaborative spirit
• Solution-driven in all aspects of your work, with a willingness to learn
• Cultural awareness is essential and foreign language skills are highly desirable

Who We Are
The Blair Partnership is a literary and entertainment agency. We offer our clients a broad range of services including rights management, client representation and franchise management. As part of those services, we help to manage several companies on behalf of our client J.K. Rowling. Those companies include Pottermore and Bronte. These businesses benefit from shared resources and expertise provided by The Blair Partnership, but they are run by their own leaders.

There are three core pillars to The Blair Partnership's business activity:

• Franchise Management – which encompasses brand & franchise vision and strategy, creative strategy & direction, product development, brand management & comms for the Wizarding World franchise
• Client Management - we represent our clients' literary and entertainment rights portfolios and pursue commercial opportunities for our clients through deal making in the UK, US and internationally, partner management and backlist rights management.
• Governance & support - we provide governance and support to companies owned by J.K. Rowling and Neil Blair. As part of that support, we cultivate close collaboration & strong, cohesive working practices between all the businesses.

Our vision remains to shape, nurture and grow the most imaginative and engaging brands for generations to come, working with our clients. Our mission is to shape and connect stories to their audiences.

We are committed to creating an environment where our staff, clients & partners can tell their stories and achieve their potential whatever that may be. We are committed to representing a diversity of skills, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds. We strive to make this a business that is welcoming, supportive and empowering, where all voices can be heard. It's a work in progress and we know there is always more we can do.

What You Can Expect From Us

• Competitive Salary
• Company Bonus Scheme
• Hybrid working policy (4 days/week in office)
• 25 days' holiday (plus 8 bank holidays).
• Progressive and inclusive policies around Carers, IVF, Menopause, Pregnancy Loss, etc.
• Enhanced maternity leave (18 weeks at full pay) and paternity leave (2 weeks immediately after birth, and 10 additional days over the following 12 months, at full pay)
• Group Pension Plan where we contribute 5% and annual pensions workshops
• Life Assurance of 4 times salary
• Health Insurance (currently with Vitality)
• Health Shield Cashback Plan – dental, optical, physio and wellbeing benefits and much more.
• Annual Creative Bursary to spend on the creative activity of your choice.
• 2 paid days off per year to spend volunteering and giving back to your favourite cause or community project.
• Monthly Lunch & Learn events – hearing great stories from colleagues, clients and external speakers
• Regular fundraising events to raise money for our charity of the year – we are currently fundraising for the Unique – Understanding Rare Chromosome & Gene Disorders
• Seasonal company parties and team lunches
• Subsidised on-site massages
• Learning and Development opportunities, including an in-house Mentoring Programme