Foreign rights assistant

1 month ago


London, United Kingdom Hachette UK Full time

Closing date: 5th November 2024

Salary: £27,000 based in London (+bonus +benefits)

Location: The role will be based at our London office, Carmelite House, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.

 

We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised foreign rights assistant to join our busy foreign rights sales department.

Octopus publish books for everyone. We love to enlighten, nourish, entertain and most of all inspire readers and listeners everywhere.

Octopus is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 12 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds.

This is a varied and busy role that requires a bright, dynamic applicant who is happy multi-tasking. Office experience, data entry experience (Biblio) and foreign language skills are a strong advantage. 

 

Responsibilities

  • To be responsible for all sales material and liaise with the editorial and design departments
  • Organising material and schedules for sales trips and book fairs.
  • Drafting of sales contracts
  • Answering inquiries from foreign Publishers
  • Providing general administrative assistance to the foreign sales department
  • Occasionally attend book fairs in a support role

 

What we're looking for

  • A team player
  • A keen eye for detail
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

 

What we offer

Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:

  • 28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)
  • Private medical insurance
  • Generous pension schemes
  • Rent deposit loans
  • 2 community days per year
  • Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
  • Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Eye care vouchers
  • Wide-ranging training library
  • Development programmes (including mentoring)
  • Up to 70% off book purchases
  • A charity bookshelf
  • 12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks
  • Season ticket loans
  • And much more

 

Our commitment

Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.

If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org


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