Contracts Assistant

The Opportunity

Bloomsbury Publishing is looking for an enthusiastic and hard-working Contracts Assistant to join the thriving and dynamic Contracts Department on a global scale. This is an exciting and unique opportunity for a candidate with some experience in contracts administration who is now seeking greater responsibility in drafting contracts and a varied and rewarding workload.

The Role

• Contract Administration: including the management of internal signing, necessary filing of the fully executed contract and notifying relevant internal departments of payments due
• Maintaining accurate contractual information on Biblio
• Maintaining accurate contractual procedures and guidance documents to ensure the effective running of the Contracts Department
• Drafting contracts including addenda, letters of termination with the opportunity to draft head contracts once appropriate experience is gained
• Project Management: Liaising with literary agents, authors and proprietors to agree terms to enable publication of eBook editions of backlist titles
• General Duties: Responding to general queries from internal departments and external counterparts regarding contractual terms and processes for all Bloomsbury imprints on a global scale.
• Processing reversion requests: including careful analysis of sales figures and stock levels, and communicating with Editorial and Sales teams to reach a decision

• Skills, knowledge, experience required
• Good administrative and organisation skills
• Knowledge of Biblio
• Minimum of 6 months’ experience in Contracts Administration
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to manage a varied workload and prioritise effectively
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills on all levels
• Ability to carefully research and solve queries

The role is based at Bloomsbury’s London office, 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP.

To apply, please email your CV, a covering letter outlining how you meet the requirements outlined in the ‘skills, knowledge and experience’ above, and your salary expectations to workwithus@bloomsbury.com.

Please note in the subject line: ‘contractsassistant BM2001’.

The close date for this role is Thursday 31st January 2019.