Rights Executive

The Bent Agency represents bestselling and award-winning authors of books for adults and children, and we’re proud of our author-focused ethos and supportive, collaborative working environment. We’re recruiting a rights executive to sell translation rights to our titles across the globe.

Responsibilities will include (but aren’t limited to):

• Submitting titles to and maintaining strong working relationships with our international co-agents
• Negotiating translation deals
• Reviewing contracts and ensuring their prompt execution
• Tracking and following up on payments using Bradbury Phillips Rights Manager
• Processing royalty statements
• Being responsible for the compilation of the agency’s rights catalogues
• Keeping our co-agents updated with material and news, with the help of our agency assistant
• Planning for and representing TBA at the Bologna, London and Frankfurt Book Fairs
• Providing agency colleagues with data and reports about translation sales trends

Our ideal candidate will:

• Be a confident negotiator who can demonstrate success at maximizing rights revenue
• Have experience using Bradbury Phillips Rights Manager

This is a full-time position. The role is based at our office in Richmond, on a hybrid working pattern of 3 days office-based/2 days home-based.

Please email your cover letter, including details of your current notice period, and your CV to jobs@thebentagency.com. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.