Rights Manager – 12 month fixed term contract (Maternity Cover)

Faber is a leading independent literary publisher. We publish a diverse range of high-profile authors such as Kazuo Ishiguro, Anna Burns, Sally Rooney, Leïla Slimani, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Orhan Pamuk, Sebastian Barry, Laura Lippman, Lenny Henry, Luke Harding, Melissa Harrison and Amelia Gentleman, and we have a backlist containing the works of T. S. Eliot, Seamus Heaney, Sylvia Plath and William Golding, among many others. Faber is also a supplier of sales and distribution services to independent publishers and has a market-leading creative writing school.

This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic Rights Manager to join Faber’s busy Rights team for a maternity cover contract, for one year.  The role will comprise selling rights both translation and domestic, and co-editions in Faber’s children’s pictures books.

Faber’s prestigious lists include both adult and children’s books, poetry and drama and the rights team is central to Faber’s relationships with some esteemed literary estates, such as those of T.S. Eliot, William Golding, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath among others. 

The ideal candidate must have a proven publishing rights background with both rights and co-editions sales experience, used to reaching and exceeding sales targets, and building relationships with new and existing customers.

Attendance at book fairs and sales trips to allocated territories will be required.

This is a full-time role, for a fixed term of 12 months and is based in our offices in Hatton Garden, London.

To apply, please send a CV and covering letter to rightsmanager@faber.co.uk quoting reference BS.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 11th June 2023.

Faber has a staff of just over 140, based across our offices in Hatton Garden, London, and Harlow. We want all our staff to have the best possible, most positive and enjoyable experience while working at Faber.

Our benefits include:

-           Access to Faber titles (including regular staff book clubs), discounted Independent Alliance titles

-           Minimum of 28 days’ holiday per year

-           Five days per year for volunteering work of your choice

-           Full subscription to the Headspace meditation app

-           Season-ticket loans

-           Cycle-to-work vouchers

-           Subsidised eye tests

-           Generous pension scheme

-           Life assurance and income protection insurance

-           Access to online GP and advisory services

We welcome applications from any individual regardless of ethnic origin, gender, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation or age. All applications will be considered on merit.

Please note that all personal information which we process in connection with your application will be treated in accordance with our Data Protection Privacy Notice at https://faber.co.uk/data- protection-privacy and our Data Protection Policy at https://faber.co.uk/data-protection-policy.

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