Rights Executive/Manager
Salary: Competitive
Location: Bethnal Green, London
Contract: Permanent
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Rights Executive to join our passionate and friendly Rights team at Magic Cat Publishing. We are an award-winning independent children’s publisher founded in 2019.
You will help to grow our successful Rights and Co-edition business, selling our outstanding list to our publishing partners across the globe. The role will suit someone with a passion for beautifully illustrated children’s books.
You will be pro-active, enthusiastic and an organised team player with great communication and problem-solving skills. You will cultivate excellent working relationships with internal and external contacts and be responsible for sales in multiple territories including Scandinavia, part of the Balkans and Eastern Europe. With strong negotiation skills you will help to ensure the team achieve and exceed sales targets. You will have the opportunity to attend international book fairs and carry out sales trips to key territories in order to develop in-depth market knowledge and provide feedback to the wider business.
We are looking for someone with energy, positivity and a love of children’s books who is excited to further their career in Rights as part of our welcoming and dynamic team.
We are looking for an individual with a proven experience of working on illustrated books and with an excellent understanding of the co-edition process. An enthusiastic personality with a resourceful and adaptable attitude in the workplace and the ability to work effectively both as an individual and a member of a team. A foreign language, especially from the territories you will represent would be an advantage. This job is open to candidates at assistant level who would like a step up, as well as candidate with 2- 3 years’ experience in the job. Salary will depend on experience.
Please send a CV and covering letter stating current salary to Carine Delagrave, Foreign Rights Director: carine@magiccatpublishing.co.uk
Closing date for applications: 26/10/2025