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Rights and Sales Assistant - Children's Books

Department: Sales and Rights

Reports to: Senior Rights Manager, Head of Sales

Location: Leicester

The Role:

Sweet Cherry Publishing is an award-winning children’s book publisher and we’re hiring for a Rights Assistant. This entry-level role is ideal for a graduate looking to learn more about international book markets and publishing rights while navigating a fast-paced and exciting environment.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assisting the senior rights manager with account management
  • Supporting the planning and organisation of trade book fairs
  • Preparing information and files to submit to rights clients and agents
  • Supporting the negotiation of rights deals
  • Assisting with translation rights contracts and invoicing
  • Tracking submissions and inputting information into a number of databases
  • Attending UK and international trade book fairs, as and when required
  • Researching international book markets and providing market reports
  • Supporting the sales, rights, marketing and publicity teams with admin and research tasks, as and when required

Essential Skills and Experience:

  • Undergraduate degree in a related field
  • Great geographical and foreign language knowledge
  • Passion for reading and a keen interest in book publishing
  • Energy and passion to drive the business forward
  • Excellent IT skills and experience learning new software quickly
  • An understanding of Adobe InDesign and Acrobat PDF
  • Excellent email manner and customer service skills
  • Confidence in business meetings and office environments
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Great mathematic, accounting and currency skills
  • Excellent organisation skills with the ability to work on multiple projects in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
  • An all-rounded self starter who can hit the ground running

About Us:

Sweet Cherry Publishing is an award-winning independent children’s book publisher based in Leicester. We are a small team with a big mission! We believe that all children should have access to great stories and endeavour to break down the barriers which often get in the way of reading. We are proud of our Leicester heritage and work very closely with the local community to increase literacy rates and promote reading for pleasure. We are a positive and fun team with kindness, success and collaboration at the core of our values. We are proud to represent our authors and are passionate about sharing engaging stories with children of all abilities and backgrounds.

Company Mission Statement: Bringing great stories within everyone’s reach.

Company Values: Kindness, Fun, Positivity, Collaboration, Helping Society

What we offer:

  •  Training and development
  • Free onsite parking
  • Workplace pension

Working Hours: 40 hours per week Monday to Friday. 9am – 5pm. (30 minute or 1 hour lunch unpaid)

Holiday: 20 days plus bank holidays

Starting salary: Based on experience

Deadline to apply: 9th December 2022

To apply: Please send your CV and cover letter to recruitment@sweetcherrypublishing.com

Rights and Sales Assistant - Children's Books

Sweet Cherry Publishing, Leicester
Full-time, Permanent
Children's Publishing
Administration, Assistant, Rights, Communications, Sales, Business Development
Reference: 
Rights and Sales Assistant - Children's Publishing
Salary description: 
recruitment@sweetcherrypublishing.com

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