Adult Rights Assistant - 8 Months FTC

Simon-; Greater London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Simon & Schuster UK is seeking a Rights Assistant to join the Rights team. The role focuses on administrative support, including drafting and archiving contracts, coordinating business trips and book fair appointments, and maintaining the submissions database.

You will also mail author copies and liaise with international customers on file supply. The ideal candidate has excellent written and verbal communication skills, a meticulous eye for detail, and the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Meticulous eye for detail with a can-do attitude.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Interest in international publishing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide administration support to the Adult Rights team.
• Draft, send and archive contracts.
• Organise business trips and book fair appointments; manage submissions database.
• Mail author copies and liaise with international customers over file supply.

Skills

Administrative tasks

Communication

Attention to detail

Multi-tasking

Interest in publishing

IT skills

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

The Job Profile

Simon & Schuster UK’s Rights team are looking for an enthusiastic Rights assistant to join and support the Rights team.

Reporting to the Adult Rights Director the successful candidate will join our fast-paced and dynamic team, supporting the wider team with all administrative tasks, specifically working on our Adult list.

The Job Role

The job role is predominantly administration based including but not limited to: providing administration support to theAdult Rights team; drafting, sending and archiving contracts; organising business trips and book fair appointments; updating our submissions database; mailing out author copies and liaising with international customers over file supply.

The Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal and a meticulous eye for detail. With a positive attitude and the ability to multi-task, the successful candidate will have a passion for books and an interest in international publishing. Knowledge of a foreign language would be useful but not essential. IT skills and intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel is a must.

Salary

Starting from £27,000