Johnson & Alcock: Office Manager

BookBrunch Limited; London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A literary agency is seeking a full-time office manager and financial controller. This role combines accounts management and administrative support, providing an exciting opportunity to work with a growing company that values creativity and care for its authors. The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role, a proactive approach, and proficiency in essential software. The role offers a competitive salary and a supportive workplace committed to diversity.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience in a similar role within publishing or related creative field.
• Proficiency with Word and Excel.
• Ideal candidate is organized and efficient.

Responsibilities

• Input contractual and financial data on Bradbury Phillips.
• Manage office accounts and liaise with accounts staff.
• Invoicing publishers and managing author payments.

Skills

Organisational skills

Efficiency

Knowledge of Word

Knowledge of Excel

Knowledge of rights management software

Tools

Bradbury Phillips

Job description

Johnson & Alcock is looking for a full-time office manager and financial controller to work at our busy literary agency

The role will combine accounts work with general administrative support for all the primary agents, and our busy foreign rights department. We are currently working remotely, but the role will be London-based.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to work at the heart of an established literary agency, now in its seventh decade and constantly expanding and innovating. We pride ourselves on representing our authors with care, creativity and hard work, and seek to develop our authors’ careers in a safe and nurturing environment. We sell rights direct into the UK, US and translation markets, and our list runs from debut writers to established bestsellers, across all genres, with writers based all around the world.

Responsibilities will include:

• Inputting contractual and financial data on Bradbury Phillips
• Managing the office account and liaising with accounts staff who process incoming payments
• Invoicing publishers and making payments to our authors
• Collating and chasing royalty statements and updating records
• Dealing with author queries
• US and translation tax exemption forms
• Reversion of rights
• Permissions
• Assisting with arrangements for bookfairs
• General office management

We are looking for an engaged, proactive candidate with some knowledge and experience of a role of this nature. This can be within publishing, or another similar creative industry or agency setting. The ideal candidate will be organised, efficient, proficient with Word and Excel, and preferably with some knowledge of Bradbury Phillips or other rights management software.

We are a small, friendly company and we prioritise our work/life balance and pastoral care and strive to provide a welcoming and supportive workplace for people of all ages, races, backgrounds and identities. And we are committed to increasing representation and reducing inequality across our industry.

Salary: between £22K and £27K per annum, depending on experience
Start date: 1 March 2021

To apply, please send your application to [e-mail], consisting of a letter telling us why you want to work for Johnson & Alcock and your CV.

Deadline for applications: Monday 1 February.