Lorella Belli Literary Agency Ltd: Rights Assistant

BookBrunch Limited; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic boutique agency in London as a critical player in rights management for bestselling authors. This role offers administrative support, client interaction, and contract processing while providing the opportunity to grow within the agency. Ideal for a passionate and highly organized individual eager to make an impact.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-6 months in rights at a literary agency or publishing house.
• Fluency in English with excellent writing and communication prowess.
• Willingness to learn about rights software.

Responsibilities

• Provide general administrative support, including diary management and inquiries.
• Liaise with clients and publishers regarding rights.
• Check, process contracts, and manage accounts.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Flexibility

Proactivity

Tools

Microsoft 365

Rights software

Job description

An opportunity to be a key player at a boutique agency, helping to sell clients internationally

A wonderful opportunity to be a key player in our boutique agency and help sell our clients internationally. We are looking for a proactive and highly organized individual with a minimum 3–6-month experience of working in rights. Based at our office in West London, for 3-5 days a week.

Company:
The Lorella Belli Literary Agency is a dynamic and successful agency representing bestselling, award-winning and debut authors of fiction and general non-fiction, and publishing clients worldwide since 2002.

• interested in a career in agenting and selling rights
• a self-motivated, flexible and hardworking individual capable of moving up at the agency
• a passionate reader who enjoys reading broadly, commercial fiction in particular
• this is a busy position, so being a highly organised individual with exceptional attention to detail, good at multi-tasking and working under time pressure is a must
• excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
• some knowledge of contemporary publishing and media trends
• a trustworthy individual, appreciative of the confidential nature of an agency work on behalf of our clients.

Responsibilities will include:

• General administrative support: diary management; phone enquiries; updating and managing submission database and systems; ad hoc research projects; creating and updating presentation materials; agency social media; dealing with day-to-day queries.
• Rights: liaising with clients, publishers, co-agents and scouts; preparing schedules and right lists for book fairs and other publishing events when applicable.
• Contracts & Accounts: checking and processing contracts, tax forms, royalty statements; invoicing; tracking book delivery & publication dates, and approvals.

Experience/skills required:

• A minimum of 3-6 months working in rights (at a literary or scouting agency, or a publishing house)
• Fluency in English and excellent writing and communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365; knowledge of a rights software preferable (but training will be provided)

Location: Please note this position is based at our office in West London (NOT remote)

Salary: depending on experience, in line with industry standard for similar roles.

Pro-rated if less than 5 days a week.

To apply, please email Lorella Belli ( [e-mail]) with your CV and a covering letter detailing why you think you are the right person for this role.

Please also include, as applicable, your notice period and current salary.

We reserve the rights to close the recruitment process early if the right candidate is found sooner.