Mushens Entertainment: Literary Agent

BookBrunch Limited; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A boutique literary agency in Shoreditch seeks a Literary Agent to join their friendly team. The role requires at least five years of experience with a focus on client care and contract knowledge. Competitive salary and bonuses offered, with a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• At least five years’ experience as an Associate Agent or Literary Agent.
• Established list of clients.
• Extensive publishing contacts.

Responsibilities

• Manage authors' careers with a focus on client care.
• Negotiate contracts and oversee financial aspects.
• Develop the agency's global reach.

Skills

Contract knowledge

Client care

Publishing contacts

Job description

Mushens Entertainment is looking for a Literary Agent to join its dynamic and friendly team

Mushens Entertainment is a boutique literary agency based in Shoreditch. We represent a range of bestselling commercial fiction and non-fiction across the genres. Our client list includes more than a dozen Sunday Times bestsellers and our authors are published in more than 40 languages around the world. We are looking for an experienced and ambitious fiction (or a blend of fiction and non-fiction) Literary Agent to join our dynamic - and friendly! - team.

The right candidate will have at least five years’ experience as an Associate Agent or Literary Agent. They will have an established list of clients, extensive publishing contacts, a healthy bottom line, good knowledge of contracts and finances and a can-do attitude where client care is placed at the heart of their dealings. We are an ambitious agency with a global reach and our authors are published all over the world - we’re looking for someone with the same ambition for author success and will offer the support to help them achieve it.

To apply please send a cover letter, CV, notice period and current salary. The salary is £35,000-£55,000 dependent on experience and list, and we offer a generous bonus package for profitable agents. Please make your application by sending your CV and covering letter to [e-mail] by 30November (we will be reviewing applications daily and reserve the right to close the process earlier if the right candidate is found). Please note that this role will be hybrid with a minimum of 3 fixed days a week in the office and 2 from home.