Rights Assistant (Children's)

Bertelsmann; London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Bertelsmann is seeking a Rights Assistant to join their Children's Rights team in London. The role involves coordinating foreign language print deals, managing production schedules, and supporting customer requests in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates will have strong organisational and communication skills, with a keen interest in children's literature.

Qualifications

• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills.
• Experience managing multiple stakeholders.
• Demonstrated interest in children's books.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating foreign language print deals and managing schedules.
• Maintaining records and handling customer requests.
• Organising travel and meetings for international book fairs.

Skills

Organisation

Communication

Project Management

Problem Solving

Tools

MS Office Excel

MS Office Word

MS Office Outlook

Job description

Rights Assistant

Are you a great organiser who is ready to work in a fast-paced environment? Are you interested in international book markets? What about children’s books? We are looking to recruit a Rights Assistant to join our world record-breaking team, on a permanent basis.

The role

In Children’s,we publish a wide range of debut and award-winning authors and illustrators, including Stephen and Lucy Hawking, Femi Fadugba, Anthony Browne, Helen Oxenbury, Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola, as well global brands such as Bluey, Tom Fletcher, Spot and Peter Rabbit.

As a member of the Children’s Rights team, you will provide support to a team managing a high volume of work and overseeing the production of a large number of translated books known as co-editions.

Key responsibilities:

• Coordinating foreign language print deals, from price requests to supplying files, checking foreign language editions, tracking deadlines and resolving queries
• Maintaining accurate system and database records of sales and deals in Biblio (a publishing system)
• Preparing presentations and managing production and manuscript schedules
• Handling requests for material from customers and supporting price requests
• Managing the process for securing final materials/assets for Territory Managers
• Organising travel, meetings and sales materials for book fairs and international sales trips
• Ad-hoc duties to the support team when needed

What you’ll bring

You’ll be the first point of contact for incoming queries from our vast range of publishers around the globe, so you’ll need strong communication and customer service skills. You’ll manage and help deliver a mixture of file sales and physical books to our customers and navigate tricker printings, so project management and problem-solving skills are needed. You’ll also need to be good at creating spreadsheets and managing supply of early material, manuscripts, covers and keeping the sales team updated with the submission calendar.

Essential criteria:

• Strong organisation and prioritisation skills
• The ability to juggle requests from multiple senior team members in a fast-paced environment
• A keen eye for detail
• Demonstratable interest in the Rights division and children’s books
• Proven written ability showcased through your application
• Experience/ Knowledge of MS Office Excel/Word/ Outlook
• Demonstrable understanding of managing multiple stakeholders at varying seniorities
• Demonstrable communication skills

Disability Confident

If you have opted into our disability confident scheme, the above are the essential criteria you must meet to be considered for our interview scheme. Please note, there may be occasions where the volume of applicants means we can’t take all eligible candidates to interview.

Application instructions

Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on 6th June 2025.

Please ensure you include a cover letter, as it is a crucial part of our assessment process. The cover letter offers an opportunity to show how your experience and interests align with the role requirements. Typically, we expect the cover letter to be no more than one or two pages in length.

Please note we are looking for someone to join the team as soon as possible, but we are also happy to accommodate a reasonable notice period for the right candidate.

We anticipate a two-stage interview process which will include a virtual first-stage interview and in-person second stage interview. We are happy to discuss this further with you throughout the recruitment process.

Salary

£27,500 plus benefits.

What you can expect from us

Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.

Hybrid working

While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. For this role we expect the successful candidate to work from our London-based office a minimum of three days per week, and offer two days a week to work remotely.

About Penguin

We’re the UK’s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you’ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.

The recruitment process

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form. The essential criteria for this role are listed as part of the ‘What you’ll bring’ section. There may be times when the volume of applications means we cannot take all eligible candidates to interview.

We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing [e-mail] . Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.

Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.

Company:The Random House Group Limited

Country:United Kingdom

State/Region:London

City: London

Postal Code:SW11 7BW

Job ID:280269