Rights Assistant — Publishing, Hybrid (Remote 2 days)

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 17,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Penguin Random House UK is seeking a Rights Assistant to support the global rights team, handling administrative and sales tasks across translation, licensing, and production files. You will liaise with authors, agents, and internal colleagues to keep deals moving and to prepare reports and minutes.

The role includes organising events, invoicing, contract processing, and preparing sales materials for trips, with a London office three days a week and two days remote.

Qualifications

• Passion for books
• Outgoing and creative
• Fast learner with confident IT and data skills (MS Office Excel/Word/Outlook)
• Able to manage a varied workload and prioritise effectively
• Detail-oriented
• Confident in networking and building relationships
• Good understanding of managing multiple stakeholders at varying seniorities
• Proven written ability showcased through your application.

Responsibilities

• Produce creative presentations of rights business, working with the Penguin brand team
• Help to organise rights events such as author receptions or virtual webinars and team socials
• Provide administrative support, such as invoicing, processing contracts, creating reports and minute-taking
• Provide sales support including book fair scheduling, travel booking, expenses, loading of deals on to database
• Negotiate, sell and supply production files to customers
• Prepare sales material in advance of sales trips
• Negotiate and renew expired licences
• Work collaboratively with other assistants in the team to improve ways of working

Skills

Passion for books

Outgoing and creative

Fast learner

IT & data skills

Detail-oriented

Networking

Stakeholder management

Written ability

MS Office (Excel/Word/Outlook)

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Penguin Random House UK is seeking a Rights Assistant to support the global rights team, handling administrative and sales tasks across translation, licensing, and production files. You will liaise with authors, agents, and internal colleagues to keep deals moving and to prepare reports and minutes.

The role includes organising events, invoicing, contract processing, and preparing sales materials for trips, with a London office three days a week and two days remote.