Adult rights assistant - 8 Months FTC

Build your experience in international publishing, supporting Simon & Schuster’s Adult Rights team with contracts, book fair appointments and relationships with international customers.

Simon & Schuster, a global leader in general interest publishing, is dedicated to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for readers of all ages, and in all printed, digital and audio formats. Its distinguished roster of authors includes many of the world’s most popular and widely recognized writers, and winners of the most prestigious literary honors and awards. It is home to numerous well-known imprints and divisions such as Simon & Schuster, Scribner, Atria Books, Gallery Books, Adams Media, Avid Reader Press, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing and Simon & Schuster Audio and international companies in Australia, Canada, India, and the United Kingdom, and proudly brings the works of its authors to readers in more than 200 countries and territories. For more information visit our website at www.simonandschuster.com.

The Job Profile

Simon & Schuster UK’s Rights team are looking for an enthusiastic Rights assistant to join and support the Rights team.

Reporting to the Adult Rights Director the successful candidate will join our fast-paced and dynamic team, supporting the wider team with all administrative tasks, specifically working on our Adult list.

The Job Role

The job role is predominantly administration based including but not limited to: providing administration support to the Adult Rights team; drafting, sending and archiving contracts; organising business trips and book fair appointments; updating our submissions database; mailing out author copies and liaising with international customers over file supply.

The Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal and a meticulous eye for detail. With a positive attitude and the ability to multi-task, the successful candidate will have a passion for books and an interest in international publishing. Knowledge of a foreign language would be useful but not essential. IT skills and intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel is a must.

We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.

Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.