Contract executive / senior contract executive

Closing date: 3rd March 2025

Salary: Starting from £30,000

Simon & Schuster UK is looking for a motivated contracts executive or senior contracts executive to join and support the Contracts team.

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. 

Reporting to the Head of Contracts, the successful candidate will providing the essential contractual business function across the company working with different departments internally, and authors externally.

Responsibilities

• You will draft, review and negotiate simple head contracts for the UK Adult and Children’s Publishing divisions, working closely with the Editorial teams to answer queries as needed, while providing contractual support and advice.
• You will liaise with different departments across the company and be responsible for licensing contracts between the company’s groups.
• You will also be handling reversion requests across all divisions.

The role has exciting scope for progress within a successful and fast-growing company and it is a great opportunity for a contracts professional looking for the next step in their career.

What we're looking for

• The ideal candidate will have a working knowledge of drafting, reviewing and negotiating publishing contracts and standard contractual and publishing terms.
• They will also have strong organisational and communication skills as well as experience of working in a busy environment.
• A keen eye for detail, ability to work to deadlines and a proactive nature are also essential.

Please apply by attaching your CV and cover letter by 3rd March 2025.

Simon & Schuster UK is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity and gender expression. At Simon & Schuster UK, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all.

Candidates hired for this or any other posted Simon & Schuster UK role will be employees of Simon & Schuster UK Ltd subject to all policies, including the Workplace Privacy Notice,and eligible solely for the benefits plans thereof.

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