Rights assistant

Closing date: 10th November 2025

Starting salary: £27,000

Working pattern: This is a full-time position and is a hybrid role, working a minimum of three days per week in our office near to London Bridge.

Nosy Crow is looking to recruit a rights assistant to support a dynamic and collaborative foreign rights team responsible for selling translation rights to publishers around the world.

The purpose of the rights department is to get as many Nosy Crow books published in as many languages as possible across the globe. We are a fast-paced team that visits publishers and book fairs in multiple countries throughout the year.

Nosy Crow is a multi-award winning, independent children’s publishing company with operations in both the UK and the USA. We make child-focused, parent-friendly children’s books for ages 0-12. This is your opportunity to use your language skills and to be part of and contribute to the team’s continuing success in this exciting international area of our business.

The successful candidate will report to the senior rights executive and will provide administrative support to all five members of the team, travelling to Frankfurt and Bologna Book Fairs and other key territories (language depending).

Key responsibilities

Key responsibilities and tasks will include:

• Pitching books to foreign customers
• Liaising with overseas publishers and with Nosy Crow’s production, design and editorial teams to ensure the smooth running of co-edition print runs and translation deals
• Creating rights appointment schedules for book fairs and sales trips
• Collating and submitting digital sales material and sample copies
• Updating sales databases
• Providing general administrative support as required by the rights department

Knowledge, skills and experience

Essential

• Highly proficient in written and spoken English
• Language skills
• Team-player with excellent communication skills
• Strong organisational skills and an eye for detail
• The ability to multitask and work well under pressure
• Initiative and the ability to work independently
• Strong interest in publishing, particularly children’s books
• Strong sales and numeracy skills
• Southern European language skills (desirable)
• No prior publishing experience is necessary in order to apply for the role

Benefits:

• Pension scheme
• Christmas closure
• Summer hours
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Income Protection
• Critical Illness cover
• Group Life Assurance
• Enhanced parental leave
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Season ticket loans
• Eye care vouchers
• Up to 80% off RRP for Nosy Crow book purchases
• Emergency loans
• Free fruit and snacks in the office
• Moving day leave
• Charitable/socially beneficial leave
• Remote working anywhere in the world for up to 2 weeks per year

How to apply

To apply, please email your CV, accompanied by a covering letter of no more than 500 words outlining why you think you would be the perfect candidate for this exciting opportunity, to Rhianna Sandford with the subject heading International Rights Assistant role, telling us where you heard about the job.

We ask that when submitting your covering letter, you authentically outline why you believe you are the perfect candidate for the advertised role, without the use of AI tools. We want to see your creativity shine through and gain an insight into who you are and what you can offer Nosy Crow. Using your own voice is the best way to express how you meet our selection criteria.

The successful candidate will have the right to live and work in the UK.

Nosy Crow is an Disability Confident, committed equal opportunities employer. We believe that employing a diverse workforce is an important factor in success and make recruiting decisions based on applicants’ experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of race, age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage or civil partnership.

Please let us know if you are comfortable doing so, whether or not there are any reasonable adjustments that we should consider that would help during the recruitment process.

Applications are treated with due confidentiality.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.