Rights manager, Academic & Professional

Closing date: 27th January 2025

Salary: £30,500 - £35,800 per annum

Location: Oxford

Contract: The role is a full-time permanent position.

Reporting to: The role reports to the Head of Rights, Academic.

Are you experienced with digital licensing and searching for your next role in publishing rights?

We are looking for a Rights Manager to join our thriving Rights team at Bloomsbury to sell translation and digital licences to the Bloomsbury Academic & Professional and selected Special Interest imprints. This would suit a Rights Manager or a Rights Executive who has good experience of selling and is looking for a new challenge.

Three-time winner of the Bookseller Academic, Educational & Professional Publisher of the Year Award, Bloomsbury’s Academic & Professional Division publishes approximately 3,000 new titles a year. Established in 2008, the division has grown organically and through acquisition and publishes across the humanities and social sciences, from higher education through to professional practice. The successful candidate will play an important role in this division, in the rights team and in the company.

Responsibilities

• Sell translation and digital rights to an agreed strategy (translation territories will depend on the successful candidate)
• Initiate and develop business relationships with new and existing customers to retain and grow business
• Contribute to acquisition and P&L performance
• Draw up contracts and liaise with finance over invoicing 
• Attend book fairs and sales trips as required

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Rights and digital licensing experience working in a similar role  
• Confidence in communicating and negotiating
• Team player
• Excellent organisational skills
• Word, Excel, databases (Biblio preferred)

Additional information

The role is based at our Oxford office, Kemp House, Chawley Park, Cumnor Hill, Oxford, OX2 9PH on a hybrid-working pattern of two days office-based / three days home-based (or fully office based if preferred). Allocated office days for this role are: Tuesday and Thursday.

Please apply with a CV and covering letter addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only) via the 'Apply' button detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by 27th January 2025. Please add to your document subject line – “Rights Manager”.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.

Bloomsbury reserve the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications.

Bloomsbury is a place where anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability, or socio-economic status can thrive, feel comfortable, and be heard and accepted. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required.

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