Royalties assistant

Working pattern: Flexible home working up to three days per week

Salary range: £23,000 - £25,000 per annum

Closing date: 3rd June at midnight

Are you interested in the relationship between sales, authors & publishing houses? Want to work with one of the UK's leading book publishers?

We are currently recruiting a forward-thinking individual to assist in the development and running of the Royalties function within a fast-growing, leading publishing house.

Responsibilities

• Enter and maintain contractual data and payments, to ensure accurate calculation of royalty earnings
• Create, analyse and work from reports
• Process third-party statements and payments
• Liaise with clients and agents regarding statement queries
• Become a key team member in a constantly changing industry, communicating with teams across multiple departments and offices
• Assist on projects to help improve and grow the business
• Ad hoc duties as required

Knowledge, skills, experience

• Forward-thinking and focused on continual improvement and development
• Friendly, approachable and able to remain calm under pressure
• Strong math skills and an ability to learn quickly
• Knowledge of the publishing industry advantageous but not essential
• Must be comfortable taking phone calls and be able to build positive ongoing relationships with our valued authors, illustrators and agents
• Basic knowledge of Excel desirable
• Prior experience with Biblio advantageous but not required
• Must be comfortable with a mix of team-working and working alone, including as part of a team spread across the UK

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

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