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Closing date: 14th May 2025Salary: £27,000 (+bonus +benefits)Location: The role will be based at our London office, Carmelite House,&nbsp;with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week. Build partnerships with international publishers and help Octopus titles find audiences around the world in this entry-level role.Octopus publish books for everyone. We love to enlighten, nourish, entertain and most of all inspire readers and listeners everywhere. Octopus is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 11 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds.We publish across a number of imprints, with strong illustrated publishing spanning a wide range of subjects, including cookery, lifestyle, craft, interiors, and mind, body &amp; spirit. Our bestselling titles include Persiana by Sabrina Ghayour and The World Atlas of Coffee by James Hoffmann. We are proud to publish bestselling authors such as Diana Henry, Florence Given, and Fern Brady; leading brands including Vogue, Leon, and Wagamama; as well as health bestsellers from authors like Michael Mosley.The &nbsp;Foreign Rights &amp; North American departments play a key role in the global reach of our publishing, building partnerships with international publishers and helping Octopus titles find audiences around the world. The successful candidate will provide efficient and proactive administrative support to our Foreign Rights &amp; North American sales. This is a varied and fast-paced role, ideal for a dynamic, highly organised individual who is eager to contribute to a collaborative international team. What you'll be doing<ul><li>Providing administrative assistance to the wider Foreign Rights &amp; North American sales teams, including mono and illustrated teams.</li><li>Managing and distributing all sales materials in collaboration with editorial and design departments.</li><li>Answering enquiries from foreign publishers and supporting international customer relations.</li><li>Assisting the North American sales team to drive sales through Hachette Book Group USA</li><li>Organising schedules and material logistics for book fairs and international sales trips.</li><li>Creation of the Foreign Rights catalogue and collecting information for the Mono Rights guide.</li><li>Organising send outs of sales material to international publishers.</li><li>Contributing to internal and external marketing and sales pitch creation.</li><li>Preparing sales quotes</li></ul> Who we are looking forEssential<ul><li>Admin and general office skills</li><li>Organisational and prioritisation skills</li><li>Knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)</li><li>Understanding of the publishing process</li><li>Good customer service skills</li><li>Strong numeracy skills</li><li>Ability to Multi-task</li></ul>Experience of the following is a plus but not essential<ul><li>Knowledge of Pub Tracker, US Bookscan online sales analysis, Biblio</li><li>Familiarity with Indesign</li></ul> Additional informationThe role reports into the Head of Rights – France &amp; Quebec with dotted line reporting to North American Sales Director and Administration Assistant – North American Sales.&nbsp;The role will sit within the Foreign Rights Department and provides support to multiple team members, including managers and directors of both Foreign Rights (illustrated &amp; Mono) &amp; North America What we offerOur staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:<ul><li>28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)</li><li>Private medical insurance</li><li>Dental insurance</li><li>Generous pension schemes</li><li>Rent deposit loans</li><li>2 community days per year</li><li>Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)</li><li>Retail discounts through Hachette rewards</li><li>Cycle to Work scheme</li><li>Eye care vouchers</li><li>Wide-ranging training library</li><li>Development programmes (including mentoring)</li><li>Up to 70% off book purchases</li><li>A charity bookshelf</li><li>12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including&nbsp;Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing&nbsp;and religious networks</li><li>Season ticket loans</li><li>And much more!</li></ul> Our commitmentHachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.booktradeentrysupport.org/" target="_blank">www.booktradeentrysupport.org</a>Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Carmelite House

Hachette UK

Foreign rights & North American sales assistant

Closing date for signing up:&nbsp;Tuesday&nbsp;20th May 2025 at 5pmEvent date:&nbsp;Wednesday 21st May 2025Event time:&nbsp;5pm - 6pm via Zoom Are you interested in building a career in or around bookselling? Or keen to hear more from booksellers from across the UK? If so, our upcoming Booksellers Association webinar is perfect for you.Join us for an exclusive webinar arranged by the <a href="https://www.booksellers.org.uk/" target="_blank">Booksellers Association</a> – the membership organisation for all booksellers in the UK &amp; Ireland, representing over 95% of bookshops – to learn more about careers in bookselling, and hear from the President of the Booksellers Association as well as managers and owners of bookshops across the UK.This will also be an excellent opportunity to learn more about our upcoming Creative Access &amp; Booksellers Association mentoring programme, due to open for applications w/c 12/05/25. Please note the mentoring opportunity is a Positive Action Scheme open to individuals from groups that are under-represented in the creative industries. The session will conclude with an audience Q&amp;A to the Chair and panel speakers. Meet our speakers:<ul><li>Panel chair: Fleur Sinclair, Owner-manager of Sevenoaks Bookshop &amp; current president of the Booksellers Association</li><li>Amanda Truman, Owner-manager of Truman Books, Leeds</li><li>Emily Adsett, Manager of Haslemere Bookshop, Surrey</li><li>Helen Tamblyn-Saville, Owner-manager of Wonderland Bookshop, Retford, Nottinghamshire</li><li>Paul Lynch, Area people support for Waterstones</li></ul> To sign up for the Learn More session, please:&nbsp;&nbsp;<ul><li>Log in to your Creative Access account or  register today </li><li>Click the apply button to book your place on the session</li><li>If you have questions prior to submitting an application please submit these via the registration form.</li></ul> This event is aimed at individuals from groups that are under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals who identify as Black, Asian, or from other ethnically diverse backgrounds,&nbsp;or people of any ethnicity who belong to the following under-represented groups: disabled people,&nbsp;people with the characteristic of gender reassignment,&nbsp;individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, carers and asylum seekers.

The Booksellers Association

Learn More webinar: Creative Access & Booksellers Association – Building a career in bookselling

Closing date:&nbsp;11th May 2025Salary: £30,000 - £33,000 per annum dependent on experienceDepartment: Business AffairsReporting to: Senior Business Affairs ManagerContract type: PermanentWorking hours: Full-timeLocation: Vauxhall, London (Hybrid Post Probation) Take your next step in children's publishing with this exciting junior role in contracts/business affairs.&nbsp;Walker Books UK is part of the vibrant international&nbsp;Group that includes Candlewick Press, Holiday House, Peachtree and Pixel + Ink in the USA and Walker Books Australia. Renowned for its truly original publishing and outstanding quality, the&nbsp;Walker Books Group&nbsp;is home to a wide range of children's and young adult books.Award-winning authors and illustrators for the group include Angie Thomas, Sydney Smith, M.T Anderson, Patrick Ness, and Jon Klassen. We are also enormously proud to publish beloved&nbsp;family brands including Lucy Cousin’s&nbsp;Maisy, Michael Rosen’s&nbsp;We're Going on a Bear Hunt,&nbsp;Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram’s&nbsp;Guess How Much I Love You&nbsp;and&nbsp;Martin Handford’s&nbsp;Where’s Wally?This is an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated contracts / business affairs assistant seeking to further progress their career in Contracts and Business Affairs in children’s publishing. You will issue and administer picture books, flat fee, and sub-rights agreements in a timely manner (working with senior Business Affairs team); maintain up-to-date, accurate records and filing systems relating to such agreements; liaising with external agents and stakeholders, providing key administrative support to Business Affairs team in respect to other ad hoc tasks across department as and when necessary. Key responsibilities<ul><li>Drafting picture book and flat fee agreements; negotiation of terms as needed (working with senior Business Affairs team and Editorial / Design departments)</li><li>Drafting &amp; producing ad hoc addenda/letters to cover any changes to agreements</li><li>Supporting Business Affairs Executive with checking agreements/producing reversion request forms for Publishing/Acquisition Meeting on a timely basis.</li><li>Setting up picture books and flat fee contracts, development fees and other sub-rights contracts on Biblio (working with senior BA team) as needed and liaising with Compliance for relevant invoicing or payment</li><li>Attending regular meetings/liaison with relevant departments</li><li>Negotiating, drafting and issuing educational sales agreements (working with the BA Director)</li><li>Reviewing marketing agreements (working with the BA Director)</li><li>Contracts administration: maintaining contracts files and day-to-day files and records</li><li>Liaison and administration of anti-piracy services; issuing takedown notices where applicable</li><li>Dealing with both internal and external contract and rights queries</li></ul>​Please note the above is not an exhaustive list and does not necessarily include all the duties the job holder may have to perform. This job description may be amended to meet changing needs of the business. Knowledge, skills and experienceTo be successful in this role, you will be able to demonstrate evidence of the following skills and/or experience:<ul><li>Around 18 months – 2 years’ experience of drafting contracts</li><li>A strong working knowledge of standard contractual terms</li><li>Highly self-motivated</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills, have the confidence in communicating with internal and external stakeholders</li><li>An ability to use initiative and work calmly under pressure with a ‘can-do’ / proactive approach to problem-solving.</li><li>An ability to prioritise work given specific deadlines, juggling multiple tasks and requests without close supervision.</li><li>Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft office applications.</li><li>Knowledge and enthusiasm of the children’s book publishing or media industry is not essential but would be advantageous</li><li>Knowledge of Biblio would be advantageous</li></ul> Why join Walker Books?We offer:<ul><li>Competitive Salaries</li><li>Hybrid work (at least two days in the office per week) once you have successfully passed probation</li><li>22 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays (with annual leave increasing with length of service up to 27 days)</li><li>Enhanced Pension Scheme</li><li>Health Insurance and Health Cash Plan</li><li>Life Assurance</li><li>Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay</li><li>Access to an Employee Assistance Programme</li><li>Cycle to Work Scheme</li><li>Plus, other great benefits!</li></ul> If you have any queries about this role or require any reasonable adjustments for your application or throughout the recruitment process, please let our team know by contacting us at <a href="mailto:recruitment@walker.co.uk" target="_blank">recruitment@walker.co.uk</a>.&nbsp;All children deserve to see themselves, their families, and their communities represented in the books they read. As children’s book publishers, it is our goal to ensure that the books and content we publish authentically and joyfully reflect the world around us. As an employer, we are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive working environment where everyone is included, valued, and empowered to do their best and most creative work. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome candidates from all backgrounds without regard to race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, sex, or any other characteristic protected by law and those not yet protected by law.Please note we reserve the right to close vacancies before the closing date where we have received sufficient applications. We recommend submitting your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Walker Books Ltd

Contracts executive

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