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Closing date for applications: 22 September 2025Salary: Starting from £36,000 Bring your negotiation skills to a leading global publisher and shape the contracts that deliver bestselling books across the UK, Australia and India.Simon &amp; 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 recognised writers, and winners of the most prestigious literary honours and awards. It is home to numerous well-known imprints and divisions such as Simon &amp; Schuster, Scribner, Atria Books, Gallery Books, Adams Media, Avid Reader Press, Simon &amp; Schuster Children’s Publishing and Simon &amp; 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.We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and proactive contracts manager, responsible for drafting and negotiating contracts for the UK, Australia and India adult and children’s publishing divisions. They will provide contractual advice across the business, delivering a focused and quality service. This role will include line management responsibility for the contracts assistant. Responsibilities<ul><li>Reporting to the head of contracts, the contracts manager will draft and negotiate contracts with authors, agents, publishers, and other third parties for the acquisition of rights across key territories</li><li>The successful candidate will work closely with internal stakeholders to negotiate favourable terms and will provide legal and contractual advice to editorial teams</li><li>The role also includes analysing US and agency contracts, advising colleagues on contractual queries, and overseeing digitalisation of backlist contracts</li><li>The successful candidate will oversee workflow, maintain high-quality standards, and support team members’ professional growth and development</li></ul> Knowledge, skills and experience<ul><li>The ideal candidate will be organised and efficient, a competent negotiator, and have excellent verbal and written communication skills</li><li>Strong interpersonal skills are essential for building and maintaining effective working relationships</li><li>Candidates must have relevant experience working with publishing or media-related contracts, trade publishing experience being desirable, with a solid understanding of current publishing practices</li><li>A good grounding in administration, IT and&nbsp; database systems is a must</li><li>A legal background is advantageous but not essential</li></ul> Simon &amp; 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 &amp; 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.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

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