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Closing date for applications: 26 August 2025 at 9.00amSalary: £36,900 to £40,850 including Inner London Weighting Are you passionate about fundraising and supporting an inspiring programme of artistic events, learning activities and community work? &nbsp;As we enter an exciting new stage of the Barbican’s life, there couldn’t be a better time to join us. Focussed firmly on the future, we’re working on ambitious plans to create better access to the arts, transforming our building and reimagining what an arts centre can be. Through our work on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, we’ll ensure the Barbican becomes a place where everyone belongs – where creativity, enterprise, and learning coexist, and everybody can achieve their fullest potential.We are seeking a philanthropy officer to play a key role in supporting and delivering excellent stewardship for our patrons and most generous individual donors. From dance and film, to music, theatre and visual arts the philanthropy team works across the whole of our ambitious and joyful cross-arts programme, giving you the chance to share the best of the Barbican with our closest supporters.This is an excellent opportunity for someone eager to build on their experience of relationship management and develop their career in fundraising while contributing to the work of an exciting multi-arts venue at a key point of change for the organisation. The successful candidate will be supported to gain experience across all aspects of individual giving, and to develop themselves as an ambitious and high-achieving fundraiser. The Barbican offers an excellent range of staff benefits full details can be found on our website. ResponsibilitiesThe philanthropy officer will be the main point of contact in the philanthropy team, primarily account managing our lower-level patrons and supporting the stewardship and recruitment of higher level donors. Alongside the delivery of our patrons scheme, they will lead on all individual giving events and manage the philanthropy team’s participation in development-wide events such as exhibition private views. The philanthropy officer also provides key administrative support to the philanthropy team, keeping track of financial reconciliation, preparing invoices, and managing accurate income data in our customer relationship management (CRM) platform Spektrix. Knowledge, skills and experienceEssential<ul><li>Experience of developing great donor or stakeholder relationships, both in person and in writing</li><li>Ability to manage income and expenditure budgets, especially toward financial reconciliation</li><li>Professional and persuasive written and verbal communication skills (on the phone and in person) including ability to prepare concise written or financial reports</li><li>Ability to take on new systems/databases to record and analyse data, especially in a CRM context</li><li>Good attention to detail with and strong organisational skills</li><li>Energised and flexible attitude toward working with colleagues and stakeholders in all types of interactions and ability to work calmly under pressure</li><li>Ability to demonstrate discretion and confidentiality</li><li>Demonstrated knowledge, understanding and interest in fundraising and the arts</li><li>Experience of planning and delivering events</li></ul>Desirable<ul><li>Experience of working in a fundraising or marketing team</li><li>Experience of working with Box Office or ticketing systems</li><li>Understanding of GDPR, UK Gift Aid rules, the Data Protection Act, VAT rules, and other relevant legislation concerning fundraising</li><li>Experience of Patron programmes in the arts or fundraising for education</li></ul> Additional informationOur core values are: inclusive, connected, sustainable, joyful and daring. As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of staff within the Barbican we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from groups that are currently underrepresented, including people from the Global Majority and D/deaf and disabled people. We want to better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We are members of the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who would like to be considered under this scheme and who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.&nbsp;Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Barbican Centre

Philanthropy officer

Closing date for applications: 18 August 2025Salary: The starting salary for this role is £27,000Contract: 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.&nbsp; Kickstart your career in publishing rights with this exciting entry-level role at an award winning children's publisher!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. ResponsibilitiesThe 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 and tasks will range from&nbsp;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, to creating rights appointment schedules for book fairs and sales trips, collating and submitting digital sales material and sample copies, updating sales databases and providing general administrative support as required by the rights department.&nbsp; Knowledge, skills and experience<ul><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills</li><li>Language skills (essential)</li><li>Interest in working with Asian markets (desirable)</li><li>Team-player with excellent communication skills</li><li>Strong organisational skills and an eye for detail</li><li>The ability to multitask and work well under pressure</li><li>Initiative and the ability to work independently</li><li>Strong interest in publishing, particularly children’s books</li><li>Strong sales and numeracy skills</li></ul>No prior publishing experience is necessary in order to apply for the role. The successful candidate will have the right to live and work in the UK.&nbsp; Benefits<ul><li>Pension scheme</li><li>Christmas closure</li><li>Summer hours</li><li>Employee Assistance Programme</li><li>Income protection</li><li>Critical illness cover</li><li>Group life assurance</li><li>Enhanced parental leave</li><li>Cycle to Work Scheme</li><li>Season ticket loans</li><li>Eye care vouchers</li><li>Up to 80% off RRP for Nosy Crow book purchases</li><li>Emergency loans</li><li>Free fruit and snacks in the office</li><li>Moving day leave</li><li>Charitable/socially beneficial leave</li><li>Remote working anywhere in the world for up to 2 weeks per year</li></ul> Additional informationsPlease note that interviews will not take place until after the 22nd August.To apply, please upload 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, addressed to Rhianna Sandford with the subject heading International Rights Assistant role, telling us where you heard about the job. 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.&nbsp; Nosy Crow is a 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.&nbsp;&nbsp;We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of&nbsp;race, age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage or civil partnership.&nbsp;Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Crows Nest

Nosy Crow

International rights assistant

Closing date for applications: 13 August 2025&nbsp;Salary: £27,000 based in London, £24,840 based outside of LondonLocation: This role can be based at our London or Sheffield office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week. Are you detail-driven and passionate about books? Join an international sales team and help bring outstanding titles to readers worldwide.Hachette UK is a creative powerhouse and the UK's second largest book publishing group, with 11 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity. Hachette UK is part of Hachette Livre, the world's third largest trade and educational publisher. As well as our headquarters in Carmelite House, London, and our state-of-the-art book distribution centre in Didcot, Oxfordshire, we have recently opened five new offices in Manchester, Bristol, Sheffield, Newcastle, and Edinburgh. The UK region also includes offices in Australia, New Zealand, India, Singapore, the Caribbean, the UAE and Ireland.&nbsp;It's an exciting time to join our business because the publishing market continues to grow and thrive. The UK remains the largest exporter of physical books in the world and book adaptations for film and TV are the foundation of the UK's creative industries. What you'll be doingReporting to the international sales director you will be required to:<ul><li>Provide administrative support to the international sales director</li><li>Create and maintain sales material including order forms and PowerPoint presentations and email blasts, liaising with colleagues outside the department where required</li><li>Provide general administrative support to the open market team including running all trip reports and providing cover when they are out of the office</li><li>Deal with day-to-day customer support including processing orders and dealing with general queries</li><li>Assist with general enquiries from the exclusive distributor for Singapore &amp; Malaysia</li><li>Be the point of contact for African customers and deal with orders and queries</li><li>Produce sales data when required, including assisting with running and distribution of monthly reports</li><li>Assist in the scheduling of any events for sales teams, customers or other groups, within agreed budgets and parameters</li></ul> Who we are looking forWe’re looking for a strong team player who has excellent communication and organisational skills, attention to detail, an ability to multi-task and prioritise, and an enthusiasm for working in a fast-moving commercial environment. We need someone who is interested in publishing, loves books and can talk about them with conviction and passion.You’ll need to be proficient with Microsoft Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint), and having a degree, publishing experience or any form of experience in an office environment would be an advantage.The successful candidate will be keen to learn new skills as well as have a willingness to go the extra mile to ensure tasks are completed and excellent customer service is provided. &nbsp; 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 commitmentThe 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> Hachette 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.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Carmelite House

Hachette UK

International sales assistant

Closing date for applications: 27 August 2025Salary: £28,500 per annum Work with global retailers, analyse trends and drive book sales across every genre as part of a dynamic team at the heart of digital publishing.This is an excellent position in a dynamic sector of publishing, providing support to the digital sales team. The role will require an extremely high level of organisation and initiative, as well as an ability to rapidly acquire a high level of competency on company systems and confident use of Microsoft Office applications, with an excellent working knowledge of Excel. We’re looking for personable, bright individual who can learn quickly and use their own initiative. A problem solver with an aptitude for analysing large sets of data and ability to draw conclusions and make recommendations. The role offers solid experience supporting the team selling to major UK and global digital retailers. It’s a real opportunity for gaining an unmatched insight into the digital publishing landscape, online retail, and the workings of publishing divisions across all genres. ResponsibilitiesData and analysis<ul><li>Prepare lists of titles to feature in key retailer promotional programmes ensuring optimum performance across the catalogue</li><li>Interrogate sales reporting, identifying trends and creating contextualised reports on sales promotions</li><li>Manage the global properties schedule ensuring backlist activity across all the HC companies is aligned and communicated</li><li>Develop a strong working knowledge of the HarperCollins global catalogue, understanding seasonal patterns and commercial opportunities</li><li>Work closely with the insight and analytics departments to ensure strategic alignment</li></ul>Digital Sales<ul><li>Provide administrative support to the digital sales team</li><li>Support the digital sales team in selling effectively to all key digital retailers, across eBooks and digital audio for all HarperCollins publishing divisions</li><li>Support sales managers and directors for learning and best practice</li><li>Keep effective records of all promotions, ensuring the promotion planner is fully up to date with accurate details of key promotional pricing.</li><li>Create and maintain quarterly promotion overviews, communicating updates to the digital sales team</li><li>Liaise effectively with publishing divisions and sales teams to ensure information is shared and promotion plans are clearly communicated</li><li>Manage the global properties schedule ensuring activity across all the HC companies is aligned</li><li>Coordinate all general office administration across the department ensuring the smooth management of information and resources</li><li>Collate the weekly digital sales report, working closely with other members of the team to identify key points of interest for communication</li></ul> Knowledge, skills and experience<ul><li>Admin experience with excellent attention to detail</li><li>Experience of utilising advanced Excel</li><li>Knowledge of PowerPoint and Word</li><li>Experience of supporting a busy team</li><li>Ability to communicate at all levels, both written and verbally</li><li>Professional, reliable, able to work quickly under pressure and use own initiative</li><li>Effective time management</li><li>Very organised</li></ul> Benefits<ul><li>Hybrid working model (3 days in the office)</li><li>28 days holiday plus bank holidays (option to buy and sell holiday days)</li><li>Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave</li><li>Private healthcare cover and life assurance</li><li>Summer hours</li><li>Free access to HeadSpace, employee assistance programme (24 hour helpline), mental health first aiders, and a wellbeing portal</li><li>Season ticket loans (from day 1 for entry level) and cycle to work scheme</li><li>Relocation rent support loan</li><li>Employee networks: HC All In (open forum), Elevate (for ethnic minority colleagues), HarperParents, Menopause at Work, Pride at HC, Social Mobility Network and Neurodiversity at Work</li><li>Unlimited training on our learning and development portal, management courses (up to MA level) and mentoring programmes</li><li>Virtual GP and eyecare vouchers</li><li>Gym membership discount</li><li>Onsite physiotherapy (London only)</li><li>Charitable donation matching and&nbsp;2 volunteering days</li><li>We're a certified carbon neutral company</li><li>Green electric/hybrid car benefit scheme (salary sacrifice)</li><li>With Trees for Life we plant a tree in the Highlands of Scotland for every permanent hire</li><li>Free e-books and audiobooks, digital newspaper subscriptions and discounts on books</li><li>Subsidised canteen and retail discounts</li><li>Onsite prayer room&nbsp;</li></ul> Additional informationAt HarperCollins, we value authenticity and integrity in our recruitment process. To ensure a fair and accurate evaluation of all applications, we ask that all responses to assessment questions reflect your own thoughts, experiences, and capabilities.&nbsp; This allows us to fairly assess your knowledge, skills, and experience to determine how they align with the role. We value diverse perspectives and genuine contributions, even if answers are not perfect. The use of AI tools or external assistance to generate responses is discouraged unless explicitly permitted for specific tasks.If you wish to discuss anything regarding this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly with subject heading ‘Vacancy Query’ plus the job title and we will aim to get back to you within 5 working days. 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.

Glasgow Office 

Honley

Dublin

HarperCollins Publishers UK

HarperCollins

200 Years of HarperCollins

Digital sales executive

Salary: Starting from £35,000 per annum This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who ideally has some rights sales experience and is ready to take the next step in their career.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 recognized writers, and winners of the most prestigious literary honors 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.Simon &amp; Schuster Children’s Books is a high performing, dynamic division of a fast-growing and ambitious publisher, and the British Book Awards Children’s Publisher of the Year 2023. Across our lists, we are dedicated to immersing children of all ages in diverse and inclusive reading experiences, encouraging a lifelong love of reading. We are the proud publishers of global superstars such as Lauren Roberts, Rachel Renée Russell and Lynn Painter, as well as home-grown bestsellers and award-winners such as A.F. Steadman, Tom Percival, Laura Bates, Nadia Shireen, Benji Davies, Richard Jones, Sue Hendra &amp; Paul Linnet, and Danielle Jawando. Little Simon UK, our exciting new pre-school and novelty imprint, is launching in 2026.We’re looking for a senior rights executive to join our friendly, successful, and collaborative S&amp;S Rights team. As part of our fast-paced and dynamic team, you’ll work closely with the head of children’s rights and have responsibility for managing and developing your own international markets, selling rights and co-editions across our vibrant and diverse children’s list.This is a permanent role offering great scope for professional growth, with the chance to build lasting relationships with international partners and contribute directly to the global success of our titles. ResponsibilitiesThe job role involves:<ul><li>Management and negotiation of sales in your own territories across pre-school, picture books and fiction titles</li><li>Pitching books and concluding sales</li><li>Customer care</li><li>Drafting, sending and archiving contracts</li><li>Organising business trips and book fair appointments</li><li>Sending out follow-up material</li><li>Updating our submissions database</li><li>Liaising with international customers over file supply</li><li>Great communication skills are key</li></ul> Knowledge, skills and experience<ul><li>The ideal candidate will already have rights sales experience, excellent communication skills, both written and verbal and a meticulous eye for detail.</li><li>With a positive attitude and the ability to multi-task, the successful candidate will have a passion for children’s books and international publishing.</li><li>Knowledge of a foreign language would be an advantage.</li><li>IT skills and intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Excel is a must.</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.Candidates hired for this or any other posted Simon &amp; Schuster UK role will be employees of Simon &amp; Schuster UK Ltd subject to all policies, including the&nbsp;Workplace Privacy Notice, and eligible solely for the benefits plans thereof.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Simon & Schuster UK

Senior rights executive

Closing date for applications: 6pm, Monday 18th August 2025Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 depending on experience&nbsp; &nbsp;We are on a mission to champion change and celebrate diversity in classical music – do you have the skills and expertise to help us?&nbsp;After ten successful years of growth, underpinned by a strong mission and successful fundraising, the Chineke! Foundation is looking for a Projects Director who will help ensure that the production and organisation of projects match their artistic ambition.You will play an important role in the continued growth and evolution of the organisation. You will work closely with the Projects Team and lead on planning, selling and delivery. You will communicate the development of any new projects whilst overseeing the pre-existing engagements and work closely with our touring agents at Askonas Holt. Reporting to the Managing Director and working as part of our dynamic team of management staff you will play a vital role in the organisation.&nbsp; Your responsibilities will be:&nbsp;<ul><li>Attending all Chineke! rehearsals, projects and tours</li><li>Working closely with the artistic team to assist on curation of programmes, keeping track of conductor/soloist invites and handling contracting once bookings have been confirmed</li><li>Meeting with venues to generate interest in our future programmes and secure concert dates to build out regional tours around core Southbank Centre dates</li><li>Keeping the Development Director and Marketing and Communications Manager up to date on projects and future plans</li><li>Keeping track of our National Portfolio Organisation requirements with Arts Council and planning projects to meet our targets on the number of concerts in each category that we have committed to in each financial year</li><li>Working closely with our important partners i.e. Askonas Holt, Southbank Centre, Woolwich Works, Royal Albert Hall</li><li>Working closely with the Artistic Team and Managing Director to ensure that our performance plans align with our mission and 5 Year Development Plan</li><li>Producing and negotiating contracts to engagements (conductors, soloists, with venues/festivals, tours, commercial engagements etc.)</li><li>Contributing to a supportive and collegiate culture within the Chineke! Foundation</li></ul> &nbsp;Knowledge, skills and experienceWe are looking for these areas of experience and skills:&nbsp;<ul><li>First-hand knowledge and experience of working with orchestras</li><li>Confidence in advising the artistic team when developing programmes</li><li>Experience of recording and filming including rights and contracting</li><li>Experience of project scheduling</li><li>Ability to build strong new relationships with regional, national and international venues</li><li>Budgeting and negotiating skills</li><li>Outstanding networking skills in a range of settings</li><li>Ability to work from home and the Chineke! office at Woolwich Works in Greenwich</li><li>Commitment to advancing the cause of diversity in the arts</li><li>A strong work ethic, ability to work autonomously, and a willingness to work occasional irregular hours including weekends and/or whenever projects take place</li><li>A high standard of communication in written and spoken English</li></ul>Reporting to the Managing Director and in coordination&nbsp;with the Artistic Director and Deputy Artistic Director, you will handle the orchestra’s diary, lead on the production of projects and line manage the Orchestra &amp; Tour Manager and our Production freelancers. &nbsp;How to applyIf you have any queries, or wish to apply for the post, please send your CV and covering letter to Annabelle Baik, Concert Coordinator via the Apply button.Please include in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Chineke! Foundation

Projects director

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