The role

The Rights Assistant will provide vital administrative support to the Rights Director & Head of Rights for Non Fiction. This role will work across our Non-Fiction, Custom Publishing, Williams Collins and 4th Estate divisions. This position is fast paced and varied, requiring accuracy and attention to detail. You will have the exciting opportunity to contribute to a key commercial division of HarperCollins and work in several international markets. This is an excellent position for someone with a keen interest in rights and who wishes to develop a career in this area.

Responsibilities:

• Working closely with Senior Rights Analyst to ensure the maintenance and accuracy of our rights system and database.

• Working closely with Group Rights Director on the supply of content to Harper Collins Global offices.

• Creating and updating rights guides.

• Working with a close-knit team (plus sales and editorial) to assist in building the list and delivering the books.

• General support and administrative back up, including diary management and processing invoices.

• Assisting in preparation for book fairs and sales trips, including scheduling meetings.

• Dealing with telephone and written rights queries.

• Creating & drafting contracts.

• Liasing with the production team.

• Editorial admin support.

• Supporting the Tolkien rights team.

Skills, Experience and Disposition

• Experience of working in an office environment.

• A keen interest in rights and the desire to learn more about this part of the business and it's place in the industry.

• Work experience in publishing house would be advantageous to the role but not a necessity.

• Computer skills in Word, Powerpoint and Excel.

• Meticulous attention to detail when working with systems and large sums of data.

• Ability to prioritise and manage a high workload from time to time.

• Good levels of numeracy skills.

• Practical and flexible.

• A proactive team member .

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