Rights Assistant, Academic & Professional

Job description

We are looking for a Rights Assistant to join our thriving Rights team at Bloomsbury and provide administrative support to those responsible for selling licences and co-editions to the Bloomsbury Academic & Professional and selected Special Interest imprints.

The Role
• General admin support including but not limited to processing contracts, gratis orders, sending out translated author copies, and electronic file supply
• Manage co-edition fulfilment, including loading deals onto Biblio, maintaining schedules, obtaining customer files and approval of materials, invoicing
• Respond to internal and external queries from colleagues, customers and authors
• Support the rights team in preparation for key book fairs and sales trips
• Provide assistance in the preparation of rights guides and catalogues
• Compile and send out email newsletters to customers and maintain contacts lists
• Update the dedicated rights websites
• Manage Osprey’s permissions and police and prevent piracy of Osprey’s intellectual property

The role is based at our Oxford office, Kemp House, Chawley Park, Cumnor Hill, Oxford OX2 9PH on a hybrid-working pattern of two days office-based / three days home-based (or fully office based if preferred). Allocated office days for this role are: Tuesday and Thursday.

We’d love it if you had…

• Interest in Rights-selling and passion for books
• Proficient in Excel and MS office applications
• Confident in use of creative/design software such as Photoshop and email marketing software
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to manage varied workload and identify priorities effectively
• Time-management ability, attention to detail and a can-do attitude towards problem-solving
• Excellent collaborative and communication skills
• An interest in other countries and cultures

Employer details

Three-time winner of the Bookseller Academic, Educational & Professional Publisher of the Year Award, Bloomsbury’s Academic & Professional Division publishes approximately 3,000 new titles a year. Established in 2008, the division has grown organically and through acquisition and publishes across the humanities and social sciences, from higher education through to professional practice. The successful candidate will play an important role in this division, in the rights team and in the company.