Come and work for Nosy Crow: we’re hiring a Rights Assistant

The Rights team at Nosy Crow is hiring, and we have an opportunity for a Rights Assistant to join our small and friendly team.

The Rights team consists of a Rights Manager, a Rights Executive and two Rights Assistants. Whilst the successful candidate will report to the Rights Manager, the role requires working closely with our Rights Executive assisting in selling to customers from specific territories including The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and Eastern Europe as well as contributing to the smooth running of the department.

Key responsibilities and tasks:

Pitching books to customers during appointments at key international book fairs
Creating rights appointment schedules, travel and accommodation for book fairs and sales trips
Sending out follow-up material after the fairs both digitally and in hard-copy form
Organising selling material for the Bologna and Frankfurt fairs
Maintaining accurately the rights database containing information on submissions, rejections and licences of our books
Coordinating the mail-out of foreign copies to authors, illustrators and their agents
Providing general administrative support required by the rights department
Providing general office administrative support

 

Key skills, characteristics and capabilities:

Perfect written and spoken English
Fluency in Spanish and ideally the ability to speak at least one other language in addition to English and Spanish
Excellent written and spoken communication skills
Strong organisational skills

Excellent attention to detail
The ability to multitask and prioritise tasks

The ability to work confidently under pressure

Initiative and the ability to work independently

Strong numeracy skills
Strong interest in children’s books

 

The successful candidate will have the right to live and work in the UK.

To apply, please email your CV, accompanied by a covering letter of no longer than 500 words, to Michela Pea (michela@nosycrow.com) with the subject heading Rights Assistant, telling us where you heard about the job.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 4 November at midnight (UK time).