Job Description

Are you a thoughtful and confident communicator and a great team player? Are you motivated to build on your experience of selling rights and supporting global publications?
We are recruiting for a Rights Executive to join the Penguin Random House Rights team, working closely alongside the Rights Director for Vintage, Transworld and Michael Joseph, to grow our business in North America.
About Rights
Penguin Random House UK Group Rights represents international and domestic rights across the companys eight divisions. For Adult Rights, one team represents Ebury, Cornerstone, Penguin General and Penguin Press; another represents Transworld, Michael Joseph and Vintage; and another represents illustrated titles across the seven adult publishing divisions. A separate team represents the Penguin Random House Children's division, which includes Ladybird, Puffin and Penguin imprints. Our film, TV and media team works across all divisions. The Penguin Random House rights team help our books and brands go global.
The role
Youll be working across a wide range of fiction and non-fiction spanning literary and commercial titles.
In collaboration with the team Rights Director, youll work to extend our sales and customer service in North America. Youll be responsible for proactive management of North American deals, supporting customer relationships and providing administrative support to the Rights Director. Youll also be responsible for sales of allocated titles.
Key Responsibilities:

• Proactively track and manage North American deals from the point of sale to publication and beyond, initiating conversations on publication timing, covers and campaign plans with our publishing partners, liaising with the UK team as needed; sharing reviews and sales news; handling queries including but not limited to permissions, file supply, cover and internal file approvals.
• Negotiate and sell rights with ambition, representing allocated titles through year- round submissions.
• Handle North American publicity requests, liaising with authors/agents, customers and UK PR contacts.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with specified customers, displaying strong interpersonal skills and collaborative working to maximise sales opportunities.
• Proactively track market to capture changes/new players and extend customer base.
• Sell and supply covers and internal files as allocated.
• Carry out sales and administrative functions in support of the Rights Director to a high professional standard, including the processing of Subrights on Biblio, contracts, invoicing and loading submissions.
• Evaluate new projects, contributing to rights meetings and title pitches and engaging with team strategy for ambitious, innovative and creative ways to increase title sales.
• Build productive working relationships with editorial/marketing/publicity (according to business need) within their allocated division.

What youll bring
Essential criteria:

• Understand the rights business, and already be working in or have meaningful experience of Rights or Sales.
• Demonstrate an entrepreneurial and proactive approach to work, displaying resourcefulness and a curiosity about new opportunities and developments in the market.
• Be a confident communicator and a responsive negotiator with growing influencing skills.
• Work as a team player showing commitment both to individual sales opportunities and group initiatives.
• Be a keen reader, ready to translate personal passion into generating enthusiasm for our titles in others.

How to apply
Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on Sunday 15th June.
Please ensure you include a cover letter, as it is a crucial part of our assessment process. The cover letter offers an opportunity to show how your experience and interests align with the role requirements. Typically, we expect the cover letter to be no more than one or two pages in length.
Salary
Up to 330,000 plus bonus and benefits.
What you can expect from us
Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.
Our benefits include:

• Financial discounted shopping, season ticket loan, rental deposit loan
• Wellbeing healthcare cash plan, employee assistance, gym loan
• Lifestyle taste card, tech scheme, free and discounted books

For our full benefits list please visit:
Hybrid working
While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. For this role, we expect that there will be meetings and activities that you will need to attend in person 3 days a week.
About Penguin
Were the UKs largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, youll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.
The recruitment process
You can read about our recruitment process at
As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form. The essential criteria for this role are listed as part of the xe2x80x98What youll bring section. There may be times when the volume of applications means we cannot take all eligible candidates to interview.
We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing . Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.
Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.
Company: Penguin Books Limited
Country: United Kingdom
State/Region: London
City: London
Postal Code: SW11 7BW
Job ID: 280323 '