Rights Executive
- Location: London Bridge
- Contract: Permanent
- Salary: Competitive
- Hours: 35 hrs per week
- Job reference: 35.23
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Rights Executive to join our passionate and friendly Rights team at Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books.
Working with the team, you will help to grow our successful Rights and Co-editions business, selling our outstanding list to our publishing partners across the globe. You will have the opportunity to work on titles by internationally bestselling authors and illustrators such Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler and brand series such as Tom Gates, Horrible Histories and The Leaf Thief.
You will be pro-active, enthusiastic and an organised team player with great communication and problem-solving skills. You will cultivate excellent working relationships with internal and external contacts and be responsible for sales in multiple territories including the Balkans and Baltics, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Israel and the Middle East. With strong negotiation skills you will help to ensure the team achieve and exceed sales targets. You will have the opportunity to attend international book fairs and carry out sales trips to key territories in order to develop in-depth market knowledge and provide feedback to the wider business.
We are looking for someone with energy, positivity and a love of children’s books who is excited to further their career in Rights as part of our welcoming and dynamic team.
If this sounds like you please send your CV along with a covering letter quoting the job reference number 35.23 to vacancies@scholastic.co.uk .
