Job Description

Rights Assistant (Children’s)

Are you a great organiser who is ready to work in a fast-paced environment? Are you interested in international book markets? What about children’s books? We are looking to recruit a Rights Assistant to join our world record-breaking team, on a permanent basis.

About the team

In Children’s,we publish a wide range of debut and award-winning authors and illustrators, including Stephen and Lucy Hawking, Femi Fadugba, Anthony Browne, Helen Oxenbury, Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola, as well global brands such as Bluey, Tom Fletcher, Spot and Peter Rabbit.

The role

As a member of the Children’s Rights team, you will provide support to a team managing a high volume of work and overseeing the production of a large number of translated books known as co-editions.

Key responsibilities:

• Coordinating foreign language print deals, from price requests to supplying files, checking foreign language editions, tracking deadlines and resolving queries
• Maintaining accurate system and database records of sales and deals in Biblio (a publishing system)
• Preparing presentations and managing production and manuscript schedules
• Handling requests for material from customers and supporting price requests
• Managing the process for securing final materials/assets for Territory Managers
• Organising travel, meetings and sales materials for book fairs and international sales trips
• Ad-hoc duties to the support team when needed

What you’ll bring

You’ll be the first point of contact for incoming queries from our vast range of publishers around the globe, so you’ll need strong communication and customer service skills. You’ll manage and help deliver a mixture of file sales and physical books to our customers and navigate some trickier printings. You’ll also need to be good at creating spreadsheets and managing supply of early material, manuscripts, covers and keeping the sales team updated with the submission calendar.

Essential criteria:

• Strong administrative, organisation and time management skills

• An appetite for learning, with the ability to understand new systems quickly
• A willing and flexible colleague, able to adapt to change with an appetite for multi-tasking and handling competing priorities whilst always delivering to deadlines
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of people including international customers
• A proactive, resourceful and positive team player
• Attention to detail
• The ability to work autonomously using initiative and taking ownership of areas of responsibility, proactively driving these forward.
• Demonstrable interest in publishing
• Proficient PC skills

Disability Confident

If you have opted into our disability confident scheme, the above are the essential criteria you must meet to be considered for our interview scheme. Please note, there may be occasions where the volume of applicants means we can’t take all eligible candidates to interview.

Application instructions

Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on 26th July 2026.

• 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.
• Please note we are looking for someone to join the team as soon as possible, but we are also happy to accommodate a reasonable notice period for the right candidate.
• We anticipate a two-stage interview process which will include a virtual first-stage interview and in-person second stage interview. We are happy to discuss this further with you throughout the recruitment process.

Here at Penguin, we believe in the power of authenticity and human creativity. When you apply for a position, we want to encourage you to showcase your unique voice. Throughout our recruitment process, please share your own thoughts, experiences, and skills. This helps us get a true sense of who you are and what you might bring to our team.

We celebrate creativity and diverse perspectives, so please be yourself! While we recognise AI tools can be helpful, we recommend using them thoughtfully to ensure your responses reflect you.

Salary

£29,000 plus benefits.

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 the successful candidate to work from our London-based office a minimum of three days per week, including Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and offer two days a week to work remotely.

Additional Information

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