Foreign Rights Assistant / Executive

Are you a highly organised, creative, multi-lingual individual? If so, you may be the right candidate to join our Rights kids team who is looking to fill a Foreign Rights Assistant/ Executive position.

Quarto creates inspiring books for adults and children published across the globe. As a Foreign Rights Assistant/ Executive, you will be a key player in helping maximise foreign rights sales and co-editions.

Contract

Permanent

From £25,500 per year

1 st August 2025

Working hours

35 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We currently operate a discretionary hybrid model; as part of your role, you will work four days in our London office and one day working from home.

About the roles

You will be providing support to the sales staff, maintaining trading tools, and helping the team to maximise sales opportunities for our kids book portfolios. There will be opportunity for more experienced candidates to transition into a sales support role.

This role requires fluency in German.

What you will be involved in

• Liaising with editorial departments to keep the rights team updated with the latest material and information
• Maintaining and updating book stocks and databases
• Creating marketing tools
• Assisting with the preparation of internal and customer meetings
• Assisting at the book fairs
• Providing support to Foreign Rights Manager including:
  • Preparing material for meetings and arranging post-meeting follow-up send-outs
  • Logging information in databases
  • Tracking of contracts and invoices
  • Organisation, chasing and co-ordination of reprints
  • Research into new customers and sales channels

About you

You will have good attention to detail and be comfortable learning to use new tools and databases. You will need to be adept at multi-tasking and prioritising your deadlines. You will enjoy a fast-paced environment and have the flexibility to adapt to change.

This role can be suited to an assistant with experience in foreign rights, looking to transition into an executive role. You will have excellent communication skills, and an appetite to grow commercially.

You will be able to show you can:

• Process and record large amounts of data and material accurately
• Demonstrate outstanding numeracy and negotiation skills
• Manage multiple priorities and collaborate effectively with internal colleagues
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing and maintain and build superb customer relationships
• Use Microsoft Office at an advanced level
• Provide excellent service to both customers and the team

What we can offer

A supportive, open environment with development opportunities, as well as the following benefits:

• 25 days paid holiday per year (increasing up to 30 days per year), plus bank holidays
• Cultural appreciation day (to honour a cultural holiday which is significant to you, separate to your holiday entitlement)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff discounts on selected shops, retailers, and restaurants
• Health Cash Plan
• Pension
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Summer hours
• Active social and diversity committees

How to apply

Please send a CV and cover letter to by the closing date and state the vacancy name in the email subject title.

Ensure you cover the following:

• Your motivation and what appeals to you about this particular role
• What key skills, experience and achievements you have that you think are relevant to this role, and why. Please provide examples of how you have used or demonstrated those.
• Where you saw the vacancy advertised

All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to live and work in the UK in order to be considered for the vacancy.

We employ individuals based on their abilities and welcome applicants fro m all backgrounds regardless of disability, ethnic origin, gender, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, belief, age, or sexual orientation.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we aim to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible for disabled people. Therefore, we encourage you to inform us of any reasonable adjustments you may require during your interview process. Please note, you only need to disclose information that you are comfortable sharing in order for us to accommodate your request.

Please note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are only able to respond to candidates selected for interview.