Rights Assistant Quadrille London 2025

We are seeking a Rights Assistant to join the team selling translation rights for Quadrille books to publishers around the world, on a Fixed Term basis to September 2025.

The team

Quadrille Publishing Ltd is a global, award-winning food and lifestyle publisher. We believe in the transformative power of books – our mission is to enrich readers’ lives, ignite creativity and spark conversations. Our emphasis is on high-quality illustrated books with integrity and longevity. Home to experts, household names and bright new talent in everything from cookery to craft, lifestyle and gift, we combine cutting-edge design with inspiring content for audiences around the world.

The role

Customer care is an important aspect of this exciting and varied role and you will be communicating with overseas customers on a daily basis. You’ll take charge of a range of tasks related to our co-edition print business, manage multiple projects at any one time and work to deadlines that enable the team to deliver a high quality of service to our customers.

Reporting to the Head of Foreign Rights and providing key administrative and sales support to the Foreign Rights team, your responsibilities will include:

• Liaising between overseas publishers and internal stakeholders, including the production, design and editorial teams, to ensure the smooth running of co-edition sales fulfilment.
• Collating and submitting digital sales materials and sample copies
• Updating departmental progress reports and sales databases
• Organising book fair and sales trip schedules on behalf of the Foreign Rights Team
• Assisting with the organisation of a company presence at international book fairs
• General administrative support.

What you’ll bring

The role requires confident communication and collaboration skills as you will need to build close relationships with existing and potential customers, as well as key internal stakeholders. Some other key skills needed include:

• Proactiveness and organisation skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• The ability to manage a varied workload with flexibility and resourcefulness, and to prioritise effectively
• The ability to work in a busy environment and be a team player

You don’t need publishing experience to be considered for this role as we will provide the necessary training, so if you have a genuine passion for books and enjoy getting to know and talking to people, this could be the role for you!

Disability Confident

If you have opted into our disability confident scheme below is the minimum 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.

Minimum criteria

• Demonstratable interest in selling rights and in Quadrille
• Proven written ability showcased through your application
• Experience/ Knowledge of MS Office Excel/Word/ Outlook
• Demonstrable understanding of managing multiple stakeholders at varying seniorities
• Demonstrable communication skills

About Penguin

We’re the UK’s 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, you’ll 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.

How to apply: If you’re interested in joining our Rights team and learning more about the role we play within the business, please apply with your CV and Cover Letter by 23:59 on Friday 4th October.

Please note that untailored Cover Letters will not be accepted.

Salary: £27,500 plus benefits.

Competitive benefits package: 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: https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/what-we-offer/

Hybrid working: We’re experimenting with a hybrid way of working that suits the needs of each team. 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, you will work a minimum of 3 days a week from our London offices, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

The recruitment process: You can read about our recruitment process at https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/how-we-hire/

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. 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 PRHCareersUK@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk. 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.