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About the Role

This role is for a Rights Manager to work with the Cornerstone, Ebury, Penguin General, and Penguin Press divisions on a 12-month fixed-term contract to cover parental leave. The position offers the opportunity to work across a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles, selling translation rights and managing specific international markets. The successful candidate will contribute to team strategy for increasing title sales and will report to the Head of Translation.

Responsibilities

Effectively and ambitiously sell translation rights in Portugal, Brazil, South Korea, Japan.
Skilfully negotiate translation rights sales, achieving strong deals through auctions, options, personal representation, negotiation of terms, concluding sales, and managing administrative tasks.
Provide dynamic representation of PRH titles at client meetings, media events, bookfairs, author events, and sales trips.
Report to the Head of Translation on all matters relating to the acquisition and exploitation of translation rights, including setting financial targets and presenting strategies for growing allocated markets.
Develop, research, and share market expertise in translation markets, identifying trends, and bringing publishing ideas back into the business.
Build excellent relationships with international publishers, track market changes, identify new players, and extend the customer base.
Establish strong relationships with literary scouts and co-agents.
Work with the senior rights sales team to nurture and develop junior rights team members.
Deputise for a team divisional rights specialist (DRS) working closely with Penguin General, including establishing relationships with the editorial team, reading widely, and providing feedback on acquisitions, submissions, sales trips, and bookfairs.
Work on group projects and processes.

Requirements

Experienced rights seller with proven experience in translation rights.
A track record of commercial success in skilfully negotiating rights sales and maximising revenue in your markets.
Confident and proactive in representing a large and varied list of both fiction and non-fiction titles at bookfairs, author events, and on sales trips.
Ability to handle competing demands and prioritise effectively.
Excellent demonstrable communication and relationship building skills.
Must apply with CV and cover letter (both in pdf format) by 11:59pm on Monday 16th of November 2026.
Cover letter should be uploaded as an additional document.

Skills

Negotiation
Communication
Relationship building
Market curiosity
Entrepreneurial
Persuasive
Ambitious

Location

Embassy Gardens office

Work Type

12-month FTC
Hybrid working

Experience Level

Senior Rights Executive
Rights Manager

Salary/Compensations

£36,000 - £40,000

Benefits

Bonus
Benefits

About the Company

Penguin Random House UK Group Rights represents international and domestic rights across the company’s eight divisions.
Penguin Random House rights teams help our books and brands go global.
Penguin believes in the power of authenticity and human creativity.
Penguin celebrates creativity and diverse perspectives.
The Random House Group Limited is the legal entity.

Equal Opportunity

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.
We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing [email protected].