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Rights Executive, Illusrated
Rights Executive, Illustrated
Are you motivated to build on your experience and take an exciting step into selling rights and supporting global publications? We are seeking a Rights Executive to join the team selling rights in illustrated books across Penguin Random House to support our business in North America and Germany.
About the Team
The Penguin Random House Group Rights department makes our books go global. Within this department, the Adult Illustrated Rights team represents an amazing roster of author talent—from Jamie Oliver, Yotam Ottolenghi, Charlie Mackesy, and Vivi Tinta. We work on illustrated titles across seven adult publishing divisions: Ebury, Michael Joseph, Vintage, Penguin Press, Cornerstone, and Transworld.
The Role
The Rights Executive will collaborate with the Rights Director to:
- Extend sales, author care, and customer service in North America and Germany
- Proactively track and manage North American and German deals
- Provide administrative support to the Rights Director
- Achieve strong sales performance on allocated titles
Working closely with customers, agents, and authors—as well as colleagues from Editorial, Production, Marketing, and Publicity—you’ll help implement the rights vision, direction, and goals to maximise sales and customer opportunities in North America and Germany, under the guidance of the Rights Director.
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Essential Criteria
- Experience in rights/licensing sales or a commercial publishing environment, with a passion for selling books
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including clear and confident communication with both internal and external stakeholders
- Proactive approach, with initiative, accountability, and a drive to excel
- A natural ability to ambassadorship for books, translating personal enthusiasm into customer and colleague engagement
- Flexible project management skills, strong administrative and organisational abilities, and the agility to adapt to change and competing priorities
- An appetite for continuous learning and applying feedback
- A collaborative team player, comfortable with shared information, team projects, and peer mentorship
- Disability Confident: commited organisation—eligible candidates with disabilities are guaranteed an interview if meeting essential criteria.
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Application Instructions
Please submit your CV and a cover letter explaining why you’d be an ideal candidate by 11:59pm on 15th July 2026.
A two-stage interview process is planned:
- First stage: In-person interviews during the week of 27th July
- Second stage: In-person interviews during the week of 3rd August Flexibility to discuss this further throughout the process.
Note on AI use: Authenticity and creativity drive our process. While AI is fine for guidance, submissions should reflect your true talents—share personal insights, not canned responses or robotic sections.
Salary, Conditions & Flexibility
- Salary: Circa £31,000 (based on relevant experience) + bonus and standard group benefits.
- Working model: Hybrid (3 office days/week) to meet face-to-face collaboration while maintaining flexibility.
Additional Information
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