Rights Assistant - Quadrille

Job Description

Rights Assistant - Quadrille

 

We are seeking a Rights Assistant to join the team selling translation rights for Quadrille books to publishers around the world on a permanent basis.

 

About 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, feed minds and fuel creativity. Home to experts, household names and bright new talent in cookery, craft, lifestyle and gift, we combine cutting-edge design with inspiring content for audiences around the world. Our emphasis is on high-quality illustrated books with integrity and longevity.

 

The role

 

Customer care is fundamental to this exciting and varied role, and you will be communicating with our overseas customers on a daily basis. You’ll manage our co-edition print fulfilment in all territories, co-ordinating multiple projects at any one time and working to deadlines that enable the team to deliver a high quality of service to our customers.  Reporting to the Head of Translations & Co-Editions and providing critical administrative and sales support to the fast-paced Quadrille rights team, your responsibilities will include:

 

• Liaising with overseas publishers and with production, publicity, design, editorial, contracts and finance teams to ensure the smooth running of co-edition sales fulfilment
• Liaising with overseas publishers and internal stakeholders to fulfil sub-rights agreements
• Leading fortnightly production co-ordination team meetings
• Collating and submitting digital sales materials and sample copies
• Maintaining complete and correct rights data on company systems and generating departmental progress reports
• Organising book fair presence and sales trips on behalf of the Quadrille Rights team

 

What you’ll bring

 

The role requires exceptional organisational and time management skills, and the ability to handle competing deadlines. Confident communication and ready collaboration are key attributes as you will be building close relationships with existing and potential customers, as well as multiple internal stakeholders.

 

Essential criteria:

 

• Excellent communication skills – the ability to articulate technical detail clearly and nurture strong working relationships
• Sophisticated organisation and multi-tasking skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• The ability to manage a large and varied workload with flexibility and resourcefulness, and to prioritise effectively
• IT literacy and the willingness to engage with all company systems and software tools, including AI
• Collaborative and proactive mindset

 

If you meet these criteria and have a passion for books, together with an appetite for learning and getting to know people, we’d love to hear from you.

 

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 22nd October 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.
• As part of your cover letter, please tell us about a book that Quadrille did not publish but should have, and why, in no more than 300 words.
• Please note we are looking for someone to join the team swiftly, but we are also happy to accommodate a reasonable notice period for the right candidate.

 

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 at least three days per week (including Tuesdays and Wednesdays) and offer the remaining two days to be worked remotely.

Additional Information

 

 

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