Contracts Executive / Senior Contracts Executive – Maternity Cover (children’s books) – 10 month contract
Company: Little Tiger
Location: Hybrid working, based in London (SW6)
Type: Full-time position on a fixed-term contract
Salary Description: Competitive
Closing date: 21st April 2025
Little Tiger is a vibrant, award-winning publisher of children’s books. Our business is internationally-focussed, innovative, dynamic and collaborative, celebrating excellence and encouraging personal growth and a strong culture of teamwork, both within our offices and externally with our global partners and customers. We have an exciting opportunity for an efficient, experienced and commercially minded Contracts Executive or Senior Contracts Executive to join our friendly team on a 10-month maternity cover contract.
You will work closely with our publisher, and the editorial, sales and rights teams, and also with authors, illustrators, agents and international customers, negotiating and drafting a variety of contracts. The role is ideally suited to a candidate from a literary agency or publishing background, with three years of experience. You’ll be passionate about all aspects of publishing, and excited by the opportunity to develop your responsibilities and experience.
Key responsibilities:
- Reviewing, drafting and negotiating:
– agreements for co-edition and licence deals for the International Rights team;
– US agreements for the Sales team;
– author and contributor contracts and addenda for the Commissioning Editors;
- Working closely with our Contracts and Royalties Assistant to manage Rights contract renewals and reprint addenda;
- Assisting with online piracy and copyright infringements;
- Managing permissions.
This exciting role requires:
- Three years’ experience in the Contracts or Rights Department of an illustrated publishing house or literary agency;
- Thorough understanding of co-edition publishing and licenses;
- Excellent knowledge of contracts, copyright and royalty structures;
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Word and Excel, and database systems such as Biblio;
- Absolute accuracy and eye for detail;
- Excellent communication, organisational, time management and project management skills, plus flexibility to juggle multiple deadlines; plus
- Confidence and professionalism when communicating with colleagues and external clients.
To apply: email your CV and covering letter, stating current salary, to jevans@littletiger.co.uk with the subject header ‘Contracts Maternity Cover’ by 21st April 2025. Only successful candidates will be contacted, and applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Our commitment:
Little Tiger is committed to employing individuals from varied and diverse backgrounds in order to build a team which reflects the different communities of our readers. We employ people based on their abilities, regardless of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality or socio-economic background.
