Subrights Assistant

The Subrights Assistant will be responsible for providing administrative support to the Subrights department while also communicating with publishers around the world. The position will report to the Director of Subsidiary Rights for FSG and Henry Holt.

What You'll Do:

• Provide overall administrative support to the Subsidiary Rights Department
• Assist in preparing, logging and tracking submissions
• Fulfill file and production requests for licensees
• Update and maintain various department logs and databases
• Assist in creating seasonal and book fair rights guides
• Assist and organize preparations for London and Frankfurt book fairs
• Read and evaluate manuscripts and proposals for international markets
• Communicate with authors and representatives from within the global publishing community

What You'll Bring:

• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and manage time effectively while also ensuring accuracy of work through attention to detail
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) with the aptitude to communicate
  effectively in both individual and group settings regardless of audience
• Attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines
• Foreign languages a plus
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite required, knowledge of Adobe ands InDesign a plus

Ideal Experience:

• Internships a plus
• Interest in publishing

This role will have an annual salary of $47,500.

Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade division of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned media company headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Its publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.

U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, Macmillan publishes under the Pan Macmillan name. The German company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels. The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC.