Rights & Content Acquisition Executive

Division: Audible.UK
Location: London
Salary Range: Audible offers a competitive compensation and benefits package

Experience Required:

  • You will need to be experienced in rights negotiation, acquiring, selling and negotiating rights, either from an agency or publishing background
  • A solid understanding of the books market
  • A solid experience of account management
  • A high level of attention to detail

Preferable Experience:
Ideally experienced in the digital book market, publishing, on-line retail, audio, digital or media industries

Key Responsibilities:

  • Actively seek out new Content Partners
  • Respond to incoming UK Content Enquiries
  • Negotiate terms
  • Draft contracts
  • Identify recordings where download rights are unexploited and look into acquiring rights for digital distribution
  • Seek out material to be produced by Audible and distributed as download-only products
  • Respond to Publishers seeking advice on selection and production of download-only products
  • Ensure continuous flow of material from Content Partners
  • Encourage co-marketing activities with existing Content Partners

The ideal candidate should be outgoing, flexible, organized, able to prioritise and work well under pressure. He or she should have experience in rights negotiations (preferably with audiobooks, print books or sub licenses) as well as experience drafting contracts. He or she should have a good understanding of the physical and digital book markets.

In return, we will offer you a competitive salary, stock units, and other excellent benefits including healthcare.

Audible is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.

When contacting recruiter@audible.com, please include a cover letter with your resume. Only qualifying candidates will be contacted.

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