[Matt Rosler]

ICM Partners, the prominent talent and literary agency with offices in Los Angeles, New York, and London, has an entry-level opening in the literary department of its New York office working primarily in domestic subsidiary rights.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree required
• At least one year of administrative experience or strong internship experience preferred

Must be kept up to date on latest literary business news

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (negotiation skills strongly preferred)
• Must have superb organizational, analytical, and time management skills
• Outgoing, charming personality, and the ability to communicate professionally with colleagues, clients and buyers
• Exceptionally strong attention to detail
• Ability to handle confidential/sensitive information discretely and with diplomacy
• Ability to multi-task
• Strong time management and project management skills
• Unafraid to ask questions
• Proficiency in MS office, Excel and Outlook
• Must have a love for reading and a passion for books!

Responsibilities

• Directing mail / answering phones
• Data entry / up-keeping central rolodex of editorial contacts in magazines and book publishing contacts
• Creating and up-keeping a master list of the book department’s upcoming literary
• projects with up-to-date information about each title and rights information
• Vetting contracts
• Acting as a liaison between authors, editors, producers
• Account receivable responsibilities include: tracking invoices, status of payments
• Compiling audio rights catalogues and serial rights catalogues
• Researching account details of both domestic and foreign publishing contracts
• Maintain filing system and ensure filing remains current
• Other varied administrative details

This position affords an opportunity to learn the mechanics of publishing contracts, particularly in how books are licensed to magazines for excerpts and to third party publishers for audio book rights. The position would provide an introduction to the business side of publishing for candidates considering a future in the business. This particular position is working for an agent who is central to the department. In turn, the assistant’s exposure to multiple book agents and, in turn, the agency’s full list of ongoing and backlist book projects is large so ability to work well with others and handle high-volume of tasks are must have qualities. ICM Partners offers a competitive industry salary plus excellent benefits. ICM Partners is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

All interested and qualified candidates please email resume and cover letter with salary requirements to [email protected].

• This topic was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by Matt Rosler.

[Matt Rosler]

Please note that all applicants who apply to the position above should note they came through our Penntertainment job boards.

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