Literary Agent

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Role Overview

The Literary Agent reports into the Head of Publishing and is responsible for creating publishing opportunities for their own list of authors.

Key Responsibilities

• Acquiring authors or potential authors with a digital footprint, in partnership with the Head of Publishing, and signing them to the Gleam Titles roster

• Work with the Gleam Futures Talent Managers to spot opportunities within the rostered talent for publishing

• Working with authors to develop commercially viable proposals to take to market

• Selling proposals to editors including negotiation of commercials and contract negotiation

• Supporting authors through the publishing process – this may include some editing – to ensure that the final product is the best quality that it can be

• Work with authors to develop their long-term publishing strategy

Skills & Knowledge:

• Strong knowledge and understanding of the publishing industry – how it works and who are the key players.

• Experience in turning ideas into commercially successful books, especially in the digital-first space.

• Articulate and clear communication whether in person, by phone or by email.

• Being able to manage key stakeholders (including the authors) so that expectations are always managed as best possible.

• Being able to foresee potential issues or roadblocks in advance and successfully navigate around those.

• Being able to adapt behaviour from one author to another author and not taking a one size fits all approach.

• Stay on top of industry developments and share insights with the wider team that may affect the business or talent.

About dentsu international

Part of dentsu, dentsu international headquartered in London operates in over 145 markets worldwide with more than 48,000 dedicated specialists. We help clients to win, keep and grow their best customers and achieve meaningful progress for their businesses. With best-in-class services and solutions in media, CXM, and creative. www.dentsu.com

Working with us

Joining dentsu international, you’ll join a team of 48,000 people. It’s an opportunity to produce career defining work. Along the way, you’ll team up with inspiring colleagues and encounter a richness of clients, cultures and experiences. We offer exciting challenges, memorable experiences and opportunities to shape your future.

Inclusion and Diversity

We’re proud to be different and that starts with our people. We believe in equal opportunities for everyone. We won’t define people by their race, gender, sexual-orientation, age or disability. Individuality is what makes us great, we want everyone to bring their full self to work and create something amazing. That’s what we care about. So, whether you’re joining us, or looking to move to a different part of the business, we work hard to make sure we create equal opportunities for everyone.

We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles – we can’t promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.

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