Junior Rights Manager

🕒 December 9, 2025

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arsEdition GmbH

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1896

📱 Media

🛍️ eCommerce

Media • eCommerce

arsEdition GmbH is a German publisher and retailer that produces and sells books, sound books, games, calendars and stationery, with a strong focus on children's books, young adult and gift titles. The company operates a direct-to-consumer online shop, offers licensing/rights and corporate-publishing services, and promotes its authors and illustrators while providing event and educational tie-ins.

📋 Description

• License sales & client support • Preparing offers and presenting suitable titles to international partners • Assisting with contract negotiations and closings • Managing selected international markets and expanding existing client relationships • Supporting new client acquisition and outreach to potential licensing partners (publishers, agencies) • Coordinating and executing licensing transactions • Organizational support for co-productions and rights assignments (including scheduling and compiling materials) • Drafting, reviewing, and processing contracts and invoices • Maintaining relevant data in our publishing software (e.g. SVS) • Creating and maintaining English-language marketing materials (e.g. Foreign Rights Catalogue, newsletters) • Maintaining our English-language foreign rights website • Handling mandatory deposit and author copies (e.g. shipping to rights holders, the German National Library [DNB], and the internal archive) • Monitoring deadlines (e.g. renewals, reversion of rights) • Actively contributing to the preparation, participation, and follow-up for international trade fairs, including the Frankfurt and Bologna Book Fairs, Spiel Essen, and the Nuremberg Toy Fair • Presenting the publishing program to international partners

🎯 Requirements

• A completed degree — ideally in Book Studies, Humanities, Media Studies, or a related field • Passion for books and games and an interest in international licensing • Excellent written and spoken German and English; enjoyment in composing texts in English • Initial experience in licensing, international collaboration, or publishing • Strong organizational skills and enjoyment of structured, independent work • Digital affinity and proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Teams, Word, Excel) • Intercultural competence and ideally additional language skills (French, Spanish) • Openness to using AI and digital tools; ideally some experience with AI applications or a willingness to learn actively

🏖️ Benefits

• A warm, motivated team that provides comprehensive onboarding and entrusts you with responsibility • International exchange and regular contact with partner publishers worldwide • Work on exciting, varied projects in a creative environment • The opportunity to attend book fairs such as Frankfurt and Bologna • We operate a hybrid working model with home office and on-site presence • Flexible working hours within our flextime model • We share knowledge and experience in regular events under the "arsWissen" program • We find suitable, individual training and development opportunities for all employees • We support families with tax-free subsidies for childcare costs • We subsidize the Deutschlandticket Job (public transport pass)