Royalties (Client Business) Assistant - entry-level

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Job type

• Full-time

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Benefits

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• Company pension

• Employee mentoring program

• Enhanced maternity leave

Full job description

Because of THE Great VOLUME OF Candidates, WE ARE Because of Shutting APPLICATIONS VERY SOON. ANY APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED Through Different MEDIUMS (e.g. LinkedIn message, email, and so forth) Won't BE Acknowledged.

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Royalties (Client Business) Assistant - entry-level

Who we are

The Blair Partnership is a literary and entertainment agency. We offer our clients a broad range of services including rights management, client representation, and franchise management. As part of those services, we help to manage several companies on behalf of our client J.K. Rowling. Those companies include Pottermore and Bronte. These businesses benefit from shared resources and expertise provided by The Blair Partnership, but they are run by their leaders.

There are three core pillars to The Blair Partnership’s business activity:

• Franchise Management – which encompasses brand & franchise vision and strategy, creative strategy & direction, product development, brand management & comms for the Wizarding World franchise

• Client Management - we represent our clients’ literary and entertainment rights portfolios and pursue commercial opportunities for our clients through deal-making in the UK, US, and internationally, partner management, and backlist rights management.

• Governance & support - we provide governance and support to companies owned by J.K. Rowling and Neil Blair. As part of that support, we cultivate close collaboration & strong, cohesive working practices between all the businesses.

Our vision stays to shape, sustain, and develop the most inventive and drawing-in brands for a long time into the future, working with our clients. Our main goal is to shape and associate stories with their crowds.

We are focused on establishing a climate where our staff, clients, and accomplices can recount their accounts and accomplish their potential regardless. We are focused on addressing a variety of abilities, encounters, viewpoints, and foundations. We endeavor to make this a business that is inviting, steady, and engaging; where all voices can be heard. It's a work underway and we realize there is in every case more we can do.

Royalties (Client Business) Assistant - entry-level

What our team do

Interested in the inner workings of the creative and media industries? Want to help support the creators of stories and ideas and ensure that they are paid for their work?

The Client Business Team plays a crucial role in managing the relationships between our clients and their publishers. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that they are properly rewarded for the sales and use of their work whether that be in Books, TV, Film, or Artwork.

Our team is a small and important part of the larger finance team, with the culture as important as anything else. We like to get work done to a high standard but also laugh while we’re doing it. We’re not stuffy suit-and-tie types, we’re real people that our clients can count on to make sure they’re getting what they’re entitled to for producing world-class stories.

What you’ll be doing

• Assist with data input of various agreements on the agency's new royalties management system (Alliant).

Is timing dependent on how to write this one? Will it be RS2 / Alliant or both for parallel run

Could change to below to cover both:

• Assist with data input of various agreements on the agency's current system

• Involvement in moving to the new royalties management system (Alliant).

• Reviewing incoming statements and entering data into the system. Checking they are correct

What we're looking for

This is an entry-level role and as such we’re not looking for any previous experience or knowledge of the job, however, we know the kind of person we’re looking for...

This role would suit someone who:

• Enjoys working with numbers

• Someone who enjoys problem-solving – do you enjoy puzzles and riddles?

• Communicating with people – are you someone who makes new friends easily, are you happy talking to people of different levels?

• Possesses strong attention to detail - Are you someone who notices spelling/grammar errors?

• Enjoys being organized – do you manage your time and prioritize well?

• Happy to work as part of a team and equally happy to work individually

• Has a basic understanding of working on spreadsheets (Excel/Sheets/Numbers etc.)

• Preparing and issuing invoices and statements as and when required.

• Track and chase publishers for overdue statements and payments

• Providing Ad Hoc support to wider business teams

• Liaising with internal teams (legal, agency, international) + External Partners (Clients, Representatives, Publishers, etc)

• Maintaining communication between clients and publishers

Royalties (Client Business) Assistant - entry-level

What you can expect from us

• Competitive Salary

• Company Bonus Scheme

• Hybrid working policy (2 days/week working from home)

• 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) – with an additional day awarded every year after your 2nd anniversary with us, up to a cap of 30 days.

• Progressive and inclusive policies around Carers, IVF, Menopause, Pregnancy Loss, etc.

• Enhanced maternity leave (18 weeks at full pay) and paternity leave (2 weeks immediately after birth, and 10 additional days over the following 12 months, at full pay)

• Group Pension Plan where we contribute 5% and annual pension workshops

• Life Assurance of 4 times salary

• Health Insurance (currently with Vitality)

• Health Shield Cashback Plan – dental, optical, physio, and wellbeing benefits and much more.

• Annual Creative Bursary to spend on the creative activity of your choice.

• 2 paid days off per year to spend volunteering and giving back to your favorite cause or community project.

• Monthly Lunch & Learn events – hearing great stories from colleagues, clients, and external speakers

• Regular fundraising events to raise money for our charity of the year. 2024/25’s charity is Unique.

• Seasonal company parties and team lunches

• Subsidized on-site massages

• Learning and Development opportunities, including an in-house Mentoring Programme

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