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Overview
Publishing rights managers organise how book rights are valued, negotiated, contracted and sold so a work can reach other formats or markets.
In job descriptions, look for copyright, rights negotiation, contracts, publishers, editors, authors or artists, market research, financial viability, schedules and digital documents.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
The work follows books beyond first publication. A publishing rights manager evaluates rights opportunities, negotiates with publishers or artists and turns agreements into usable contracts.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes copyright, rights negotiation, market research, financial viability, contract management, schedules, publisher relationships and digital document handling. The focus remains book rights, contracts and publishing markets.
Salary context
Salary context depends on rights portfolio value, negotiation responsibility, contract complexity, market reach, staff management, budget control and responsibility for income from rights sales.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward senior rights management, foreign rights, digital rights, publishing business development, editorial-commercial coordination or leadership of a rights department.
Good to know
Check whether adverts specify book categories, territories, translation or film rights, contract authority, sales targets, fairs or networks, and collaboration with editors or authors.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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O*NET relationships: 1
Managers, All Other
11-9199.00
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Economic activities linked to this occupation.
58.11Publishing of books
Alternative labels
digital rights director
publishing rights coordinator
publishing rights director
rights and publishing manager
rights & publishing manager
rights director
rights executive
domestic rights director
senior rights manager
rights manager
publishing and rights director
rights coordinator
publishing & rights director
foreign rights director
domestic rights manager
head of rights
digital rights manager
foreign rights manager
Occupation group
Business services agents not elsewhere classified (3339)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1da55a33-09b3-4ac7-818e-2a0fea68cecc |
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| ESCO code | 3339.5 |
| ISCO group | 3339 |
| Concept type | Occupation |