Traineeship in License Sales, Foreign Rights Sales & Contract Management
Bonnier Media Deutschland GmbH
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: München • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Entry Level
About the role
- As part of a closely connected team, you will support license sales for audiobook, film and broadcasting rights as well as foreign licenses, and handle contract management (author contracts and license acquisition agreements).
- Communicate with our national and international authors, agencies and other contractual partners, as well as with internal departments such as editorial, accounting and sales.
- Prepare and design sales materials (foreign rights catalogues) and assist with trade fair preparations.
- Review and draft German- and English-language contracts for rights acquisition and license sales; coordinate signature workflows via Adobe Sign.
- Negotiate and manage rights renewals.
- Depending on suitability and commitment, independently manage selected projects and domestic and international clients (submissions and negotiations).
- Support the team in purchasing and sales processes and in contract preparation.
- Back-office management, i.e. all administrative tasks arising in contract management and license sales.
Requirements
- Completed university degree and initial practical experience, for example at a publishing house or a literary agency.
- Excellent spoken and written German and English; ideally knowledge of an additional foreign language.
- Strong communication skills and reliability.
- Interest in working with contracts and legal topics.
- Enjoy service-oriented, organized work and possess a careful, detail-oriented approach.
- Confident MS Office skills; knowledge of Microsoft Teams, Lists and Power Automate is a plus.
- Basic knowledge of copyright law is a plus.
Benefits
- A comprehensive, varied and practice-oriented traineeship lasting 12 to 18 months in the Rights and Licensing department at a modern workplace in the heart of Schwabing, combined with flexible and mobile working arrangements using Office 365 and Microsoft Teams.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
contract managementrights acquisitionlicense salesproject managementnegotiationdrafting contractsback-office managementadministrative taskscopyright law
Soft skills
communication skillsreliabilityservice-orientedorganizational skillsdetail-oriented