Contracts Assistant at Hachette Book Group | Torre

Contracts Assistant

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Full-time

Legal agreement: Contractor

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Compensation
USD25 - 30/hour
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Hybrid (United States)
Posted almost 6 years ago

Responsibilities


• Update and track author agreements and amendments workflow and status reports for Little, Brown and Company, Perseus Books, and other imprints as needed. • Route and email author agreements, amendments, and fee-based contributor agreements., using DocuSign whenever possible. • Prepare payment information/requests. • Enter contracts data into the database. • Register copyright for HBG publications. • Draft and review contract amendments and fee-based contributor agreements. This involves correspondence and negotiation with the counterparty and in-house departments, including Legal, Editorial and Finance. • Draft and review subsidiary licenses for specific HBG divisions/imprints. • Review and respond to publishing rights reversion requests for specific HBG divisions/imprints. • Update, track and draft (as needed) contract cancellations, including tracking repayment plans with the Finance Department. • Perform other duties as reasonably assigned.