Fabrizio Luccitti

Experience

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  BookMachine

  Jan 2013 - Oct 2013

  Social Media Assistant

  BookMachine is a fast growing publishing network which consists of an engaging website, which is updated daily, and regular events. Events (in London, Oxford and New York) attract 100+ delegates from different publishing related associations.

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  Jisc

  Mar 2013 - Apr 2013

  JISC Collections Intern

  • Responsible for the development of a comprehensive guide to advise authors on the use of Creative Commons’ Licences, as part of the OAPEN Project • Managing the online website by actively updating the newsfeed with tailored content taking special heed to keywords as to enhance SEO

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  SAGE Publications

  Apr 2013 - Jun 2013

  • Initially undertaking all the administrative processes to help and brief commissioning editors as to keep track of the different stages of more than 40 projects • Gaining rapid reviews for different projects as to spot new niches within the academic market • Preparing detailed market analyses to brief both commissioning editors and marketing department on specific new trends as to help them commission new products and promote the existing ones• Liaising with the marketing and publicity department to organise campaigns to involve authors in actively promoting their books via tailored conferences and events Show less Intern in the Rights Department.• Responsible for providing comprehensive advice to the social media department on terms and conditions of social media platforms as to run online promotions and contests • Assisting the Rights department in dealing with copyright issues • Personally responsible for permission clearance• Advising the company on backing away from a copyright issue which in the US would not have succeeded if put in action• Managing the contracts archive by creating a comprehensive and highly organised spread sheet which is currently used by the Rights department to deal with permission requests Show less

  • Temp Editorial Assistant (Research Methods)

    Apr 2013 - Jun 2013

  • Rights Intern

    Apr 2013 - Apr 2013
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  Macmillan Education

  Oct 2013 - Jun 2015

  Contracts Administrator

  • Solely responsible for managing the Company's Contracts Archive for all Licensing and Distribution Agreements• Preparing the drafts and issuing all Licensing and Distribution agreements, managing the signature and archiving process• Liaising with the Legal department to answer all contractual and copyright law queries• Assisting the Rights and Permissions Manager to perform rights checks and grant permissions to third parties• Liaising with Royalties to ensure sub-rights invoicing is duly processed• Issuing Licences for the provision of electronic files to visually impaired students• Performing all the rights check on authors contracts, third party text and image licences to advise on re-clearances for licensing deals and new editions• Negotiating re-clearance fees with image suppliers• Developing and managing the internal Legal SharePoint site, providing contract management guidelines, training, contract templates and annotated versions for both internal departments and sister companies• Liaising with the Legal department to prepare and issue all the Company's contract templates and annotated versions • Managing the backlist rights check, providing rights summaries as requested Show less

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  Pearson

  Jun 2015 - Sept 2016

  Intellectual Property Rights & Project Specialist

  • Following the contractual process from negotiation to archiving, ensuring that payments are processed and rights databases updated• Reviewing contracts that are in place between Pearson and other publishers, authors, author estates, film production companies and agents to renegotiate renewal rights for the rebrand of the Pearson English Readers Lists (formerly Penguin Readers)• Drafting and executing licence addenda, additional rights/formats author addenda, royalty settlements• Advising and providing support to the Content teams across Pearson English on issuing and executing author contracts through Pearson self-service contract system• Looking into new opportunities and acquiring additional audio and electronic rights for existing titles• Handling permission requests for use of material from the lists, determining third party rights status and carrying out re-clearances as needed• Drafting intercompany and third-party licence agreements for the Pearson English Readers and other ELT projects • Liaising with Royalties to chase overdue royalty payments• Managing the Content, Design, Production, and Inventory teams dedicated to the rebrand of the former Penguin Readers List, advising on priorities and schedules dictated by the rights status of each title• Assisting the Category and Sales team in negotiations with ministries and third parties, assessing the financial profitability of the proposals in relation to the available rights, drafting and executing licence agreements• Working in conjunction with Rights Team to ensure accurate records on permissions• Providing rights clearance estimates and ensuring that clearance and asset sourcing is consistent with Pearson rights policy and projects’ budgets• Creating and providing list of titles among the Pearson English Readers list as to encourage re-use of Pearson-owned content Show less

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  Springer Nature

  Sept 2016 - Jul 2019

  • Revising all IP policies for the Education division in order to produce playbooks dealing with rights acquisition strategy, content re-use, and distribution agreements• Handling all custom pub and sub-licensing deal requests, setting new pricing models and financials for both print and digital licensing in conjunction with Tax• Managing relationship and renewal agreements with national and international collective licensing societies (e.g. PRS, CAL, Kopinor, CEDRO, etc.)• Maximising resources by reducing the number of team members and outsourcing rights-related admin tasks• Managing the testing, implementation and roll-out of Contract Express within the General Counsel Office and across the business to streamline the contract execution process and improve compliance audit• Defining requirements for a new house-built rights tracking system for third-party content (MARS) throughout all Macmillan Education regions, for automated rights checks and re-clearances, including backlist clean-up• Defining legal requirements and workflow for a new house-built content management system (EdFlux) for storage of company’s IP and processing of internal re-use requests for new editions and custom publications• Advising internal Tech teams building new online platforms on data protection, copy control and DRM requirements Show less • Contracting for sub-licensing deal requests, including translations, local versions, customised editions and general rights sales• Handling the management of author subsidiary rights, advising the Editorial teams on negotiations to maximise revenue for sub-licensed editions and ministry tenders• Advising on third-party/intercompany licensees and author royalty negotiations, managing the drafting and execution of licensing agreements and author contract addenda• Managing the Macmillan Readers’ List, handling all rights in negotiations with third-party publishers, author’s agents and estates to renew licences and increase rights granted• Negotiating rights terms and rates with preferred suppliers for third-party content, including image libraries and newspapers• Managing a team of three, dealing with third-party permissions and clearances with responsibility for tracking, and databasing all rights activities• Overseeing and signing off rights checks for all Rights Out requests, managing monthly e-rights checks, ensuring the logging of all title restrictions • Managing the global implementation of a new rights tracking system for third-party content throughout all Macmillan Education regions, for automated rights checks and re-clearances, including backlist clean-up• Managing the roll-out throughout the UK and the rest of the world of DocuSign electronic signatures, revising and updating contract signing processes• Deploying global training on Macmillan Education rights acquisition policies, including commissioned and third-party content Show less

  • Head of Rights and Licensing

    Apr 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Licensing and Rights Manager

    Sept 2016 - May 2018
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  Audible

  Aug 2019 - now

  • Structuring, initiating, and conducting negotiations for deals with content creators, such as writers, actors, production companies, celebrities, publishers, estates, literary agencies and other rights holders and business development for the Italian catalogue• Supporting the Italian content acquisition and marketing teams by negotiating deals with different worldwide rightsholders • Structuring and negotiating complex deal terms, ranging from rightsholder agreements (music, text, etc.), to performance agreements, production agreements, series development, licensing & distribution, framework and marketing agreements to allow for rights coverage at IT and global level• Drafting of non-standard agreements for ad-hoc requests (e.g. 3P systems hosting services agreements, rights-out agreements and MSAs)• Advising on inclusion of 3rd party content subject to collective management organisations (e.g. SIAE, PRS, GEMA, etc.)• Collaborating with Ops teams to advise on rights tracking systems requirements and implementation• Revising scripts to advise on third-party content usage (incl. copyright exceptions, if applicable), and content issues to ensure each script complies with applicable Audible policies as to content accuracy, defences against defamation/libel, and appropriateness of content• Setting up workflows and processes to ensure social security contributions for talents are duly processed• Liaising with Audible Finance and Tax teams to develop and constantly improve vendor onboarding guidelines for external partners Show less

  • Contracts Manager

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Contracts Manager

    Oct 2022 - Jul 2023

  • Business Affairs Manager EU

    Jan 2022 - Nov 2022

  • Business Affairs Manager Italy

    Aug 2019 - Jan 2022