Experience

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  Macmillan

  Apr 2022 - now

  Contract manager

  - Drafting a high volume of primary publishing agreements with authors, illustrators, agents, and translators- Liaising with editors, agents, and authors; negotiating deal points - Processing complex license agreements and working on drafting with our legal team- Training junior staff with a direct report- Acting as a resource for editorial in auctions for acquisitions - Drafting termination letters, amendments, and rights reversions; liaising with editors, agents, authors, and our subrights team about these documents- Processing advance payments- Discussing and incorporating boilerplate changes with the contracts team- Liaising with publishers and organizations that have licensed or translated our materials- Maintaining contract management systems; updating territory terms -Routing and cross-checking contract requests from editorial and legal staff; logging and keeping track of contract turnaround times Show less