Assistant Manager, Rights & IP

Job Title

• Title: Assistant Manager – Rights & IP
• Department: Publishing / Content
• Location: Noida

About the Role

To be responsible for assisting in responding and resolving inquiries and requests from business units, editorial groups, and Group Legal. The role involves aiding workflows related to contracts, permissions (in-bound/out-bound), and rights selling. Additionally, the role includes clearing third-party assets, identifying risks, and contributing to mitigating them in consultation with the manager.

Key Accountabilities

• Draw up contracts from templates accurately, including author contracts, rights sales contracts, and permissions outbound letters.
• Conduct text and image research and licensing/procuring. Liaise with image suppliers, publishers, and agents for clearing and processing copyright fees, and raising POs on Oxford Purchase.
• Work closely with product teams, supporting and suggesting solutions for contracts and third-party related matters.
• Document all necessary actions and update RMS accurately and efficiently with all asset details.
• Support the Rights sales team with pre and post-sales deal activities.
• Build an excellent working knowledge of all Rights & IP procedures and systems.
• Ensure deals are set up correctly on IPM/systems to allow for Rights income to be invoiced and allocated correctly, and solve any issues effectively.
• Supply customers with final files for licensing deals as contracted.
• Ensure Rights customer data and contact lists are up-to-date and accurate for any mailings.
• Liaise with finance and compliance teams as needed.
• Organize and help create presentations for IP awareness and RMS demos.

Success Measures

• Risk mitigation and IP governance.
• Updated systems and processes.
• Savings through negotiations with rightsholders.
• Adherence to group Ethical Policies and Employee Code of Conduct, operating with business practices in line with OUP policies.

Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

• Essential:
  • Good understanding of copyright law and rights and permissions best practices.
  • Well-versed with legal terms.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, experienced with communicating at all levels of an organization and across different cultures.
  • Capable of professionally managing confidential information.
  • Strong attention to detail.
• Desirable:
  • Experience with legal terms.
  • Exemplify a strong attention to detail.

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