Job Description

This is a fantastic opportunity for a strategic and adaptable Contracts Manager to negotiate contracts for one of the biggest publishers in the UK. The role will have divisional responsibility for negotiating and drafting contracts for the acquisition and licensing of rights in cooperation with the Editorial and Rights teams. They will provide advice and support to the Contracts team in delivering a focused and quality service to the publishing divisions.

Key responsibilities

Draft and negotiate contracts with authors, agents, publishers and other third parties for the acquisition of publishing rights;

Analyse U.S. and foreign rights contracts, compare to previous templates with publishers, negotiate contracts in close consultation with colleagues in the department in addition to relevant Editorial and Business teams;

Advise and assist publishing teams of any implications with offers and to anticipate contract/legal concerns and offer strategies to resolve them by providing authoritative advice;

Offer advice to the Rights department on contractual matters and negotiate and draft specific clauses where appropriate;

To contribute to the development of a precedents and contracts database system for the department;

Assist the Contracts Director and Director of Legal Affairs by providing timely management information and to assist and support them when required;

To manage one or more assistants.

Essential Experience

Experienced with major acquisition and licensing agreements through working in publishing contracts

Able to draft a wide range of agreements, for example, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, personal guarantee for an author\'s services when contracting with a company, first serial rights agreements, author agreements with associated publicity obligations

Experienced in building good working relationships both inside and outside a team and able to communicate information clearly to all levels of the business

Good knowledge of copyright and contract law issues

The ability to keep abreast of professional, legal, commercial, technological and working practice changes

Desirable Experience

Understanding of the nature of different types of rights, in particular evolving new media rights and digital distribution issues

Familiarity with the publishing industry

Previous management experience

Benefits

Hybrid working model (2+ days in the office)

28 days holiday plus bank holidays (option to buy and sell holiday days)

Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave

Private healthcare cover and life assurance

Summer Hours

Free access to HeadSpace, employee assistance programme (24 hour helpline), mental health first aiders, and a wellbeing portal

Season ticket loans (from day 1 for entry level) and cycle to work scheme

Relocation Rent Support Loan

Employee networks: HC All In (open forum), Elevate (for ethnic minority colleagues), HarperParents, Menopause at Work and Pride at HC

Unlimited training on our Learning and Development portal, management courses (up to MA level) and mentoring programmes

Virtual GP and eyecare vouchers

Gym membership discount

Onsite physiotherapy (London only)

Charitable donation matching and 2 volunteering days

We\'re a certified Carbon Neutral company

Free e-books and audiobooks, newspaper subscriptions and discounts on books

Subsidised canteen and retail discounts

Onsite prayer room

If you wish to discuss anything regarding this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly to our People Advisor at tarni.crossley-lees@harpercollins.co.uk with the subject heading \'Vacancy Query\' plus the job title and we will aim to get back to you within 5 working days.

Please note, if you are interested in the role you will need to submit your application via Applied. We do not accept email applications.

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