Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with the teams to grant permission requests.
• Work with the teams to request permissions from third-party rightsholders.
• Engage with rightsholders, and negotiate quotes to ensure that the permissions are cleared within the available budget.
• Maintain and use rights management tools for checking, recording and tracking all projects and third-party assets, and resolve any issues working with the team.
• Actively manage and track quotes and invoices across the rights clearance portfolio and work with the Product Development Support and Finance teams to ensure they are processed.
• Provide reports and share insights with internal stakeholders on projects.
• Research and analyse author contracts to ensure compliance therewith.
• Engage with Marketing teams to ensure that all promotional collateral adheres to rights clearance standards.
• Investigate reports of copyright infringements and proactively check for infringement of Maskew Miller copyright.
• Assist with rights reversions as part of the product retirement process

Educational Requirements

• Degree level qualification
• Qualification and/or experience in requesting and granting permissions

Experience Requirements

• Programs/courses in intellectual property, particularly copyright
• Fluent in office applications, spreadsheets and related programs
• Experience with data analytics
• An interest in learning, education and digital technologies.

Skills and Competencies

• Fluent English speaker
• Highly organized
• Communication and team-working skills
• Proven research, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven project and time-management skills (prioritise projects to meet business goals and deadlines)
• Proficiency with technology and familiarity with rights management systems
• Content, media or publishing experience (or interested to learn)
• Knowledge of copyright
• Prioritizes growth, learning and development
• Strong attention to detail
• Proven negotiation skills