Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.
We are seeking a Rights & Permissions Specialist who will join a team of exceptional professionals at the Johns Hopkins University Press committed to bringing the benefits of discovery to the world by providing global access, impact, and influence for the scholarship that we publish and distribute. This position will help to ensure that the Press is a leader in the selection and development of innovative ideas and scholarship; the creation of pioneering technologies to enhance discovery and…
learning; and the connection of people to the most trusted knowledge from global researchers, scholars, and educators.
The Press is committed to honoring every person’s inherent dignity as human beings and making that the foundation of our organizational culture. We proactively find ways to ensure opportunities that promote equity, diversity, inclusion and access. We strive to publish courageously, while giving a voice to groundbreaking ideas. We support each other and our stakeholders and envision a future where knowledge enriches the lives of every person.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Manage the permissions budget for books and journals published.
- Maintain and increase budget revenue.
- Coordinate permissions requests, including researching rights and assessing and negotiating fees with global publishers and vendors.
- Develop and implement in-house industry practice fee assessment structure.
- Collaborate with the Copyright Clearance Center to oversee and supervise accounts for books and journals in order to increase and maximize permissions revenue via regular account reviews.
- Identify and seek new revenue streams for licensing book and journal content.
- Assist the Rights Manager with pitching titles to global partners for subsidiary rights and negotiate multi-cultural licenses.
- Collaborate with the Rights Manager, Director of Press, CFO of Press, Director of Journals, and University Counsel in the negotiation of terms.
- Identify and develop new foreign publisher relationships and maintain those relationships through correspondence, meetings, and domestic and international travel to international book fairs and conferences.
- Identify publishers to license audiobook as well as serial rights and other subsidiary and digital licenses.
- Draft, track, and send all subsidiary rights contracts to global partners as well as all other rights related agreements including rights reversions. Involves tracking expired licenses and outstanding payments.
- Coordinate logistics for foreign book fairs including exhibits, travel, display, supplies, including payment of global vendors and processing of wire and international and domestic credit card payments.
Special Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
- Experience with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel.
- Ability to prioritize multiple time sensitive tasks.
- Candidate must be detail oriented, flexible, have exceptional organizational skills in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent critical thinking and communication skills.
- Outstanding problem-solving skills.
- Creative thinker; embracing new ideas; passionate about exploiting the potential of JHUP.
- Inclusive in decision-making and problem-solving.
- Excel in effective use of resources, keen self-awareness of strengths and weaknesses.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- Two years of related copyright work experience, including prior contract negotiation experience required.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Classified Title: Rights & Permissions Specialist
Role/Level/Range: ATP/03/PB
Starting Salary Range: $47,355 - $82,820 Annually ($63,500
targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: M-F 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/Homewood Campus
Department name: Press General Administration
Personnel area: Academic and Business Centers
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.
If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.
The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.
During the Influenza ("the flu") season, as a condition of employment, The Johns Hopkins Institutions require all employees who provide ongoing services to patients or work in patient care or clinical care areas to have an annual influenza vaccination or possess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meet this requirement may result in termination of employment.
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