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Rights & Permissions Assistant

Employer
Johns Hopkins University
Location
Maryland, United States
Salary
Salary Not Specified
Date posted
Jul 9, 2021

The Press General Administration Department seeks aRights & Permissions Assistant to assist with the overall activities of a busy rights & permissions department actively working with the rights manager.

NOTE: Telecommuting options are determined by manager based on business needs.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Involves independently researching and the processing of permissions requests, including assessing and negotiating fees with publishers and vendors for all books and journals published by the press with a budget of over $100,000 revenue. Excellent written and oral communication skills required to communicate time-sensitive matters globally with publishers, institutions and authors (60%).
  • Assist with pitching titles to global partners for subsidiary rights sales. Independently coordinate logistics for foreign book fairs including exhibits, travel, display, supplies, including payment of global vendors and processing wire and credit card payments (20%).
  • Responsibilities also include drafting and sending subsidiary rights contracts to global partners. Duties such as posting payments to Filemaker database and sending gratis books as well as filing, general business correspondence and returning phone calls (15%).
  • Assist Rights Manager in training permissions clerk, student workers as necessary (5%).

Minimum Qualifications:

  • High School Diploma/GED and 3 years of work experience required, preferably in a publishing environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree and additional years of experience.
  • Additional education may substitute for experience according to the JHU equivalency.

Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

  • Previous copyright experience preferred.
  • Experience with Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel.
  • Excellent Organization Skills.
  • Ability prioritize multiple demanding projects.
  • Candidate must be detail oriented, flexible, have exceptional organizational skills and be able to multitask in a fast-paced environment.

JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

Classified Title:Rights & Permissions Assistant
Working Title: Rights & Permissions Assistant
Role/Level/Range: ATO 37.5/02/OE
Starting Salary Range:$17.59 - $24.46 per hour
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8:30 am - 5 pm
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt
Location: Homewood Campus/Telecommuting options are determined by manager based on business needs
Department name: 10000142-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 atjhurecruitment@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.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Note: Job Postings are updated daily and remain online until filled.

EEO is the Law
Learn more:
https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/migrated_files/employers/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf

Homewood Campus


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.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Note: Job Postings are updated daily and remain online until filled.

EEO is the Law
Learn more:
https://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf
Important legal information
http://hrnt.jhu.edu/legal.cfm

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