What are the responsibilities and job description for the Contracts Associate, FSG position at Sunstar?
We’re seeking a diligent and diplomatic Contracts Associate to join the Macmillan contracts team supporting the Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Adult) imprint. The Contracts Associate will draft and negotiate a high volume of contracts and a variety of associated agreements for trade books; maintain contract data and contract archives; request contract signature payments; and track and interpret agreements.
What you'll do :
- Draft a variety of book acquisition agreements and related documents (e.g., author contracts, contract amendments, reversions, terminations)
- Negotiate agreements to signature with authors and their representatives, collaborating in- house with editors, legal counsel, royalties staff, and business managers
- Assist with advising Editorial on acquisition negotiations
- Update boilerplate templates
- Interpret contract details (rights, territories, author approvals, author backlist history)
- Manage signature and payment processing in DocuSign
- Enter key contract information into Biblio database
- Provide general department support and handle special projects as needed
What you'll bring :
Ideal experience :
This role will have an annual salary of $60k-$65k.
Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade company that is part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned group of media companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.
U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, companies in the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group publish under the Pan Macmillan name. The German publishing company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.
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Salary : $60,000 - $65,000
