Rights Associate

About the Role

The role will be responsible for providing services to internal departments, copyright clearance, art/photo/text acquisition and research. The incumbent will have to do the following:
• Accountable for getting clearance from external parties for using their materials in OUP Pakistan publications such as text, images, videos and other digital assets.
• Performing photo research and fee negotiations with rights holders.
• Create and send weekly reports to the publishing teams on status of permissions
• Managing multiple accounts with partner image banks and coordinating with Finance and Editorial colleagues for timely payments of invoices.
• Raising purchase orders in the system to process payments and ensure timely payment to all image banks and third-party rights holders/vendors.
• Ensuring archival of all permissions logs and letters and maintain data for future editions or revisions.
• Ensuring compliance process is met for all new vendors

About You

The successful candidate should have:

• Masters from an accredited university.
• Knowledge of Copyright Laws will be an added advantage.
• Minimum 2-3 years of prior publishing industry experience will be preferred.
• Ability to liaise and work with multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.