[Hiring] Contracts Assistant @Macmillan

Role Description

The Contracts Assistant, MCPG will support the busy Contracts team supporting the Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group through the contract life cycle. In addition to drafting amendments, agreements and related documentation, the Contracts Assistant, MCPG enters and maintains data in Biblio; routes agreements for execution via DocuSign; archives signed contracts; requests contract signature payments; tracks and logs documents; interprets contract details; and, provides general administrative support as necessary. Precise attention to detail, strong organizational skill and adaptability are essential to this role.

• Drafting and negotiating author contracts and supplemental documentation.
• Filing contracts, amendments, payee changes and other documents associated with author contracts (uploading signed copies).
• Entering and maintaining contract data in Biblio.
• Logging and tracking.
• Special projects, as needed.

Qualifications

• Prior professional experience and/or educational equivalent.
• Contracts, rights or general publishing experience, in-house experience (including internship) a plus.
• Interest in the legal and business side of book publishing is ideal.

Requirements

• This role will have an annual salary of $50,000.
• This position is classified as remote but is tied to our New York, NY office located at 120 Broadway.
• Employment is subject to New York State tax withholding under applicable regulations.

Company Description

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.

Macmillan is proud to be an equal opportunity employer consistently striving to foster a culture where everyone belongs. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and identities. Qualified applicants are evaluated without regard to race, color, religion, age, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, physical ability, neurodiversity, genetic information, protected veteran status, family and economic status and background or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We prohibit discrimination of any kind and will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.