Deputy Head of Contracts

• Oct 2022 - Present

Contracts Manager, US

• Jun 2022 - Oct 2022

Contracts & Royalties Manager

• May 2020 - Jun 2022

Contracts:Providing Contractual support for all divisions within the Agency, including: Children's, Licensing, Advertising, Editorial, both within the UK and Internationally. This includes:Drafting and reviewing contracts for Artists Working Closely with Agents to answer queries and provide adviceLiaising and cooperating with departments across the Agency Maintaining an accurate record of contracts progress in an efficient mannerRoyalties: Processing and Ongoing Analysis of Royalty StatementsThis includes: Tracking incoming statements and comparing to previous pay periods, following up on missing reports, along with Sending statements to Artists and answering their Royalty queries. Show less

Freelance Rights Consultant

• Feb 2018 - Oct 2022

Commissioned to: · To expand foreign rights sales. Developed a rights plan for HMP with a focus on developing co-publishing partnerships where possible, and licensing translation rights throughout the world Delivered on: · Created a Rights Database, including contacts, submissions, and deals done, along with payments due, and a record of incoming royalties · Established a Co-Publishing Agreement with A Certain Book to publish in Korean. Negotiated a standard advance, royalties Regular meetings with foreign publishers at Book Fairs across all territories, with a specific focus on Asia and the Middle East Show less

International Rights Manager

• May 2019 - May 2020

Licensing of translation rights along with Co-Edition fulfillment and management in all territories, throughout the world Highlights Include: The Extraordinary Gardener (CBBC- Bedtime Stories), TV Reading with Oscar-Winner, Sam Mendes Increased Fees for Permission Requests by 17%, Represented Tate at Beijing Book Fair (2019) licensing titles and establishing on-going lucrative relationships Represented Tate at the Sharjah Book Fair (2019) Licensing of translation rights along with Co-Edition fulfillment and management in all territories, throughout the world Highlights Include: The Extraordinary Gardener (CBBC- Bedtime Stories), TV Reading with Oscar-Winner, Sam Mendes Increased Fees for Permission Requests by 17%, Represented Tate at Beijing Book Fair (2019) licensing titles and establishing on-going lucrative relationships Represented Tate at the Sharjah Book Fair (2019)

Rights Manager

• Jul 2017 - May 2019

Deal Highlights: Mind Map Mastery by Tony Buzan (14 Languages, 5 figure sum for Simplified Chinese advance), 21 Rituals to Change Your Life (15 Languages), 21 Rituals to Change Your Life (13 Languages), and a Humble Bundle Deal worth over £45KSet the yearly Rights Budget –Exceeded target budget by 9% in 2018Created new Contract Templates for all license dealsResponsible for implementing new system to chase overdue Royalty Statements generating additional revenueRepresented Watkins at Frankfurt and London Book Fair, and introduced Watkins to a number of additional fairs including :Book World Prague, Czech Republic (2017), Guadalajara Book Fair (2017), Beijing Book Fair (2018), New York Rights Fair & Book Expo (2018, 2019) Established a co-publishing agreement with Audible and Recorded Books for two imprintsLaunched Watkins Media Audio imprint in February 2018. Arranged for two backlist titles to be recorded. Negotiated studio fees, recording times, and distribution via ACX Show less

Rights Executive

• Aug 2016 - Jul 2017

Rights Executive

• Mar 2014 - Aug 2016

· Initiated the negotiation and sale of Serial and Extract Rights for the US and UK, for all Specialist Imprints including Illustrated and Mono titles. · Management of the Co-Publishing agreement between Bloomsbury and Audible for all Audio rights across all imprints · May-June 2010: Secondment at Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing. Doha, Qatar. Ran seminars on how to license/permissions for both text and images, in print and digital · Initiated the negotiation and sale of Serial and Extract Rights for the US and UK, for all Specialist Imprints including Illustrated and Mono titles. · Management of the Co-Publishing agreement between Bloomsbury and Audible for all Audio rights across all imprints · May-June 2010: Secondment at Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing. Doha, Qatar. Ran seminars on how to license/permissions for both text and images, in print and digital

Senior Rights Assistant

• Feb 2012 - Feb 2014

PREVIOUS POSITIONS HELD AT BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING | DECEMBER 2009-MARCH 2014Senior Rights Assistant:· Negotiation and sale of covers and interior images to foreign publishers, throughout all territories including the US, for all imprints. Increased the standard company fees by 10%· Negotiation and sale of Audio and Large Print rights across all imprints· Extensive use of Bradbury Philips: Assisted with data cleanup when switching over to BiblioInternational Rights Assistant:· Management of all Co-Editions for the Children’s List, along with Illustrated Adult titles, across all territories· Worked closely with the Editorial and Production teams to ensure on-time delivery and customer satisfactionRights & Contracts Assistant:· Training in drafting both license agreements, co-edition agreements, and contracts with authors and illustrators· Initiated a study involving all previous contracts with major UK based Agencies in order to establish company policies regarding advances and royalties Show less

International Rights Assistant

• May 2011 - Jan 2012

Rights Assistant

• Dec 2009 - May 2011

Assistant

• 2007 - 2007

· Diary Management and Processing of Unsolicited Manuscripts. · Diary Management and Processing of Unsolicited Manuscripts.