Experience

South River High School
• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Business Education Teacher

  • Sep 2016 - Present


Newmarket Press

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Subsidiary Rights and Contracts Manager

  • Sep 1995 - Present

  As the Contracts Manager: My responsibilities included: • Drafting deal memos based on deal terms provided by Publisher and Editorial Department; • Drafting and reviewing publishing contracts, Work for hire agreements; Translation Agreements and Permission letters; • Negotiating deal terms with authors, licensors and publishers; • Routing executed contracts and maintaining contract database for internal use. • Coordinating author’s advance payments; answering any royalty questions authors or licensors may have. As the Subsidiary Rights Manager: My responsibilities included: • Marketing and licensing the rights of both front list and backlist titles to: magazines, book clubs, audio, paperback publishers and foreign publisher to such titles as THE DORM ROOM DIET, by Daphne Oz, THE BUENA SALUD HEALTH GUIDES, and THE WHAT’S HAPPENING TO MY BODY BOOK series; • Negotiating contract terms and reviewing subsidiary rights licensing agreements; • Meeting with International Publishers at BEA, in the office and the Frankfurt Book Fair; • Responsible for forecasting revenue for the department; • Reviewed book proposals for possible acquisition and advised the editorial staff of their rights potential.



John Wiley and Sons

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Rights Director

  • Mar 1994 - Jul 1995

  Responsibilities included the marketing and selling both front list and backlist tiles to Paperback Publishers and licensing electronic rights. I negotiated contract terms and reviewed licensing agreements. In addition, I was responsible for forecasting revenue for the department; reviewing book proposals for possible acquisition and advising the editorial staff of their rights potential. I supervised the Serial Rights Manager and department assistant. Responsibilities included the marketing and selling both front list and backlist tiles to Paperback Publishers and licensing electronic rights. I negotiated contract terms and reviewed licensing agreements. In addition, I was responsible for forecasting revenue for the department; reviewing book proposals for possible acquisition and advising the editorial staff of their rights potential. I supervised the Serial Rights Manager and department assistant.

• Subsidiary Rights and Licensing Manager

  • Feb 1993 - Mar 1994