What are the responsibilities and job description for the Contracts Assistant position at Trident Media Group?
The Contracts Assistant will assist the Director of Business Affairs and two Contracts Associates and provide support to the Business Affairs department. The position includes working in a fast-paced, busy and dynamic office.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work with the Director of Business Affairs and Trident’s foreign rights agents to prepare drafts of foreign publishing contracts based on Trident’s boilerplate agreement and do a line-by-line review of those contracts prepared by foreign sub-agents
- Correspond with foreign publishers during the contract negotiation phase
- Track the progress of contracts from initial request until they are fully executed
- Maintain and continually update the domestic and foreign contracts status charts
- Distribute domestic and foreign status charts to agents on a weekly basis
- Prepare initial draft of Trident’s agency agreements
- Respond to contract status inquiries from agents and assistants
- Perform general administrative duties
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Strong organization skills and a willingness to work to get the job done
- Experience with legal terminology and contracts and/or paralegal experience a PLUS
- Excellent people and communication skills
- METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL with the ability to multi-task
- Extremely professional and articulate
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook