Job Summary:

The Contracts Assistant will assist the Business Affairs department and work closely with the Foreign Rights team. The position includes working in a fast-paced, busy, and dynamic office.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

- Work with the Business Affairs department 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

*** Additional job responsibilities may be assigned

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

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $37,000 - $40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $37,000.00 - $40,000.00 per year

Ability to Relocate:

• New York, NY 10017: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in New York, NY 10017