Adele Hutchinson Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, La, Us

Federal Way, Washington, United States

In collaboration with organizational stakeholders, responsible for reviewing, obtaining permissions for, and tracking third-party assets. Provides critical copyright compliance guidance in support of IFM’s mission. Collaborates with content creation teams to identify any restrictions in assets for programs or projects, research and make recommendations for cost saving substitutions, monitor licensing terms, and support the IP team with copyright compliance reviews of IFM assets. Also load licensed assets to the Digital Asset Management (DAM) tool and document related metadata.

Federal Way, Washington, United States

Requested and monitored permissions for third-party content and licensing agreements. Mitigated copyright infringement risk for visual and audio media, citations, tools, and presentations. Coordinated the purchasing of third-party assets. Reviewed and recommend modifications to processes as part of a continuous improvement focus.

Review manuscripts for 3rd party content; clear various permissions (e.g., text, images, photographs, video) and negotiate fees; communicate with editorial, authors and production to secure permissions a timely manner; create permissions logs for each project to keep on track and organized with a focus on attention to detail.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Handled all non-routine permission requests and developed policies, procedures, and payments for same; worked with vendors or companies contracted to re-use or distribute APA material; drafted agreements and licenses for all relevant activities; drafted policies and procedures for new areas in permissions as they developed; assisted legal staff and attorneys with material regarding copyright violations; recommended or developed new technologies for increasing work efficiencies, work quality, and/or reporting ability; addressed systems that ensured permission requests to APA were handled promptly and thoroughly; updated and maintained the APA Rights Management System, which documents all APA Publishing intellectual property and drives settings for RightsLink; worked with the CCC (Copyright Clearance Center) to ensure their royalty collection system settings were configured accurately; received, researched, and replied to requests to copy, reprint, or otherwise re-use or re-distribute APA copyrighted publications or other materials; calculated permission/royalty fees and prepared proforma invoices for same; processed revenue checks and monitored payments for contracts and invoices; handled miscellaneous projects such as scanning old copyright documents into database; maintained case files on copyright exceptions, infringements, and special handling.

Thousand Oaks, Ca

Responsible for reviewing author manuscripts under strict time constraints/deadlines to ensure proper use of all material (e.g., text, images, photographs) by identifying third-party material and locating and contacting rights holders to secure permissions; actively acquired and ensured compliance of copyright permissions agreements, including securing electronic rights for new and previously published material; negotiated rates and contracts; primary administrator for clearing permissions and advising publishing acquisition editors on all aspects of permissions clearance; granted permissions for over 200 books and 300 journals in the Higher Education division utilizing Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) website and in conjunction with CCC personnel, including granting use permissions to organizations for the visually disabled; consulted with CCC regularly as the primary point of contact for the issuance of standard permissions agreements; collaborated with Finance to ensure proper account coding of permissions revenue; maintained timely permissions tracking and detailed reporting of manuscript permissions status; maintained permissions files; created training materials and conducted periodic permissions policy and procedures training and presentations to editorial staff; provided ongoing training to junior level permissions staff; researched and assisted attorneys with responses to allegations of plagiarism, infringement, duplicate publication and other circumstances constituting a breach of a author’s responsibilities in order to advise of appropriate action and to work with others within the company to execute such action; assisted with implementation of changes in policy, process or forms used; supervised and oversaw work of intern support staff and temporary assistants; oversaw ordering and distribution of complimentary book copies to authors/rights holders.

Camarillo, Ca

Drafted announcements to inform students of health information and events; responsible for tracking, creating and distributing weekly statistics of visits to the Student Health Center; maintained patient confidential records; created various excel spreadsheet reports; handled all administrative duties including maintaining calendar, scheduling appointments, ordering supplies, and answering phones.

Venice Beach, Ca

Assisted Casting Director with all administrative support; communicated with all major talent agencies regarding their submissions; coordinated casting calls and scheduled auditions; distributed script “sides” and “breakdowns” to potential cast; participated in script reading sessions; videotaped auditions and sessions; edited video and managed mail distribution of material. Assisted on casting for the films Barbershop and Tears of the Sun among others.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Created and maintained content for external links on company website; edited and maintained all website content; researched and added content to website; created and maintained health information pages for travelers.