Heather Allen Email & Phone Number

United States

New York, New York, United States

• Draft/negotiate term of copyright agreements for authors, artist, etc. for all ABRAMS imprints• Draft/negotiate work-for-hire agreements • Generate, distribute and follow up on Cease & Desist letters and as well as take down notifications• Draft/negotiate agreement amendments• Draft/negotiate publisher’s releases• Ensure contract data is populated in Title Management System• Provide status updates on all open/pending contracts

New York, New York, United States

• Draft/negotiate term of copyright agreements for authors, artist, etc. for all ABRAMS imprints• Draft/negotiate work-for-hire agreements • Generate, distribute and follow up on Cease & Desist letters and as well as take down notifications• Draft/negotiate agreement amendments• Draft/negotiate publisher’s releases• Ensure contract data is populated in Title Management System• Provide status update on all open/pending contracts

New York, Ny

• Performed routine and specialized administrative duties for Associate Directors of Contracts, and Legal and Contracts departments. • Drafted, proofread, and edited correspondence and amendments.• Drafted, reviewed, and finalized subsidiary rights contracts (children's and adult). • Drafted and negotiated publisher's releases• Input data and maintained contracts databases. • Maintained electronic and paper files on an ongoing basis. • Tracked contracts through negotiation, approval, distribution and execution process. • Processed payments and payee changes.• Prepared contract files for scanning and mailing. • Responded to questions and direct inquiries regarding contracts and other matters. • Screened phone calls and refers callers to appropriate staff members in a professional and courteous manner. • Created and maintained project charts and department reports to ensure progress of work is tracked.

New York, Ny

Performed routine and specialized administrative duties for Associate Directors of Contracts, and Legal and Contracts departments. • Inputed data and maintains contracts databases. • Drafted, proofreads and edits correspondence and amendments. • Maintained electronic and paper files on an ongoing basis. • Tracked contracts through negotiation, approval, distribution and execution process. • Processed payments and payee changes.• Prepared contract files for scanning and mailing. • Responded to questions and direct inquiries regarding contracts and other matters. • Screened phone calls and refers callers to appropriate staff members in a professional and courteous manner. • Reviewed and finalizes subsidiary rights contracts. • Created and maintained project charts and department reports to ensure progress of work is tracked.

New York, Ny

-Managed a strict deadline-driven schedule-Incorporated XML First workflow before and during production process-Created Mock-up covers and send out for review with editors and authors -Daily communication with authors, vendors, and internal departments (editorial, marketing, production, sales).I continued with my duties as Editorial Assistant and Permissions Coordinator.

New York, Ny

Editorial Assistant:-Evaluated and format manuscripts-Logged and format artwork/images for books-Created manuscript logs for text and images for the production department-Applied for CIP data from the Library of Congress-Updated XML manuscript with author and copyeditor corrections-Communicated with Authors and Contributors about Manuscript queries-Prepared and sent out Contributor Agreements-Attended Frontlist, Marketing and other meetings-Ordered books through our CAT's Pajamas program-Updated Thieme book database as necessaryPermissions Coordinator:-Looked up titles or articles for image verification-Followed Thieme and STM permission guidelines-Prepared Letters of Permission and Invoices (as necessary)-Communicated with requester's through CCC/RightsLink for Price Inquires-Created license agreements Assistant to the President: (August 2013- July 2014)-Placed orders for lunches, flowers, misc. -Did light proofreading of letters, contracts, misc.-Scheduled inter-office luncheons-Made PowerPoints-Photocopied, emailed, and mailed important documents

New York, Ny

Managed the Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Pinterest accounts for the WNBA-NYC with the purpose of encouraging membership, promoting WNBA-NYC events and engaging members in discourse.

New York City

-Mailed promotional materials -Collected social media data for marketing campaigns-Ran weekly Twitter giveaways-Posted/ Scheduled tweets-Attended editorial and marketing meetings-Read manuscripts

Winchester, Va

-Communicated with customers at POS to assist with purchases-Organized and maintained sales floor, assisting customers -Used online system for customer orders and call customers when order arrived-Attended daily store meetings-Familiar with all departments and procedures

Master Of Science (Ms), Publishing

Activities and Societies: M.S. in Publishing blog contributor: http://mspub.blogs.pace.edu/

Ba, English

Activities and Societies: Staff Writer for The Bluestone YearbookLatin American and Caribbean Studies and Creative Writing Minors