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Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Responsible for all contract management, including maintaining and monitoring our 200+ contracts using Linksquares contract management system.•Act as the primary administrator to the contract management system, partnering with IT and Deputy General Counsel during implementation and managing the platform once functioning business as usual.•Assist with legal agreement management, including but not limited to Employment and Unit Grant Agreements, Leases, and 83(b) filings.•Own responsibilities related to state filings, including corporate secretary of state filings for various Choreo entities, and other corporate governance matters including corporate resolutions.•Partner with advisors to obtain information necessary to maintain any insurance licenses, facilitating all insurance needs for the entity and each licensed individual.•Support the Compliance team by taking and finalizing minutes of various committee meetings.•Maintain files for Compliance and Risk Management Committee meetings.•Assist team with any firmwide litigation and subpoenas as needed.•Support merger and acquisition due diligence and onboarding efforts.

Remote

•Provided expert analysis for third-party IP licenses and author agreements to help inform product lifecycle decisions, the viability of new HMH business opportunities, and new licensing opportunities.•Lead in IP trademark review process and workflow for using HMH and HMH partner brands and trademarks.•Researched and analyzed permissions request letters, agreements, contracts, and archival data to determine terms and life span to make informed recommendations to the requestor.•Processed outbound permission licenses to customers to reproduce HMH content for alternate uses, assessing fees for use by established guidelines.•Used knowledge of intellectual properties, i.e., text, photo, video, managed rights reversion process, copyright regulations, and contractual limitations to ensure compliance, driving solutions to roadblocks, and reviewing/analyzing contract and license language to mitigate risk.•Played a vital role in a 6-million-dollar co-publishing deal with a key school district customer. Researched, analyzed, and communicated across teams to ensure rights were secured for third-party content.•Collaborated across multiple teams within the company to help equip colleagues with access to view the content they help to create.• Created training modules that assisted vital stakeholders and colleagues in submitting request forms via Smartsheet to my team.• Researched and analyzed over a hundred contracts to help highlight sensitive author relationships into a resource that helps inform future opportunities.• Played a key role in developing a process to help ensure licensees comply with licensing obligations, specifically term dates and rights remaining.

Evanston, Illinois

Manages and supports several complex rights and permissions projects concurrently, each with high priority and many significantly impacting escalating supplier issues or court-ordered deadlines. Project Management:•Collaborate across multiple groups in the company to empower colleagues with access to the physical product they help to create. •Curate Customer Experience month with training material on using products and engagement activities for colleagues to share their experiences.•Lead my team through the process of creating training modules that will assist key stakeholders and colleagues on how to submit request forms via Smartsheets.• Summarizes project status, tracks outstanding decisions and unresolved issues, and conveys any concerns about process or data delivery delays to Group Manager, Rights Analysis. • Creates and executes critical project/initiative documentation, including but not limited to Project Plans, workflow, Procedures Guides, Project Launches, and Quality Assurance. •Researched and analyzed over a hundred contracts to detail sensitive author relationships into a resource that can inform future opportunities.Data Aggregation and Analysis:• Serves as a critical member of project & initiative teams, taking a functional ownership role over activities to ensure the success of all goals. • Collects, collates, analyzes, and submits permissions files to the Legal team and other internal customers. • QCs and combines multiple data inputs into one master source. IP Industry Expertise:• Stays up to date with industry standards, current rights, permissions processes, and technologies in the information/publishing industry. • Performs any/all tasks required to support department and company goals. •Maintain IP files and records.•Assist in maintaining a database for license agreements.•Assist in developing a process to help ensure licensees comply with licensing obligations, specifically term dates and rights remaining.

Westmont, Illinois

To advance the purpose of InterVarsity Press, my position assist in maintaining and developing the sale and administration of subsidiary rights and assist in maintaining accurate book data and sending metadata and eBook to certain distributors.Major Responsibilities:Coordinate IVP's PermissionsAssist with Publishing ContractsCoordinate CIP and Copyright RegistrationsCoordinate Data Entry

Westmont, Illinois

To advance the purpose of InterVarsity Press, my position assisted in maintaining and developing the sale and administration of subsidiary right. I completed various tasks around granting and obtaining permission to use copyrighted materials, responding to subsidiary rights requests from customers, publishers, authors, and others, conducting research related to subsidiary rights, and assisting with other administrative tasks.

United States

• Served as a liaison between the management team and tax preparers. • Coordinated and administered orientation and onboarding for new hires.

Naperville,Il

•Collaborated with the Store Manager overseeing all critical operations of the store, including managing inventory, merchandising, and administering payroll (Kronos).•Managed scheduling, hiring, training, staff development, and onboarding tasks.•Implemented programs and in-store competitions to increase employee engagement. •Conducted mid-year and annual performance reviews for 8-10 staff members.

Chicago,Il

• Managed information database for data collection and records• Report generation in Word and Excel• Demographic research, analysis and report development• Administrative support for Senior Analyst

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration, 2.85

Business major with a minor in Marketing.

Corporate Practice Certificate In Paralegal Studies, Legal Assistant/Paralegal, 3.5

Institute for Paralegal Studies Loyola University Chicago Corporate Practice Certificate in Paralegal Studies, September 2023 American Bar.