Rights/Permissions Analyst

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Pearson Education, as a Rights Analyst in the Pearson’s International Higher Education Rights & Permissions (R&P) team, reporting to the Rights & Permissions Manager/Director. The team oversees the rights management of 3rd-party content and asset licenses (permissions) in courseware catering to the US Higher Education market. 

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You exhibit Pearson Values--We ask why, We ask what if, We earn trust, We deliver quality, We make our mark. You work consistently to develop professionally and improve performance, embracing a culture of change and diversity with a can-do attitude. 

Reporting to the Director/Manager, Rights & Permissions, the Analyst role supports third-party content use for the Higher Education business to meet Pearson standards, policies, strategies, and business objectives as well as show continuous performance improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Manage projects assigned by the R&P Manager/Director to enable best rights and sourcing practices while achieving business goals in the management of 3rd-party assets, working closely with key stakeholders in content development and production teams, and others as required
• Achieve or exceed the lifecycle content, budget and schedule expectations of projects/activities
• Fulfill the rights requirements for projects, making use of such opportunities as Preferred Sourcing, 3-Tier Rights Framework, and rightsholder negotiation to drive quality, cost and process efficiency and sound rights/risk practices  
• Learn and work effectively with Rights Management tools: IPM and Blueprint and Tableau, Pearson's core R&P systems
• Maintain and meet all rights management milestones for projects, engaging business teams and vendors over the entire content development/production workflow (initiate, plan, execute, control, close). Ensure all projects are closed in timely manner
• Monitor and update project information, create documentation, reports, and related work as required throughout the project lifecycle
• Communicate, monitor and drive R&P expectations, standards, KPIs and SLAs with all project members including vendors/CSC
• Prepare and monitor rightsholder and vendor supplier setup, POs and payments, ensuring timely and accurate completion
• Support the inclusion and visibility of content that aligns with Pearson’s Global Content Editorial Policy with suppliers
• Participate in departmental meetings and events and contribute to team goals
• Complete full and up-to-date capitalization submissions
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement

Measures: Projects including payments and accounting achieved and closed on time and budget -Rights aligned with lifecycle publishing plans and records accurate and complete -Progressive acceleration of time to market and average asset cost reduction –Evidence of professional development provided through learning programs

Qualifications:

• Degree educated or equivalent tertiary qualification relevant to the position, or equivalent experience
• Qualification in or experience with media/copyright law an asset
• Minimum of 4+ years of experience with educational publisher or equivalent

Skills/knowledge/abilities: 

• Strong research, analytical and problem-solving skills (to identify and resolve inquiries, errors, and other issues)
• Strong project and time management skills, ability to meet deadlines, and prioritize based on project needs or stakeholder requests
• Highly organized with excellent communication skills
• Familiarity with rights acquiring/rights management workflow tools and systems
• Database knowledge—input, reporting, tracking & auditing
• Interest in and knowledge of media content, social media and media technology trends
• Team player with an ability to build collaboration and achieve results
• Nimble, proactive, positive, and disposed for innovation
• Good computer skills, particularly MS Office suite including Excel, Teams and SharePoint