Legal Assistant job at HarperCollins Publishers in New York, NY
Legal Assistant (NYC Hybrid)
Job LocationsUS-NY-New York
Category
Legal & Contracts
Overview
HarperCollins Publishers is currently seeking a Legal Assistant to join its Legal & Contracts Department! This position will support four attorneys, and is based in our NY Headquarters.
Responsibilities
Independently manage and track a broad variety of ongoing Legal Department projects, including author related contractual matters, response to subpoenas, and tracking manuscript legal review.
Litigation support and management.
Support attorneys on class action settlement in Anthropic case and other AI copyright infringement cases
Manage the collection of specimens and required information for trademark registration filings.
Draft a variety of basic legal agreements, including non-disclosure agreements, permissions, and releases, with attorney supervision.
Assist with anti-piracy tracking.
Provide administrative support to four attorneys – managing, mail, phone calls and messages, scheduling meetings and conference calls, expense reports, travel arrangements.
General departmental administrative matters, including establishing processes for shared departmental files.
Qualifications
4-year college degree or equivalent work experience
Prior administrative/legal experience required
Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Ability to exercise professionalism, poise and tact in all verbal and written correspondence
Strong sense of confidentiality
Strong time management skills
Ability to set priorities under pressure
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Willingness to take initiative and to complete projects independently
Proficient knowledge of MS Office, Office 365 and facility with variety of applications within Windows
An interest in book publishing strongly preferred
Ability to work onsite three days per week
HarperCollins Publishers is a company full of people who are passionate about books. When you apply for a position, we want to know why you want to work here, and why you are interested in the job. That’s why cover letters are strongly preferred.
The salary for this position is $65,000. We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.
In addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.
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Job LocationsUS-NY-New York
Category
Legal & Contracts
Overview
HarperCollins Publishers is currently seeking a Legal Assistant to join its Legal & Contracts Department! This position will support four attorneys, and is based in our NY Headquarters.
Responsibilities
Independently manage and track a broad variety of ongoing Legal Department projects, including author related contractual matters, response to subpoenas, and tracking manuscript legal review.
Litigation support and management.
Support attorneys on class action settlement in Anthropic case and other AI copyright infringement cases
Manage the collection of specimens and required information for trademark registration filings.
Draft a variety of basic legal agreements, including non-disclosure agreements, permissions, and releases, with attorney supervision.
Assist with anti-piracy tracking.
Provide administrative support to four attorneys – managing, mail, phone calls and messages, scheduling meetings and conference calls, expense reports, travel arrangements.
General departmental administrative matters, including establishing processes for shared departmental files.
Qualifications
4-year college degree or equivalent work experience
Prior administrative/legal experience required
Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Ability to exercise professionalism, poise and tact in all verbal and written correspondence
Strong sense of confidentiality
Strong time management skills
Ability to set priorities under pressure
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Willingness to take initiative and to complete projects independently
Proficient knowledge of MS Office, Office 365 and facility with variety of applications within Windows
An interest in book publishing strongly preferred
Ability to work onsite three days per week
HarperCollins Publishers is a company full of people who are passionate about books. When you apply for a position, we want to know why you want to work here, and why you are interested in the job. That’s why cover letters are strongly preferred.
The salary for this position is $65,000. We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.
In addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.
Apply Now
Apply Now