Legal Assistant (NYC Hybrid)

HarperCollins Publishers • New York, NY

2d • $65,000 - $65,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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
• Ability to work onsite three days per week

Nice To Haves

• An interest in book publishing strongly preferred

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.

Benefits

• 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.
• HarperCollins Publishers is an equal opportunity employer.
• HarperCollins Publishers is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level