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Pearson Advanced Associate, Rights & Permissions in India
Advanced Associate, Rights & Permissions
Job Summary
As a member of the Rights and Permissions (R&P) team, you provide reliable support for routine licensing tasks that help safeguard Pearson’s products and services.
You will support the rights clearance function which enables the use of photos, videos and text assets within Assessment & Qualifications (A&Q) products and services.
You gather documentation, confirm pre-approved license terms, and track asset intake for specific learning products or marketing projects.
Working with colleagues you will manage data processing and other systems-based tasks for multiple, concurrent projects; your manager will help you to prioritize in a way that enables you to achieve your goals of accuracy and effectiveness.
You’re trusted to complete portions of the workflow independently, applying established rules and flagging inconsistencies or potential issues to senior specialists.
You participate in project meetings, contribute insights during process updates or asset audits, and steadily build your troubleshooting skills.
Purpose
To work within systems that support the acquisition of third-party media rights: financial processing, entering/managing data relating to image/text/video assets and running reports (training and support will be provided)
You will identify tasks within the systems that require escalation or enhancement (e.g., data inaccuracies, process blockers) and be responsible for re-opening and closing them
With support from the rest of the team you will proactively address any backlog of clearance tasks as well as maintain new tasks
A key aim of this role will be to work with the A&Q R&P team to support the completion (“closure”) of projects and to identify systems records that might need to be re-opened and remediated
You will work closely with the rest of the A&Q team and provide support for Project Managers in administrative tasks to meet project schedules
R&P projects generate documentation (digital files), part of your role will be to manage these files to ensure they remain organized and discoverable
Key Accountabilities:
Ensure project closure dates are met for all non-automated tasks
Monitor project dates for work in progress and request extensions for any that are not completed but are approaching their end date
Achieve clearance task targets to meet project deadlines
Add assessment logs to data management system after project close out
Download hi-res media assets (images/video) as required and upload to data management system
Create content plans (detailed lists of assets for inclusion within products) for small/ad-hoc projects
Process permission requests as appropriate to ensure that rights are acquired prior to publication / product release
Manage the upload of data for new versions of existing projects
Invoice management for clearance tasks that are cost-bearing
Use data to inform decisions and maintain compliance.
Apply ethical principles when reviewing AI-generated assets.
Engage with rights initiatives within the wider R&P function
Attend meetings across the line of business to communicate project status
Key Challenges
Attention to detail - accuracy is key
Work across a variety of projects, simultaneously
Respond productively to change and adjust priorities in dynamic situations.
Education, qualifications & training
Minimum of 1 year experience with educational publisher or equivalent, with working copyright knowledge and experience permissions in particular
Excellent project management skills
Fluent in both written and spoken English
Database expertise—input, reporting, tracking & auditing
Advanced computer skills including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and general office equipment as dictated by each position
Undergraduate Degree or requisite experience, including combination of education, professional training, and experience
Strong language, grammar, and communication skills
Strong organizational and time management skills
Ability to manage/delegate multiple tasks
Strong interpersonal and business correspondence skills
Creative, ideas person who can suggest new ways of working
Demonstratable problem solving ability
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Job: Learning Subject Matter Experts
Job Family: LEARNING_&_CONTENT_DEVELOPMENT
Organization: Assessment & Qualifications
Schedule: FULL_TIME
Workplace Type: Remote
Req ID: 22851
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