Candidate's Resume

 

Career History

Mar 2012 - Present
Company name:Education Services Australia Ltd
Location:Melbourne, Australia
Company web site:http://www.esa.edu.au
    
Job Title:Licensing & Copyright Project Manager
Job Type:Part-time
Detailed Description:- Managing rights acquisition and clearance activities for copyright materials for ESA's projects
- Ensuring sound project methodologies are followed, and that copyright components of projects are completed on time and within scope.
- Working closely with the Senior Manager, Licensing & Copyright on the management of projects
- Negotiating licence agreements with third parties for use of copyright material in ESA's projects
- Working closely with all members of ESA's Licensing & Copyright team, as well as ESA's project managers and legal counsel.
- Presenting copyright training to contractors, organisations, authors and ESA staff.

Feb 2007 - Mar 2012
Company name:Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd
Location:Melbourne, Australia
Company web site:http://www.lonelyplanet.com
    
Job Title:Copyright Officer
Job Type:Part-time
Detailed Description:- Assessing and managing legal risk to the business in relation to the use of copyright content.
- Advising all areas of the business on contract law, intellectual property and privacy law.
- Drafting, executing and managing contracts, licences and distribution agreements.
- Assessing and managing all external requests to reproduce Lonely Planet content; managing intellectual property ownership and maintaining content ownership database.
- Preparing and presenting training to staff and authors on copyright, trade marks, defamation and privacy.
- Investigating and taking action on intellectual property infringements, particularly trade mark and domain name matters.

Jul 2011 - Oct 2011
Company name:Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd
Location:Melbourne, Australia
Company web site:http://www.lonelyplanet.com
    
Job Title:Publishing & Author Services Manager (Acting)
Job Type:Part-time
Detailed Description:- Managing a team of 8 staff comprising the Publishing & Author Services Unit.
- Balancing team priorities;
allocating tasks to team members; approving timesheets & leave
- Liaising with senior managers across all areas of the business, including the Global Leadership Team
- Working closely with the Legal Department in regard to copyright, licensing agreements and author contracts

Nov 2003 - Feb 2007
Company name:Pearson Education
Location:Melbourne, Australia
Company web site:http://www.pearson.com.au
    
Job Title:Contracts & Rights Manager
Job Type:Full-Time
Detailed Description:- Drafting, executing and managing all contracts for authors, illustrators, designers, editors and consultants, and all local and foreign licensing and distribution agreements.
- Managing the company's trade mark portfolio.
- Providing exceptional service to internal clients and to external clients such as authors, other publishers, educational institutions, government and community bodies.
- Researching copyright law, privacy legislation and SPAM legislation. Research on particular areas of copyright law led to an increase of nearly 50% in monies retained from CAL distributions.
- Drafting and implementing new contractual procedures and precedents.
- Supervising the payment of fees and royalties to authors.

Mar 2003 - Oct 2003
Company name:Allens Arthur Robinson
Location:Melbourne, Australia
Company web site:http://www.aar.com.au
    
Job Title:Paralegal
Job Type:Casual/Temporary

Mar 2002 - Nov 2002
Company name:Royal Commission into the Building & Construction Industry
Location:Melbourne, Australia
Company web site:http://www.royalcombci.gov.au
    
Job Title:Legal Officer
Job Type:Casual/Temporary

Apr 2002 - Oct 2002
Company name:Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
Location:Melbourne, Australia
Company web site:http://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au
    
Job Title:Solicitor
Job Type:Full-Time

Jul 2001 - Apr 2002
Company name:Slater & Gordon Lawyers
Location:Melbourne, Australia
Company web site:http://www.slatergordon.com.au
    
Job Title:Solicitor
Job Type:Full-Time

Education & Training

Mar 2005 - Dec 2008
Institution:Monash University
Institution Type:University
Course Name:Master of Laws (Intellectual Property)

Jul 1999 - Dec 1999
Institution:The Australian National University
Institution Type:University
Course Name:Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice

Mar 1997 - Jun 1999
Institution:The University of Adelaide
Institution Type:University
Course Name:Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
Comments:Included International Exchange to the Law School, University of Victoria, Canada (one semester).

Mar 1993 - Dec 1996
Institution:The University of Adelaide
Institution Type:University
Course Name:Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Study Units/Modules:
  • Honours Psychology

Skills

Business Skills

  • Proof Reading (Intermediate - 2-3 years experience)

Product Skills

  • Excel (Intermediate - >5 years experience)
  • Microsoft Outlook (Advanced - >5 years experience)
  • PowerPoint (Intermediate - 3-4 years experience)
  • Word (Advanced - >5 years experience)

Licenses & Certifications

Senior First Aid Certificate

Issuer:St John Ambulance Australia

Equal Opportunity Contact Officer

Issuer:Victorian Equal Opportunity & Equal Rights Commission

Diploma in Editing & Proofreading

Issuer:Australian College of Journalism

Legal Practising Certificate

Issuer:Legal Services Board of Victoria

Trade Marks Attorney

Issuer:Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys

Associations

Intellectual Property Society of Australia & New Zealand

Website:www.ipsanz.com.au

Law Institute of Victoria

Website:www.liv.asn.au

Australian Corporate Lawyers Association

Website:www.acla.com.au

Australian Picture & Copyright Association

Website:www.apaca.org.au

Society of Editors (Victoria) Inc

Website:www.socedvic.org

Interests

Volunteer, Save the Children Australia, Volunteer, Footscray Community Legal Service, Volunteer, Fitzroy Legal Service, Cooking, Gym, Running, Movies, Modern literature, Squash.

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