Katharine Hughes
About Katharine Hughes
Katharine Hughes is the Knopf Doubleday Subsidiary Rights Associate at Random House in Greater New York City, handling translation licensing and various rights for Knopf and Doubleday titles.
Current Position at Random House
Katharine Hughes is employed as the Knopf Doubleday Subsidiary Rights Associate at Random House in the Greater New York City Area. Her roles include handling translation licensing for all KDPG imprints in Eastern Europe and Vietnam, and licensing audio, large print, book club, reprint, and serial rights for Knopf and Doubleday titles. She also manages contracts workflow for the rights department and researches and resolves rights ownership and licensing questions.
Previous Experience at Penguin Group USA
Katharine Hughes served as a Contracts Assistant at DK, a division of Penguin Group USA, from 2012 to 2013 for 4 months. Her responsibilities in this role are not specified, but it can be inferred that she worked with contracts, given her title and subsequent career in rights management.
Early Career and Internships
Katharine Hughes has a diverse background in publishing and research through various internships. She worked as an Editorial Intern at Sterling Publishing from 2011 to 2012 for 7 months, a Research Assistant at Dean Failey in 2011 for 2 months, an Events Intern at Huntington Historical Society in 2011 for 2 months, and an Intern at Thomson Reuters in 2009 for 2 months.
Educational Background
Katharine Hughes holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Russian Literature and Culture from Columbia University in the City of New York, where she studied from 2008 to 2012. She also attended the Columbia Publishing Course at the Columbia University Journalism School for 11 months in 2012. Additionally, Hughes studied at Middlebury School for 11 months in 2011 and graduated with honors from Cold Spring Harbor High School with a Regents degree from 2004 to 2008.
Contributions to Book Fairs
Katharine Hughes actively contributes to major book fairs. She creates catalogs for the London and Frankfurt Book Fairs using InDesign, which assists in promoting and licensing titles. Her work involves researching the backlist for promising titles to showcase at these events.