Closing date for applications: 28th November
Salary: £47,000 - £51,000
Take your expertise in contracts for business affairs/legal to this role with a leading publisher.
Hachette UK is a creative powerhouse and the UK's second largest book publishing group. Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity. We're made up of 12 autonomous publishing divisions and over 60 imprints with a rich and diverse history and an incredible range of authors. We're also the market leader in e-books and publish a range of bestsellers in audio format, the fastest growing part of our business.
The Orion Publishing Group, a division of Hachette UK, publishes commercial, award-winning fiction, non-fiction and gift, and is home to bestselling authors and brands such as Ian Rankin, Adam Kay, Michael Connelly, Emily English, Dr Nicole LePera, Brandon Sanderson, Cathy Bramley, Philippe Sands, Candice Carty-Williams and the Hairy Bikers. The Orion contracts team comprises of Senior Manager, Manager and Assistant, in addition to department-wide team members.
The role will be based at our London office, Carmelite House, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.
What you'll be doing
Part of the HUK Contracts Senior Team and reporting to the Director for Contracts & Business Affairs, the successful candidate will work closely with the Orion publishing teams as well as with colleagues in the Contracts & Business Affairs Department to:
- ensure contracts are drafted and negotiated to high standards working within company policy and KPIs
- advise editorial and publishing teams on contractual elements of acquisitions
- draft and review contracts including brand licensing agreements, and negotiate amendments as needed
- draft, check and amend other contractual paperwork, including addenda, novations, reversions and cancellations
- handle internal and external contract queries
- take part in IP creation projects in an advisory role
- assist in training and developing junior colleagues in the team
- build and maintain successful working relationships with colleagues at all levels of the Contracts & Business Affairs Department, Orion and other relevant HUK teams
- use initiative, within the parameters of company and Group policies, to find creative solutions to unusual problems arising from complex negotiations
- deliver training to editors and others at Orion on Contracts & Business Affairs Department processes and guideline; and
- lead the Orion contracts team and be the team's first point of contact with the Orion leadership team.
Who we are looking for
- Proven experience in contracts (or business affairs/legal) in the publishing, media or entertainment sectors
- Advanced drafting skills
- Ability to conduct effective negotiations
- Thorough understanding of copyright and contract law; relevant knowledge of other intellectual property law e.g. trademarks.
- Knowledge of, or aptitude for, relevant applications/systems
- Commercial awareness and financial literacy
- Ability to communicate and build positive working relationship with contacts at all levels
What we offer
Our staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:
- 28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)
- Private medical insurance
- Generous pension schemes
- Rent deposit loans
- 2 community days per year
- Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)
- Retail discounts through Hachette rewards
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Wide-ranging training library
- Development programmes (including mentoring)
- Up to 70% off book purchases
- A charity bookshelf
- 12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks
- Season ticket loans
- And much more!
Our commitment
Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.
If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.
The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit www.booktradeentrysupport.org
We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.
Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.
Level of experience
- Mid-Level