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Closing date for applications: 5 October 2025Salary: £50,000+ dependent on experience (+bonus +benefits)Location: This role can be based at our London or Sheffield office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week. Use your negotiation skills to shape the deals behind bestselling books while leading the contracts teams of two dynamic publishing divisions.Hachette UK is a creative powerhouse and the UK's second largest book publishing group. We're made up of 11 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.Hachette Children's Group is of the UK's largest children's publishers. Our mission is to make it easy for children and young people everywhere to access books and see themselves reflected. We aim to maximise our readers' life chances by inspiring a lifelong love of reading, publishing books for every stage of their journey to adulthood from Enid Blyton to Alice Oseman's Heartstopper. Octopus publishes books for everyone. We love to enlighten, nourish, entertain and most of all inspire readers and listeners everywhere. Octopus is a leader in illustrated publishing, across all categories but especially in food &amp; drink. We have a truly international business, selling directly into every territory in both English language and Foreign co-editions.The contracts &amp; business affairs department powers the creative success of Hachette UK’s publishing divisions through technical expertise and sound commercial partnership. We engage with authors, editors, agents, and marketing teams at all stages of a book’s lifecycle, from pre-acquisition through to production, promotion, publication and beyond. The department comprises a team of 21 who handle approximately 3,500 contractual paperwork requests per annum, which include a wide variety of contracts. We are looking for a senior manager, contracts &amp; business affairs, to lead the Hachette Children's Group (HCG) and Octopus Publishing Group (OPG) contracts teams as a parental leave cover.&nbsp; What you'll be doingPart of the HUK contracts senior team and reporting to the director for contracts &amp; business affairs, the successful candidate will work closely with the HCG and OPG publishing teams as well as with colleagues in the contracts &amp; business affairs department to:<ul><li>Ensure contracts are drafted and negotiated to high standards working within company policy and KPIs</li><li>Advise editorial and publishing teams on contractual elements of acquisitions</li><li>Draft and review contracts including brand licensing agreements, and negotiate amendments as needed</li><li>Draft, check and amend other contractual paperwork, including addenda, novations, reversions and cancellations</li><li>Handle internal and external contract queries</li><li>Take part in IP creation projects in an advisory role</li><li>Line manage line report(s) and train and develop members of the teams as appropriate</li><li>Build and maintain successful working relationships with colleagues at all levels of the contracts &amp; business affairs department, HCG, OPG and other relevant HUK teams</li><li>Use initiative, within the parameters of company and group policies, to find creative solutions to unusual problems arising from complex negotiations</li><li>Deliver training to editors and others at HCG and OPG on contracts &amp; business affairs department processes and guidelines</li><li>Lead the HCG and OPG contracts teams and be the team's first point of contact with the Orion leadership team</li></ul> Who we are looking for<ul><li>Proven experience in contracts (or business affairs/legal) in the publishing, media or entertainment sectors</li><li>Advanced drafting skills</li><li>Ability to conduct effective negotiations</li><li>Ability to lead a team that thrives</li><li>Thorough understanding of copyright and contract law, relevant knowledge of other intellectual property law e.g. trademarks</li><li>Knowledge of, or aptitude for, relevant applications/systems</li><li>Commercial awareness and financial literacy</li><li>Ability to communicate and build positive working relationships with contacts at all levels</li></ul> What we offerOur staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:<ul><li>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)</li><li>Generous pension schemes</li><li>Rent deposit loans</li><li>2 community days per year</li><li>Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)</li><li>Retail discounts through Hachette rewards</li><li>Cycle to Work scheme</li><li>Eye care vouchers</li><li>Wide-ranging training library</li><li>Development programmes (including mentoring)</li><li>Up to 70% off book purchases</li><li>A charity bookshelf</li><li>12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including&nbsp;Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing&nbsp;and Religious networks</li><li>Season ticket loans</li><li>And much more!</li></ul> Our commitmentThe 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&nbsp;<a href="http://www.booktradeentrysupport.org/" target="_blank">www.booktradeentrysupport.org</a> 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.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Carmelite House

Hachette UK

Senior contracts manager (13 month FTC cover)

Closing date for applications:&nbsp; 25 September 2025Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.Location: Salford - hybridContract type: 1 x fixed-term contract, full-time / attachment, full-time to 20 March 2026Department: BBC SportJob band: D Calling football fans and content pros! From leading creative content production to managing key Premier League relationships, shape standout football coverage that captivates fans across every platform.Join BBC Sport as a multi-platform content producer, shaping compelling football content across TV, radio, and online. You'll support the football content editor, manage key relationships (e.g. Premier League), and lead a team delivering engaging features and interviews. As part of a 7-day content operation, you’ll play a key role in enhancing BBC Sport’s football coverage across platforms.The producer will help grow BBC Sport’s Premier League content by developing high-impact features with clubs and stakeholders. This role suits someone experienced in digital and linear production, full of ideas and audience insight. A strong grasp of BBC and social platforms is essential, along with a passion for football and a proven ability to create compelling, original content that resonates across platforms. Responsibilities<ul><li>Planning and delivery of high end, high impact football content to our passionate football audience</li><li>Supporting our relationships with the Premier League, Premier League clubs and other key partners; negotiating access within and outside of contractual requirements</li><li>Overseeing the planning, execution and distribution of feature content from the football delivery team to wider BBC teams and lead on cross platform planning</li><li>Supporting a team of assistant producers and researchers in the planning and delivery of ideas and content ensuring the highest quality and editorial standards</li><li>Collaborating with other areas of the BBC to ensure the content we create reaches the widest possible audience</li><li>The producer will give office based editorial support to the football content editor and production manager and help to deliver high impact content on time and on budget</li></ul> Knowledge, skills and experienceEssential<ul><li>The successful candidate will already be at producer level or an experienced assistant producer who can demonstrate best practice in content production that is aligned with the future of BBC Sport and our values</li><li>The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate collaborative working and will have experience of working with football clubs and the demands of producing content in that space, along with excellent communication skills</li><li>Experience of multi-platform production delivery and good knowledge of the major digital platforms and the differences between them in terms of potential and how they can be exploited is required</li><li>Experience and knowledge of working in football and an in-depth knowledge and passion for sport and Premier League football</li><li>Proven leadership skills and experience of managing individuals and teams of multi-skilled staff and highly organised with the ability to oversee shoot planning and post-production delivery&nbsp;</li></ul> We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity. We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent | Careers at the BBC

Multi-platform producer

Closing date for applications: 30 September 2025Salary: £30,000 per annumContract: 12-month fixed term contract Step into a leadership role at the heart of a diverse visitor team. Shape unforgettable visitor experiences while managing the events, activities and daily operations of an exciting cultural venue.The venue duty manager is a key role with our visitor team – it provides day-to-day duty management of the venue, events, and activities, contributes to creating an outstanding and inclusive visitor experience at Aviva Studios, and leads a diverse team on the ground that includes supervisors, hosts and volunteers. You’ll coordinate with a range of other teams including our food and drink, security and cleaning partners – as well as internal teams like ticketing, event management and producing. The duty management team are the operational leads in the venue – you’ll be proactive in ensuring visitor safety, responding to incidents and escalating issues as needed. Working across a rota – you’ll cover both building duty management shifts, as well as shifts managing the visitor-facing aspects of specific events and functions.In a venue like Aviva Studios, no two events are the same, so our duty manager team also plays a role in planning for flexible and adaptable visitor experience. Behind the scenes you’ll also contribute to our management, rota-ing and communications with our host team. Responsibilities<ul><li>Fulfil the role of duty manager in the operational structure of Aviva Studios, working with supervisors, and other teams in the day-to-day delivery of outstanding and inclusive customer service to all visitors</li><li>Play a leading delivery and decision-making role in the day-to-day operation of Aviva Studios, this may include leading evacuations, completing risk assessments, managing crowd-flow, responding to first aid incidents, monitoring and maintaining the safety of visitors, colleagues and artworks, as well as incident response and management</li><li>Oversee complex visitor operations – often including multiple events of scale taking place simultaneously</li><li>Manage the visitor-facing teams at Aviva Studios. Depending on the day and type of event this may include directly briefing and managing hosts and volunteers, or leading a team who in turn manage hosts and volunteers</li><li>Oversight and on the day management of key visitor-facing functions such as: retail, reception, security, cloakroom, ticket scanning, etc</li><li>Work with producers and event managers to scope and plan operational needs for commercial and creative programming and events</li><li>Work with the wider duty management team to embed a positive and proactive team culture</li><li>Play a key role in developing, training and equipping supervisors, hosts and volunteers to contribute to the visitor experience offer at Aviva Studios</li><li>Contribute to our management, rotas and communications with our host team</li><li>Champion Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility, ensuring Aviva Studios provides a consistent experience to all visitors</li></ul> Knowledge, skills and experienceEssential<ul><li>Ability to motivate and lead teams of people in the delivery of outstanding experiences/services</li><li>Effective communication skills with the ability to communicate with a broad range of people from different backgrounds</li><li>Demonstrable experience of taking a collaborative approach to their work</li><li>Ability to remain calm under pressure, always retaining an open and approachable manner</li><li>Familiarity with Health &amp; Safety legislation and practical implementation of policies and procedures</li><li>First Aid Qualification or willingness to undertake a First Aid Qualification</li><li>Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively</li><li>Commitment to championing representation and inclusion at every level of the organisation with a proven ability to work with people from a wide range of backgrounds</li><li>Willing to undertake relevant statutory checks e.g. DBS (Factory International can support with processing and payment)</li></ul>Desirable<ul><li>Previous experience of working within an arts/cultural venue or a customer focused organisation</li><li>Understanding/knowledge of access needs and previous experience of working with access customers</li><li>Previous experience of leading teams of people</li><li>Good IT skills, including proficiency with Microsoft office programs and the ability to pick up systems quickly</li><li>Enthusiasm for training, mentoring and support of emerging talent</li></ul> Factory International is committed to equality for everyone and we encourage you to apply no matter what your age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and sexual orientation. We are particularly committed to supporting applications from individuals with backgrounds or social groups that are currently underrepresented in the creative industries.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Factory International

Venue duty manager

Closing date for applications: 6 October 2025Salary: £36,000 - £38,000 per annum (dependent on experience)Contract: 18-month fixed term contract Do you have experience of project management or producing and love art and culture? Work closely with diverse artists and communities to deliver ambitious and innovative projects.The producing department delivers work across all our programmes at Factory International (FI) – both the year-round programme at Aviva Studios and Manchester International Festival (MIF) that takes place every two years at various venues in Greater Manchester. We are a department of producers, event managers, producing administrators, as well as the artist liaison and scheduling teams. We come from a wide range of backgrounds and we think we get to produce some of the most exciting projects made today – working actively with artists and communities across Greater Manchester on ambitious and ground-breaking new work.The producer is a central role in the team and the organisation, acting as the lead line producer for commissions and events for MIF/Factory International from their initial development through to their realisation and presentation to the public. You could be delivering a flagship project in and around Aviva Studios, in the digital realm, across the city, or internationally.If you have experience of project management or producing, if you love art and culture and if you like the kind of work we have produced, then we want to hear from you! You will be supported by an experienced executive producer to deliver the work and we are committed to putting training plans in place to support people to work in art forms that may be new to them. Responsibilities<ul><li>Leading and line producing a number of assigned projects of scale. Responsibility for working closely with artists/creative teams from diverse backgrounds to develop projects from end to end. Recruiting artistic collaborators, undertaking research and development (R&amp;D) of ideas and drawing up schedules, managing logistics in order to deliver projects to the highest possible standards</li><li>Working with the artistic director, creative director, and executive producers to develop and nurture creative relationships with key artists, partners and other organisations to build solid working practices</li><li>Preparing and managing project budgets in consultation with the executive producer using our budget systems and templates. This will include the timely and accurate coding and authorising of purchase requests and invoices, budget forecasting, running and reconciliation, as well as regular updating of budget projections and cashflows, together with the provision of other financial information as required</li><li>Negotiating artist and project team fees and contracts within FI’s contracting system and templates, including commission contracts and underlying rights agreements</li><li>Working closely with external contractors and internal colleagues across technical, artist liaison, audiences, digital and finance to provide them with requisite detailed project information so that they can blend their work into each project</li><li>Working closely with the audiences, visitor experience, ticketing and scheduling teams to coordinate the ticketing set up, announcement, communications strategies and sales targets for projects</li><li>Chairing internal and external meetings for projects as required</li><li>Working closely with the International team to manage co-commission and co-production relationships, providing touring information, feeding into the contractual process and hosting partners as required</li><li>Working with the executive producer to create working models for partner relationships and contracting across a number of organisations</li><li>Working with the producing administrators to ensure that information is shared on event management systems (including Artifax) and ensuring that information is continuously kept up to date on these systems</li></ul> Knowledge, skills and experienceEssential<ul><li>Experience of managing multiple projects with a flexible approach and the ability to manage multiple priorities</li><li>Budget management experience and financial literacy</li><li>Strong negotiation skills and experience of negotiating and drafting contracts</li><li>Experience working with a diverse range of communities and/or artists</li><li>Ability to engage with and use IT systems appropriate to the organisation</li><li>The ability to both work on own initiative and to lead a project team with a solution focused attitude</li><li>Excitement and enthusiasm in supporting artists to develop their work from the early stages of an idea through to delivery of the production</li><li>Commitment to championing representation and inclusion at every level of the organisation with a proven ability to work with people from a wide range of backgrounds</li></ul>Desirable<ul><li>Experience of producing visual arts projects and exhibitions</li><li>Experience of producing digital arts projects</li><li>Experience of working in a wide range of venues/sites</li><li>Enthusiasm for training, mentoring and support of emerging talent</li></ul> Factory International is committed to equality for everyone and we encourage you to apply no matter what your age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and sexual orientation. We are particularly committed to supporting applications from individuals with backgrounds or social groups that are currently underrepresented in the creative industriesPlease state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Producer

Closing date for applications: 22 September 2025Salary: £32,000 dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)Location: This role can be based at our London or Sheffield office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week. Bring your digital marketing experience to a fast-paced publishing division behind bestselling books, where you'll oversee digital strategy while leading exciting and impactful marketing campaigns.&nbsp;The John Murray Group, which encompasses John Murray Press, Quercus and John Murray Specialist, is one of the fastest growing and most profitable divisions of Hachette UK, with imprints that encompass a range of bestselling, pioneering and prize-winning publishing. From exciting debuts, crime fiction and celebrity-led titles, to lifestyle, memoir, history and thought-provoking non-fiction, we are home to bestselling fiction brands such as Mick Herron, Elly Griffiths and Beth O'Leary and the biggest names in non-fiction including David Attenborough, Trevor Noah and Miriam Margolyes. We pride ourselves on being entrepreneurial, curious, and excited about discovering and nurturing new voices that can shape and shake our world. John Murray Press is a division of Hachette, one of the largest publishing groups in the UK, with 10 publishing divisions and over 60 imprints. Everyone here is proud to be in the business of opening doors and minds. What you'll be doingReporting to the senior marketing manager for Literary &amp; Non-Fiction publishing, the successful candidate will oversee the digital strategy for John Murray and Quercus, including our PPC and Amazon advertising, alongside your own allocation of exciting book marketing campaigns.You’ll join the division at a hugely exciting time for the John Murray Group, creating impactful campaigns across an exciting list of non-fiction books, working with authors to harness their online platforms for book sales. You’ll be responsible for running successful and strategic digital campaigns for our biggest brands, playing a leading role in our organic social media and eBook promotion strategies, and deliver multi-platform seasonal campaigns for Summer Reading and Christmas Gifting. Who we are looking for<ul><li>You’ll succeed in this role if you are excited about the idea of connecting books with readers and have excellent experience in digital marketing.</li><li>You’ll be an expert in digital advertising across all major platforms including Amazon, Google, Meta, Twitter and TikTok, and have a strategic and analytical mindset.</li><li>You’ll be a strong relationship builder, able to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, and a confident communicator over email and in person.</li><li>You might be described as data-obsessed!</li><li>We welcome applications from people within the publishing industry, but this is by no means essential. Most importantly, you will have a passion for the books you’ll be working on and proven experience in digital marketing.</li></ul> What we offerOur staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:<ul><li>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)</li><li>Generous pension schemes</li><li>Rent deposit loans</li><li>2 community days per year</li><li>Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)</li><li>Retail discounts through Hachette rewards</li><li>Cycle to Work scheme</li><li>Eye care vouchers</li><li>Wide-ranging training library</li><li>Development programmes (including mentoring)</li><li>Up to 70% off book purchases</li><li>A charity bookshelf</li><li>12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including&nbsp;Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing&nbsp;and religious networks</li><li>Season ticket loans</li><li>And much more!</li></ul> Our commitmentThe 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&nbsp;<a href="http://www.booktradeentrysupport.org/" target="_blank">www.booktradeentrysupport.org</a> 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.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

5 Fixed term contract Opportunities in Manchester, UK