Fonts Manager; FTC

What you ll be doing

This role will act as a subject matter expert on fonts for the Group, providing knowledge and advice to all business functions.

Manage fonts procurement, licensing and the deployment of such creative assets within Hachette UK and Hachette Book Group (US), including the review of current processes and business requirements, including proposing changes to such processes, the successful candidate will be the central point of control for the use and management of fonts across the companies, liaising with stakeholders and ensuring licensing compliance and adherence to best practice, and will be responsible for representing these overall results to the business and legal teams.

Some key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Map business stakeholders with an interest or involvement in font management
• Map current processes for font management and the licensing of other creative assets as required
• Develop licensing strategies that support creative freedom, commercial considerations and legal compliance.
• Managing complex licensing portfolios and vendor relationships.
• Ensure process and policy documentation is kept up to date and fit for purpose
• Collate fully costed options/recommendations for optimal resource (inc. roles and responsibilities), processes and system usage for future management of fonts within HUK, HBG and HANZ.
• Educate teams on licensing risks and proper usage through training sessions and documentation
• A full job description will be shared at interview stage

The ideal candidate will have proven experience in licensing, intellectual property management, or rights administration, preferably in a creative or digital environment. A strong understanding of font licensing models (desktop, web, app, broadcast, etc.) is essential to the role. An awareness of trends in typography, branding, and accessibility in publishing is also key to this role, and an understanding of publishing processes and systems is advantageous.

• The ability to accurately map business processes to support the delivery of future solutions
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills at all levels of seniority
• An excellent communicator, possessing the ability to engage, energise and inspire collaboration
• The ability to manage expectations at all levels and agree pragmatic resolutions where necessary
• The ability to deliver in a multicultural, multidivisional organisation
• Excellent organisational skills

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)
• 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
• 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 Age Wise, Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing and religious networks
• Season ticket loans
• And much more!

The role will be based at our London office, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.

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.

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