About the role

  • Contracts Manager negotiating rights and licenses for children's and young adult publications. Handling contracts with authors, illustrators, and publishers in a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Management and negotiation of rights and licenses for publications
  • Reviewing, drafting and negotiating contracts with authors, illustrators, publishers, agencies and other rights holders
  • Ensuring compliance with licensing agreements and copyright regulations
  • Tracking license fees and settlements
  • Close collaboration with the editorial and royalties departments
  • Advising and coordinating on contractual matters
  • Contributing to the development of internal contract processes
  • Participation in cross‑group meetings on contracts and legal issues
  • Ongoing development of group‑wide legal topics
  • Active use of and contribution to AI‑powered tools

Requirements

  • University degree and/or relevant experience in law, publishing and/or vocational training in publishing/media commerce
  • Excellent knowledge of copyright and licensing law
  • Strong negotiation skills and excellent communication
  • High level of organization and attention to detail
  • Team player with flexibility
  • Business‑fluent English, spoken and written
  • Openness to using AI and digital tools; ideally initial experience with AI applications or a willingness to learn actively
  • Digital affinity; confident user of MS Office and ideally experience with publishing software such as Pondus and SVS

Benefits

  • Respectful working environment with an open‑door culture
  • Good work–life balance
  • Sustainability is actively promoted
  • Hybrid working model with home office and on‑site presence
  • Flexible working hours within a flextime model
  • Individual training and development opportunities
  • Subsidies for childcare costs
  • Subsidy towards the Deutschlandticket (job travel pass)

Job title

Contracts Manager – Rights & Licenses

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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