Group Font Software Licensing and Compliance Manager (2yr FTC)

• Competitive salary
• Bonus
• Benefits package
• 28 annual leave days per year, increasing to 29 days after 2 years' service and up to 30 days after 5 years' service (+ bank holidays)
• 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 (voluntary)
• Season ticket loans

• Group-wide remit across Hachette UK, HBG (US), and HANZ.
• Key liaison between IT, Legal, Procurement/Finance, and Creative teams.
• Ensures systems and processes for font usage are robust, auditable, reportable, and aligned to creative needs.
• Is responsible for purchasing fonts on behalf of divisions and ensures documentation is centralised using agreed tools.

• Own and maintain the global font licensing policy and licensing decision framework across all territories.
• Interpret EULAs/licensing terms and translate them into clear operational guidance for teams.
• Partner with Legal to standardise compliance requirements and risk management.
• Owns and administers the Font Management software, responsible for future updates, migrations Roadmap.
• Works closely with Foundries to develop bespoke EULAs.
• Analyse licensing agreements and maintain up-to-date market knowledge to support cost-effective, compliant licensing decisions.
• Map current font procurement and management processes; define a future-state operating model including roles/responsibilities and escalation paths.
• Define a standard process for licensing new fonts (all territories), including approval steps, documentation requirements, and renewal/reactivation rules for reprints.
• Owns the management and maintenance of the current internal system (Font Agent).
• Ensure licensing documentation is complete and stored in agreed systems for audit readiness.
• Act as the central point of contact for all internal and external queries relating to font usage and licensing.
• Build and maintain relationships with foundries, resellers, and licensing platforms.
• Influence senior stakeholders to adopt standardised processes and reduce licensing risk.
• Define requirements for tooling and reporting (e.g. usage standards, license-count controls, documentation storage).

• Set-up of user groups/roles
• Provisioning/deprovisioning end-users workflows
• Audit and reporting requirements

/ Knowledge / Attributes

• Excellent communicator; able to engage, energise, and drive collaboration across diverse teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills at all levels.
• Highly organised with strong process mapping and documentation discipline.
• Pragmatic problem solver—able to balance creative freedom with legal/commercial constraints.
• Comfortable operating in a multicultural, multi-divisional organisation.

• Proven experience in software licensing, IP management, rights administration, or compliance governance—ideally in a creative/digital environment.
• Strong understanding of font licensing models and usage rights.
• Commercially focused analyst of processes and vendor relationships.
• Publishing workflows knowledge is desirable (print, reprint, imprint workflows, asset reuse).

• Closing date: 12 July 2026