Licensing Administrator

**Company Description**
Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge, and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.

Taylor & Francis is one of the world’s largest publishers of high-quality, peer reviewed scholarly journals, books, e-books and reference works. We empower learners, thinkers and doers with trusted knowledge that advances research and enriches lives. We bring together diverse people, ideas and opinions to validate and publish the experts, theories and truths that matter. And we’ve been doing this in an unbroken arc since 1798.

Our purpose is to foster human progress through knowledge. We strongly believe that this requires us to encourage and examine different ideas and voices, so that any work that meets our exacting levels of quality deserves to be included in our publications. This requires open minds, the opportunity for robust debate, and the courage to defend perspectives that stand up to scrutiny, even if they conflict with our personal beliefs or values. Because that’s the only way to find the best obtainable version of the truth and, ultimately, foster human progress. If you agree, then we’d love to hear from you

We’re looking for a motivated and enthusiastic team player to join our Licensing team. In this role, you’ll help boost the visibility of our journal content, supporting both revenue growth and brand reputation. You’ll build strong relationships with internal teams and external partners, while keeping our databases and spreadsheets accurate and up to date.

**You’ll need to have the right to live and work in the UK.**
**Application deadline: Friday 9th May 2025**

**Key Accountabilities**
- To liaise with editors both internal and external to index their journals in third party products to ensure maximum exposure.
- To work closely with our technical team and customer services department to set up an electronic feed/subscription for delivery of content to comply with contractual agreements.- To maintain and update our editorial spreadsheet so editors always know where their journals are indexed.
- Support Head of Permissions & Licensing and Senior Licensing Executive to carry out research into different products to expand journals exposure.
- Work with our customer services and accounts department to arrange for invoices to be raised for reports received showing articles and sales and our metadata usage for commercial agreements.
- Work with our current partners informing them of any new titles which we feel would fit in their product.
- Upload new agreements and addendums to our SharePoint database so agreements can be retrieved in a timely manner.
- Update and circulate annual price increases to third party customers to ensure they have information on all new/ceased titles and that they are charging our current fees.
- Work on internal systems to ensure smooth onboarding and offboarding of journals.
- Support and involvement with departmental projects

**Qualifications** What You’ll Bring**:

- Great at managing time, prioritising tasks, and staying organised
- Clear and confident communicator
- Sharp attention to detail
- Self-motivated and able to work independently
- Comfortable communicating with people at all levels
- Stays calm and focused under pressure
- Confident using various computer systems, especially MS Excel
- Customer-focused with a problem-solving mindset
- Flexible, adaptable, and always up for a challenge

The following would be advantageous but are not essential as full training will be provided:

- Basic understanding of copyright
- Interest in or knowledge of the publishing industry
- Licensing experience is a bonus, but not essential

**Additional Information**
At Taylor & Francis we care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. You will be joining a thriving business, working alongside an exceptional group of people. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about.

**What we offer in return**:

- A salary of circa £28-30k per annum plus 5% annual bonus
- An excellent work/life balance with a fantastic, flexible working culture.
- 25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays and an extra day off for your birthday
- 3 additional discretionary days off during the holiday season at the end of the year
- 4 paid volunteering days each year
- Company funded single cover private medical insurance
- Employee assistance programme - offering 24/7 well-being support
- Share Match - Plan that matches every share purchased with two free shares.
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance, plus optical and medical care.

**Training And Professional Development**:
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