Contracts Manager

WildBrain; London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

WildBrain is seeking a Contracts Manager to join their Legal & Business Affairs team in London. This role entails managing the complete contract lifecycle for licensing deals, supporting a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have a legal background, strong organizational skills, and experience in contracts management. Join a dynamic team dedicated to working with iconic children's brands.

Benefits

Competitive benefits

Professional growth opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in contracts management, ideally within licensing or media.
• Strong ability to manage high volumes of contracts and stakeholders.
• Motivated self-starter with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full contract lifecycle and draft agreements.
• Liaise with finance for approvals and ensure accuracy in deal terms.
• Build relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders.

Skills

Contracts management

Commercial awareness

Stakeholder management

Organizational skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Legal degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Contract administration tools

CRM platforms

Job description

Company Description

Location: London, UK

Department: Legal - CPLG

Hybrid work: Employees work in a hybrid model balancing collaboration in our office and remote work.

Overview

WildBrain CPLG is a world-leading entertainment, sport and brand licensing agency with 20 offices worldwide. Since 1972 we have been providing our partners with dedicated licensing and marketing professionals and fully integrated retail, creative & product development, legal and accounting services.

We are looking to add to our talented team of innovators that can help us manage some of the most profitable and enduring brands in the world! We believe that our partnerships are about clarity, openness, and trust, and we are widely known for our no-nonsense, straightforward approach. Come join us!

About The Role

WildBrain is seeking a Contracts Manager to join our Legal & Business Affairs team in support of our CPLG licensing group — home to some of the world’s most iconic children’s brands, including Strawberry Shortcake, Teletubbies, and In the Night Garden. Reporting to the Senior Legal Affairs Manager, you’ll be responsible for managing the full contract lifecycle and drafting agreements to secure new licensees and partners. This role plays a vital part in ensuring the efficient flow and execution of contracts across our growing pipeline.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy managing multiple deals at once, and bring structure to complexity, we’d love to hear from you!

Job Description

Support the full cycle contractual process from inception to execution:

• Input draft contract details into contracts management system
• Liaise with finance controller to obtain financial approvals
• Review deal terms to ensure accuracy; interpreting contractual comments, resolving contractual queries, and redrafting standard contract with agreed changes to obtain deal memo approval
• Issue revised drafts for review and/or signature from Licensees and/or Licensors
• Ensure any additional required documentation is supplied by Licensee (i.e.: manufacturers agreements, copyright assignments, insurance certificates and bank guarantees; issuing expiry letters where licenses not being renewed)
• Inform key stakeholders (i.e.: Finance, Product Development, Sales Team, and Brand Managers) when agreements have been executed and updating the CRM system
• Digitally filing fully executed contracts
• Build relationships with internal and external key stakeholders (i.e.: sales team, commercial directors, territory managing directors, brand managers and Licensees/Licensors)
• Support and attend meetings with your territory as necessary
• Collaborate with team of Contract Managers where necessary due to heavy workloads be prepared to help with priorities to assist with other territory contracts to ensure we reduce pipeline and achieve revenue
• Dealing with general enquiries via email, letter, and telephone
  
  

Qualifications

• Proven experience in contracts management, ideally within licensing, entertainment, music, publishing, merchandise licensing or media
• A legal degree is preferred, but equivalent experience is valued
• Strong commercial awareness, particularly around licensing deal terms
• Skilled at managing high volumes of contracts and stakeholders
• A collaborative team player with the ability to build strong internal and external relationships
• A motivated self-starter with excellent organization, initiative, attention to detail, and work ethic
• Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving skills, and sound judgment
• Thrives in a fast-paced, changing environment with competing priorities
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, contract administration tools, and CRM platforms (training provided for internal systems)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  
  

Additional Information

What We Offer

Working at WildBrain is more than a job — it’s the opportunity to join forces with extraordinary, insightful, and imaginative people who will recognize your talents and encourage your professional growth and development in a work environment that promotes creativity and individuality. We offer competitive benefits, and we invest in our people and their future.

Our Commitment

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are in our DNA. As a global leader in kids and family entertainment, we strive to reflect and honour the diversity of our audiences around the world. We believe that creating diverse and inclusive content & brands begins with fostering a culture of belonging at WildBrain. To us, a culture of belonging is one where we celebrate and welcome the diversity of all employees, stakeholders, and external partners and strive to create an environment where every individual feels valued, respected, and brings their authentic self to work.

We demonstrate our commitment to this by striving to provide a supportive work environment and a corporate culture that welcomes and encourages equal opportunities for all employees. We recognize that people bring experience and talent that goes beyond the technical skills and requirements of a job. If you possess similar experience that is close to what we’ve listed here, we encourage you to please still consider applying. We strongly believe that diverse experience, transferable skills, and passion are key! WildBrain accommodates people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process. Applicants are encouraged to make their needs known in advance if accommodation is required.

About WildBrain

At WildBrain we inspire imaginations through the wonder of storytelling. As a leader in 360° franchise management, we are experts in content creation, audience engagement and global licensing, cultivating and growing love for our own and partner brands around the world. With approximately 14,000 half-hours of kids’ and family content in our library—one of the world’s most extensive—we are home to such treasured franchises as Peanuts, Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Inspector Gadget and Degrassi. WildBrain’s mission is to create exceptional entertainment experiences that captivate and delight fans both young and young at heart.

Our studios produce such award-winning series as The Snoopy Show;Snoopy in Space;Camp Snoopy; Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City;Sonic Prime;Chip and Potato;Teletubbies Let’s Go! and many more. Enjoyed in more than 150 countries on over 500 platforms, our content is everywhere kids and families view entertainment, including YouTube, where our network has garnered approximately 1.5 trillion minutes of watch time. Our television group owns and operates some of Canada’s most loved family entertainment channels. WildBrain CPLG, our leading consumer-products and location-based entertainment agency, represents our owned and partner properties in every major territory worldwide.

WildBrain is headquartered in Canada with offices worldwide and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). Visit us at wildbrain.com.

About WildBrain CPLG

WildBrain CPLG is a trusted licensing partner for leading brands worldwide, offering 50 years of expertise building consumer products and location-based entertainment programmes across the entertainment, sport, corporate and lifestyle sectors. With over 20 offices serving the UK, Europe, India, the Middle East, China, Asia Pacific and the US, WildBrain CPLG combines the strength of global reach with expertise in local markets to achieve the best results for partners. Our passionate teams consistently challenge themselves to explore new and innovative ideas and opportunities in partnerships, activations, creative and business processes to celebrate and build brands. At WildBrain CPLG, we believe that collaboration is about clarity, openness and trust, and we are widely known for our no-nonsense, straightforward approach. WildBrain CPLG is part of WildBrain Ltd., a global leader in kids’ and family entertainment. Please contact us or visit the WildBrain CPLG website for more information: www.cplg.com.

About WildBrain: a parent company of Wildbrain CPLG

At WildBrain we inspire imaginations through the wonder of storytelling. As a leader in 360° IP management, we are experts in content creation, audience engagement and global licensing, cultivating and growing love for our own and partner brands with kids and families around the world. With approximately 13,000 half-hours of filmed entertainment in our library—one of the world’s most extensive—we are home to such treasured franchises as Peanuts, Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Caillou, Inspector Gadget and Degrassi. WildBrain’s mission is to create exceptional entertainment experiences that captivate and delight fans both young and young at heart.

Our studios produce such award-winning series asThe Snoopy Show;Snoopy in Space;Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City;Sonic Prime;Chip and Potato;Teletubbies Let's Go! and many more. Enjoyed in more than 150 countries on over 500 platforms, our content is everywhere kids and families view entertainment, including YouTube, where our network has garnered over 1 trillion minutes of watch time. Our television group owns and operates some of Canada’s most-viewed family entertainment channels. WildBrain CPLG, our leading consumer-products and location-based entertainment agency, represents our owned and partner properties in every major territory worldwide.

WildBrain is headquartered in Canada with offices worldwide and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). Visit us at wildbrain.com.