Corporate Licensing Administrator

Taylor & Francis Group; Abingdon; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent work/life balance

25 days annual leave

Flexible working culture

Company funded private medical insurance

Employee assistance programme

Share Match plan

Life assurance

Job summary

Taylor & Francis Group in Abingdon is seeking a motivated team player for the Corporate Licensing team. Responsibilities include indexing journals for maximum exposure, maintaining databases, and collaborating with internal teams. Ideal candidates possess strong time management and communication skills. The position offers opportunities for growth and a flexible work environment, with an expectation of three in-office days per week. Candidates should reside within a commutable distance to the office.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing multiple tasks while staying organized.
• Ability to communicate clearly and confidently.
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with editors to index journals in third-party products.
• Work with technical team for content delivery setups.
• Maintain updated indexed journals spreadsheet.
• Support Corporate licensing team research.
• Collaborate with Customer Services on invoice management.

Skills

Time management

Communication

Attention to detail

Customer focus

Problem-solving

Self-motivated

Tools

Excel

Job description

Taylor & Francis is an Informa business.

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.

Job Description

We’re looking for a motivated and enthusiastic team player to join our Corporate 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, contracts and spreadsheets accurate and up to date.

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 to set up an electronic darts feed/subscription for delivery of content to comply with contractual agreements.
• To maintain and update our indexed journals spreadsheet, which feeds into Power BI, so editors always know where their journals are indexed.
• Manage queries/requests received through personal or generic email/teams meetings.
• Support the Corporate licensing team to carry out research into different products to expand the journal's exposure.
• Collaborate with Customer Services to allocate generated invoices and pursue outstanding payment collections, if needed, issue refunds.
• 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 DocuSign database, and maintain DocuSign document metadata up to date.
• Compile 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 off‑boarding of journals.
• Support and involvement with departmental projects
• Managing internal shared mailbox
• Manage relationships with Gratis partners and inform Corporate Licensing Executive of opportunities to transition to a Commercial agreement from Gratis.
• Assistance in onboarding new systems/processes.
• Preparing data sets as requested

What You’ll Bring:

• Great at managing time, prioritising tasks, and staying organised
• Clear and confident communicator
• Sharp attention to detail is essential
• Self‑motivated and able to work independently
• Stays calm and focused under pressure
• Confident using various computer systems, especially 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

Location: We believe that great things happen when people connect face‑to‑face. That's why we work in‑person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you’re not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces – like at conference – you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely.

The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of our office in Milton Park, Oxfordshire, to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office locations to collaborate as required. There is an expectation for a minimum of 3 days per week in‑person time.

Our Milton Park office will be relocating to Oxford city centre in late 2027 / early 2028, offering an exciting new workplace in the heart of the city.

Closing Date:

Applications will close on Thursday 21st May 2026.

Interviews are being scheduled during the advertising period. Early applications are highly recommended.

What we offer in return:

• An excellent work/life balance and flexible working culture
• 25 days annual leave per year plus an extra day off each year 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
• Informa Anywhere - up to four weeks per year working from any location
• Share Match – Plan that matches every share purchased with two free shares.
• Life assurance, plus optical and medical care options

If you’re excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge, we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience don’t fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis, we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and make a contribution regardless of their identity or background. As a colleague, you will have the opportunity to further innovate and develop in areas that you are passionate about. Our goal is to empower you with the resources, incentives, and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy, balanced life.

Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non‑merit based factor.

We want all our candidates to shine in our recruitment process. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to ensure you are able to show us your best self. This could include having the application form in a different format, more time for questions, or anything else – please ask us, we are happy to be flexible! Please contact [e-mail]