Legal Administrator

Superdry; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global apparel brand in England is seeking a passionate and organized administrator for its in-house legal team. The role involves supporting commercial legal matters, managing workflows and contracts, and acting as a liaison with external partners. Candidates should possess excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and a proficiency with technology. The position offers flexible work options and numerous employee benefits, including a generous staff discount and a robust support system for family needs.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Additional day off for your birthday

Family-friendly policies

Company Pension scheme

Life Assurance cover

50% staff discount

Onsite store for staff

Health cash plan

Flexible working hours

Learning and development resources

Time off for volunteering

Employee assistance plan

Cycle To Work Scheme

Local discounts

Qualifications

• Highly organized administrator with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to manage a varied workload and prioritize tasks.
• Interest in legal work, though not necessarily from a legal background.
• Confident in dealing with external counsel and advisors.

Responsibilities

• Support commercial legal team with document and contract management.
• Assist in managing deadlines and activities across the legal team.
• Administer filing and prosecution of trademarks and IP.
• Manage budgets and invoicing processes for external suppliers.

Skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Communication

Organizational skills

Tech-savviness

Tools

MS Office

WebTMS (IPPO)

Job description

The Role

An exciting opportunity for a brand‑focused administrator to join Superdry’s highly regarded in‑house legal team has arisen. The legal team at Superdry sits at the heart of the business and works in close, trusted partnership with several key business decision‑makers. We are proud to be a diverse team of professionals who embrace new and different ways of thinking, learning, and engaging. Our team plays a pivotal and highly visible role in empowering and supporting Superdry to deliver success. The role will support commercial legal, IP and company secretarial matters.

We are looking for a passionate, engaging, delivery‑focused person to support and underpin our business‑wide legal, brand protection and IP strategy work. Working in close partnership with our teams and external partners around the world, the role covers a broad remit, embracing the way in which Superdry organises and manages its workflows, documents, and deadlines to ensure that we maintain strong levels of document and process management.

The role will report to our Senior Legal Counsel and be primarily based at Superdry’s Head Office in Cheltenham. As a preference you will wish to attend the Head Office location daily but as a minimum you will need to be able to do so three days a week.

You Will

• Support the commercial legal team with documents and contract management, including database management, contract lifecycle management and the coordination of workflows and new instructions in our Legal Hub.
• Support with all types of team legal admin including printing, scanning and database searching. Support in managing deadlines and activities across the team. This includes assisting in the printing and collation of documents for signature.
• Support in the ongoing protection of Superdry’s registered rights by administering the filing and prosecution of new trademarks, domain names and other IP.
• Become fully entrenched in the management of Superdry’s IP and Brand Protection matter management systems in WebTMS and DH Anticounterfeit.
• Work with Superdry’s clearance and monitoring technology to identify potential risks to Superdry’s IP.
• Work with trademark offices, outside counsel and international advisors on the process, procedure and documentation needed to effect trademark registry actions and proceedings worldwide.
• Support in document and evidence collation for IP and brand protection litigation matters.
• Manage external suppliers, including the budget and invoicing processes.
• Have an agile approach to work and a flexible approach to who and how you support the Superdry business.

You Are

• A highly organised and diligent administrator with a strong attention to detail.
• Experienced in managing a varied workload and excellent in prioritising tasks and competing interests.
• Not necessarily from a legal background, but have an interest in legal work.
• Confident of dealing with external counsel and advisors on a global basis.
• Able to work effectively with technology (with a working knowledge of systems such as IPPO (WebTMS) and Trademark Now being a real advantage), but also competent at reviewing and assessing the benefits of new tech solutions and assimilating and presenting data in an effective and engaging way.
• A strong and clear communicator who is collaborative in their approach and able to build rapport with key stakeholders internally and externally.
• Someone with excellent presentation skills.
• Computer literate, particularly with MS Office.

Working for Superdry has never been so rewarding…

• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, we also offer a holiday buying scheme
• An additional day off to celebrate your Birthday
• Family is massively important to us, so we have a broad range of family‑friendly working policies in place, including enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Company Pension scheme
• All employees are covered by our Life Assurance policy whilst working at Superdry. We feel it’s important to offer protection for your family and loved ones in such a situation and to support this we offer life assurance cover which pays a lump sum equivalent either twice or four times your annual salary
• A big staff discount – naturally. Because we know that you love to wear Superdry, you’ll benefit from a 50% discount in store and online
• Our Head Office is home to our very own store for staff only where you can treat yourself to heavily discounted sample stock
• A health cash plan is open to all employees.
• Flexible working and core working hours between 10am – 4pm to help you achieve that all‑important work‑life balance
• Access to onsite parking and as part of our sustainable development goals, we have a selection of electrical car parking points freely available to staff.
• A range of learning and development materials to help you in your career and grow with us
• We like to give back, so we allow our employees time off for volunteering work
• A global employee assistance plan in place that you can access anytime you want – it’s free and confidential
• You’ll also have access to a Cycle To Work Scheme
• A range of local discounts with businesses across Gloucestershire

At Superdry, everyone has a voice and we want to hear it. We create environments where individuality can flourish and is celebrated as part of who we are as a brand. We’re incredibly proud that over 90% of our people feel strongly that they can be themselves at work.

We want to meet people with varied backgrounds because we understand that diversity of thought encourages new ideas to thrive, fuelling creativity and enabling us to do better work. We want to build a team which represents a variety of backgrounds, styles, perspectives, and skills; we hire people based on their merit and potential.

We also welcome conversations about flexible working for all roles at Superdry and will always accommodate it where possible.

Please note that some jobs may be closed earlier than the published closing date if we get a high volume of applications. We therefore advise that you complete your application at your earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment.

Who we are

Superdry is a British, founder‑led brand with a truly global presence. We’ve been proudly creating world‑class product for almost two decades, offering genuine choice to our customers with our curated style collections.

Our mission is to be the No. 1 sustainable style destination, delivering product that is authentic with unmatched quality and true integrity, much like our people.

We are on an ambitious journey to serve our diverse community through a premium brand that’s focused on the future, prioritises sustainability, leads with craft, and celebrates culture. We need talented people to join us on the adventure, is this you?