Licensing Manager (Fractional or Full-Time)

Licensing Manager (Fractional or Full-Time)

Storytime · UK / Hybrid [or Remote, UK] · Interviewing December 2026

We license more than stories. We license ways for children to fall in love with reading.

Storytime is a UK-based children’s story brand for readers aged 4–10. We have a library of more than 1,200 original stories, audiobooks and activities, already licensed across multiple languages and formats. Our IP reaches print, audio, classrooms, digital platforms and literacy partnerships around the world. We also have a social impact division that creates stories for charities and partners working to widen children’s access to reading.

Our licensing programme is growing, and we’re looking for someone to grow it with us.

The role

This isn’t a rights-desk job or a strategy-only consultancy role. We want someone who enjoys finding opportunities, opening conversations and getting into the detail of a deal.

• You’ll work directly with our founders to expand Storytime’s licensing programme across EdTech, publishing, education, audio, digital platforms, NGOs, corporate partnerships and related sectors.
• You’ll research and qualify prospects, work through our existing licensing and EdTech database, write and test outreach, run early conversations, develop proposals and help move promising opportunities towards signed agreements.
• You’ll also help us see sectors, partners and opportunities we haven’t spotted yet.

What you’ll do

• Research and qualify new prospects across EdTech, publishing, education and adjacent sectors.

• Identify the right decision-makers and turn broad records into a focused, prioritised pipeline.

• Find and open your own leads through email, LinkedIn, industry research, events, referrals and existing networks.

• Run early conversations, discovery calls and first pitches, then take promising ones through to a deal
• Build and adapt presentations and partnership proposals for different audiences, such as international publishers, ed tech platforms, NGOs, CSR partnerships, loyalty programmes, education networks and more.
• Keep strong, warm relationships with existing partners and spot where they could grow
• Work through and improve our existing licensing and EdTech database of approximately 10,000 leads.
• Bring fresh thinking on new territories, formats and partnership models
• Work closely with the founders on strategy, pricing and deal structure
• Keep accurate CRM, opportunity and contract records, with clear next actions and realistic forecasts.
• Help shape how the licensing programme scales: the processes, the pipeline, the materials, the reporting and the story we tell.

Who you are

• You have some experience in licensing, partnerships, business development or rights, ideally in children’s media, publishing, education or edtech
• You’re a self-starter who likes finding opportunities as much as closing them
• You’re comfortable on the first call with a new contact and just as comfortable deep in a term sheet
• You have a strong understanding of royalties, advances, minimum guarantees, exclusivity, territories, formats and contract terms.
• You’re comfortable working independently in founder-led SME where you’ll be building systems as well as using them.
• You’re curious and bring ideas, and you’re happy to tell us when you think we’re missing something
• You build relationships that last
• You can create clear, persuasive presentations
• You’re comfortable testing different messages and learning from response data.
• You can maintain a detailed pipeline and keep next actions moving.
• You care about children’s literacy and how stories can live safely and well across formats

Nice to have

• An existing network in edtech, educational publishing, schools or literacy organisations
• International or multi-territory licensing experience
• Experience with digital content, audio, white-label products or platform partnerships.
• Familiarity with EAL/ELT, SEN or curriculum-aligned content
• Experience with NGOs, CSR or sponsored-access partnerships.

The practicalities

• Fractional or full-time. We’re open to either, so tell us what works for you.
• Location: Salisbury / hybrid UK/NL / remote worldwide
• Compensation: [salary range, day rate, or “competitive, plus commission on deals closed”]
• Timeline: interviews in December 2026, with a start date in early January 2027 / flexible]

How to apply

• Send your CV or LinkedIn profile to hello@storytimemagazine.com or apply through LinkedIn. Include a few lines on a sector or partnership you think Storytime should be exploring, three organisations you would research first and why, and the opening paragraph of an outreach email to one of them. We’d love to see how you think.