Senior Content Manager; Audiobooks

We’re looking for a Senior Content Manager (Audio books) to help us bring the best possible content to our customers!

Yoto is a screen-free interactive audio platform for kids. We make carefully connected audio players that kids control, with no microphones, cameras or ads. We have a catalogue of audio that inspires creative play and learning with 1,000+ titles in our card store from top creators, publishers and labels - think Disney, Marvel, Roald Dahl and Universal Music. We also create Yoto Originals like Brain Bots.

• Voted the 14th fastest-growing private software technology company in Britain in The Sunday Times 100 Tech 2025; and named the 94th fastest-growing company in Europe in the prestigious FT1000.
• Ranked 9th in Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in 2024; and featured in the Sifted 100 fastest-growing startups across the UK&I by revenue growth.
• Featured in Bloomberg’s 25 UK startups to watch in 2023; and ranked second fastest growing tech company in the UK in the Deloitte Fast
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• Named one of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Inventions of 2020.
• We’re over 200 employees spread across the world.. and growing!

We’re on a mission to be the soundtrack of childhood, and help families on their own unique adventures. By creating products that inspire independent play, we help families discover and grow with an inspiring world of audio - and we would like you to help us achieve it!

Content is at the heart of our business, and we have a dedicated team of children’s media specialists – with experience across publishing, music, education, rights, and audio production – who carefully consider every title that makes it into our library. We license existing audio from some of the biggest names in the world of kids’ entertainment (Paramount, Penguin Random House, Hasbro, Macmillan and more), and also develop and produce our own content as part of our Yoto Originals range.

Reporting to the Head of Content in North America, you will be responsible for maintaining and developing partnerships with publishers in North America. No two days are the same, but your role will involve a lot of the following:

Nurturing partnerships with our current Audiobook publishers. This includes but is not limited to:

• Taking quarterly meetings with existing partners to discuss performance of their titles, upcoming releases, and future opportunities,
• Liaising with publisher’s marketing teams to brainstorm opportunities for upcoming releases and backlist titles,
• Submitting new initiatives for partners’ approval,
• Keeping partners informed about Yoto’s catalog strategy, and gathering and sharing data about trends and needs in the kids’ audiobook space,
• Acting as an ambassador for the Yoto brand in industry conferences,
• Sourcing potential audiobook partners that will help diversify our North American portfolio.

• Making strategic decisions about new additions and title renewals, with the goal of making Yoto the best audio platform for children,
• Creating financial forecasts (P&Ls) for key acquisitions, and keeping track of sales numbers and other available data to report on the performance of existing catalog and identify gaps,
• Negotiating all deal terms with partners, for new acquisitions as well as renewals,
• Partnering with our legal team to ensure timely execution of contracts,
• Making data-based and strategic decisions about which properties to pursue.
• Working closely with Sr. Manager of Licensed Content and Head of Production to propose quarterly publication schedules a year in advance.
• Working closely with the Content Coordinator to ensure timely delivery of all assets.
• Approving all publisher royalty reports and managing stock reordering process for your titles.

• Working with the accounting team to ensure timely payment of invoices
• Proofreading for upcoming products
• General support for marketing initiatives
• Providing feedback for retail ranges when needed
• Creating presentations for the wider Yoto team about licensed audio books
• Liaising with Yoto’s Marketing and Commercial teams to ensure alignment…