Senior Content Manager (Audiobooks)

Yoto • New York, NY

7h • Hybrid

About The Position

About Yoto
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 BrainBots. 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 Fast50. 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!
Yoto’s Content Team
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.

Requirements

• Significant experience in children’s editorial or media acquisition
• Ease converting leads into deals and handling rights negotiations
• Familiarity with contracts and legal publishing language
• A demonstrable passion for audiobooks and a finger on the pulse of the current children's audiobook landscape
• Exceptional English language communication skills
• Extraordinarily organized, and able to juggle multiple projects at a time
• Ability to take full ownership of your projects, and great at staying on top of your workload
• Ability to work independently and also a great team player
• Comfortable working across multiple software platforms such as Office Suite and Google Suite, Dropbox, Box, Slack, Monday.com , to name a few
• Working in a fast-paced, constantly-changing environment makes you feel energized.

Nice To Haves

• LatAm Spanish language skills would be highly desirable but not mandatory
• Experience managing a small team
• Familiarity with the educational market
• Knowledge and working relationships with publishers across Canada

Responsibilities

• Maintaining and developing partnerships with publishers in North America.
• Nurturing partnerships with our current Audiobook publishers.
• 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.
• Coordinating internal processes with different departments.
• 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 audiobooks.
• Liaising with Yoto’s Marketing and Commercial teams to ensure alignment on release schedule.

Benefits

• Hybrid working with a choice based approach - we would love you to come into the Brooklyn office twice a week, if not more.
• ‘work from anywhere’ policy to work from a different location for up to 6 weeks every year.
• Summer Hours policy to use between the months of June and August.
• Noncontributory Long Term Disability Insurance and Life Assurance / AD&D insurance that covers your from day one of service.
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan where Yoto matches up to 4% of your contributions, from day one of service.
• Generous employee referral bonus scheme.
• Medical, Vision and dental insurance where 85% of costs for you and your family paid for by Yoto.
• Wellbeing Allowance to be used for memberships, subscriptions, treatment or therapy.
• Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) through Health Advocate.
• 31 PTO days per year, which include 20 vacation days, plus 11 holidays.
• Your birthday off.
• 1 extra day of holiday for every year worked after you hit your 2 year anniversary, up to 5 extra days.
• Sabbatical policy offering up to 3 months' of unpaid sabbatical after 4 years of service.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, fertility, pregnancy loss and carers leave.
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) which allows you to use pre-tax dollars to pay for out-of-pocket dependent care expenses.
• Up to 2 volunteer days per year.
• A Book Allowance of up to $50 a year to contribute to your professional development.
• Your very own Yoto player and starter pack of cards!
• Regular company socials and celebrations, including our annual YotoFest!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees