Join our award-winning Legal team - Winner of ‘The Lawyer In-House Tech, Media and Entertainment Team of the Year 2025’.We're seeking an experienced Head of Legal to provide maternity cover and lead our legal function across the international company, serving as strategic legal advisor to our C-suite executives and Senior Leadership Team, reporting to the COO/CLO.
About YotoYoto 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 Legal Team
Our Legal team is at the heart of everything that happens at Yoto; by providing strategic counsel that enables impressive business growth while managing risk across our global presence. As a key business partner, we support Yoto in the mission to help families, providing strategic product counselling, supporting a thriving creative team headquartered in London.
What you’ll be doing:
Lead with strategic legal counsel across our corporate entities, advising senior leadership on governance, risk management and business initiatives that drive growth, including critical board preparation support
Manage our lean legal team and operations, support our legal counsel, manage external counsel relationships, and legal budgets to ensure efficient resource allocation and cost-effective services
Drive content and IP strategy, leading complex licensing negotiations, content commissioning agreements, and comprehensive IP rights portfolio management
Structure complex commercial deals, drafting and negotiating supply agreements, procurement and SaaS contracts, and strategic partnerships supporting our global expansion
Ensure regulatory compliance across data privacy (including GDPR, CCPA), consumer protection, marketing regulations, AI governance, anti-bribery, and ESG matters while developing enterprise-wide risk frameworks
Working alongside our People team, maintaining compliance with employee incentive schemes, equity plans, and employment law requirements across multiple jurisdictions for our growing global team.
What you’ll bring:
Qualified solicitor with at least 8 years UK qualification (or equivalent) including senior in-house legal role, ideally within entertainment, media, technology or IP-heavy sectors
Tech or scale-up experience the ability to operate with agility in a fast-paced growth environment, understanding of product development cycles, commercial partnerships and managing regulatory challenges with emerging technology regulations.
Commercial mindset and strategic business partnership - deep understanding of business objectives with ability to provide pragmatic legal solutions that enable growth, demonstrating strong commercial judgement and proven track record as trusted advisor to C-suite executives with ability to translate legal complexities into clear business insights
Adaptability, resourcefulness and self-sufficiency - thrives in high-growth, dynamic environments with ability to prioritise effectively, make decisions with imperfect information, demonstrate initiative in managing competing priorities, and strong judgement on when to seek external counsel versus handling matters in-house
Deep IP and content expertise in IP law, content licensing, music licensing, and rights management, with experience negotiating complex creative industry agreements while maintaining commercial focus
Team leadership and budget management experience managing legal professionals and external counsel relationships, with strong resource allocation skills and ability to build high-performing teams
Comprehensive compliance knowledge of data protection (GDPR, CCPA essential), consumer protection, marketing regulations, and emerging AI/technology law requirements, with pragmatic approach to implementation
Exceptional stakeholder management skills with ability to work effectively across all organisational levels, explaining
Experience in children's/family entertainment, EdTech, or consumer technology sectors (nice-to-have)
Previous experience in an interim role (nice-to-have).
Salary: £120,000 - £130,000 based on experience
What you can expect from Yoto:
Flexibility: Hybrid working - expectation of 2 days a week on average in our London office, but you are welcome to come in more than this. How you meet the minimum expectation is up to you, to ensure you're happy and productive in your role whilst also getting that vital face time with your colleagues. Take advantage of our ‘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.
Financial: Receive Income Protection, covering long term sickness for up to 2 years and company sick pay that increases with length of service. Life Assurance cover from day one of your service. Workplace Pension offering up to to 3% employer contributions, following probation. Generous employee referral bonus scheme.
Health & Wellness: Private Medical Insurance via Aviva, or a Wellbeing Allowance to be used for memberships, subscriptions, treatment or therapy. Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) through WeCare and unlimited access to Dental advice and guidance via Toothfairy. Bike to work scheme to promote healthier lifestyles.
Time Off: 25 days of holiday per year, plus bank holidays. On top of this, you also receive your birthday off, plus 1 extra day of holiday for every year worked after you hit your 2 year anniversary, up to 5 extra days. After 4 years of service, you are also eligible for our sabbatical policy offering up to 3 months' of unpaid sabbatical.
Helping Families: Variety of family-friendly leave, including enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, fertility, pregnancy loss and carers leave. Unlock savings with our workplace nursery scheme, designed to support parents of preschool-aged children.
People & Planet: Up to 2 volunteer days a year. A Book Allowance of up to £50 a year to contribute to your professional development.
Fun Perks: You receive your very own Yoto player and starter pack of cards! Regular company socials and celebrations, including our annual YotoFest!
Equity and DiversityAt Yoto, we love creating a world where childhood is rich with discovery and joy. We’re also passionate about building a workplace where everyone can thrive - both professionally and personally. We value flexibility and give our team the freedom to balance life and work in ways that suit them.We're committed to fostering a safe, diverse, and inclusive environment where all individuals, regardless of their background, feel valued and supported. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion group holds bi-monthly forums to elevate diverse voices and perspectives, ensuring everyone at Yoto feels heard, respected, and appreciated.We don’t just embrace differences - we celebrate them. We share audio content from a vibrant and diverse community of creators (check out our DEI selection), and we are building a team that reflects that same diversity. We invite candidates from all walks of life to explore opportunities with us and join a company that champions flexibility, equity, and inclusion. Take a look at our website for more information on our approach to People and Planet.
Please only apply or engage with Yoto jobs posted on our careers page (careers.yotoplay.com or careers.yotoplay.com/en). All correspondence from our Talent team will only come through Teamtailor, our application tracking system.
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