Senior Commercial Rights - London, United Kingdom - BBC

BBC

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Introduction

To ensure the BBC acquires, creates and distributes Intellectual Property (IP) to maximise audience value and commercial return in a digital, global and commercial environment by:

Delivering and implementing commercial, rights and business affairs activities
Implementing and ensuring compliance with rights policies and frameworks
Contracting and assisting with negotiation of complex deals with contributors and music rights holders
Building and maintaining internal and external relationships and partnerships

The role requires a 'one BBC' approach with close teamwork and/or embedded ways of working with all Divisions across the organisation.

This is central to our purpose and culture and is critical to this role.

Main Responsibilities
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Negotiating and contracting: To independently draft, interpret and negotiate complex contracts for deals including agreements with all types of contributor rights holders, digital media contracts and acquisition agreements with creative partners. The team deal with the clearance of music rights as well as business areas such as Changed Format rights, gaming, merchandise, clips, promos and any new methods of exploitation.
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Rights management:To independently advise on complex issues including contributor fees, contract terms, copyright clearance, writers and changed format deals, union agreements, framework agreements, negotiating fees and contracting. To undertake copyright clearance on existing material.
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Project management: To be responsible for significant deals and work areas, and delivering longer-term projects and initiatives, and managing peer and senior stakeholders relationships.
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Research: To undertake detailed research projects such as researching business, market, policy and legal issues and providing advice on key business implications of proposed activity.
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Stakeholder management: To foster and develop collaborative, creative and commercial relationships - both external (including agents, rights-owning bodies and collecting societies) and internal (including BBC Studios).
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Compliance: To ensure that standards and frameworks are adhered to and translated into compliant individual deals within a pan

BBC approach.

To ensure all commercial activity is consistent with BBC Fair Trading policy and regulatory requirements.
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Market intelligence:To monitor and utilise global market trends in order to enhance the overall effectiveness and credibility of CRBA.
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Teamwork: To provide day-to-day support for CRBA Executives and Business Affairs Manager. To seek out opportunities for maximising CRBA impact in an increasingly digital, global and commercial media environment. To lead by example in supporting new ways of working. To help, guide and develop other members of the team and take on any line management as may be required.
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Risk management: To assist with mitigating legal, contractual and business affairs risk, brand and IP protection.
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Systems and record keeping: To produce contractual documentation and ensure information on relevant BBC systems are current and maintained. To ensure accurate and current record keeping, authorise and oversee contractual payments (as appropriate).
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Deputising: To deputise for Business Affairs Manager and act up as required.

Essential

Comprehensive knowledge of, and experience in, broadcast and digital media.
Knowledge of current market intelligence and global media trends.
Some legal knowledge and experience (copyright focused) proven ability to interpret and draft contracts.
Contracting and copyright experience with indepth experience in all contributor rights, including actors, writers and music copyright.
Proven influencing, persuading or negotiating skills including with senior internal and external stakeholders.
Extensive experience of developing and maintaining strong, collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Good attention to detail and the ability to examine and present complex information.

About the BBC

The BBC Group has set out the first in a new series of bold steps to transform our programming and better represent the public we serve.
We have the biggest financial investment to on-air inclusion in the industry, together with our existing commissioning budget, we are committed to throwing open our doors more widely than ever to diverse stories and diverse storytellers.

Together with a diverse workforce we will accelerate the pace of change in increasing diversity and inclusion both on and off air

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please visit our website.

Package Description

Band:
D

Contract Type:
Permanent

Location:
London

Working Pattern:
Hybrid Working (Home-based plus two/three days a week in the office)
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_Excellent career progression _- the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the or