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Commercial Assistant - Legal & Biz Affairs Team - TV Production Company

Taylor Hawkes Ltd
Posted 6 days ago, valid for 16 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The role reports to the Director of Legal & Commercial Affairs and involves working on various aspects of the Company's commercial business, including distribution and brand management.
  • Candidates should have some commercial experience in the media sector, ideally in IP or brand management, and be comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
  • Proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel is required, along with a good working knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop, and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
  • This position requires four days a week in the office and involves tasks such as negotiating deal terms, managing relationships with licensees, and assisting in trademark registration.
  • The salary for this role is competitive, and candidates should have a minimum of two years of relevant experience.

Reporting to the Director of Legal & Commercial Affairs, you will be working as part of a small team focussing on all aspects of the Company’s commercial business including tape and format distribution, publishing, consumer products, digital and sponsorship. The ideal candidate will have some commercial experience in the media sector, preferably in IP/ brand management. They will be flexible, collaborative and used to working in fast-paced commercial environment. Proficient in Power Point and Excel, with a good working knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop and Adobe Acrobat Pro.

This role requires being in the office 4 days a week.

Commercial exploitation

  • Identifying and engaging with potential licensees
  • Assessing proposals and negotiating basic deal terms with commercial partners
  • Product approval, including samples, designs, packaging, logos and copyright notices
  • Managing day to day relationship with distributors and licensees
  • Working with agents to secure talent engagement
  • Liaising with internal staff to obtain editorial approval and buy-in
  • Working with Legal & Business Affairs department to paper agreed deals

Brand management

  • Creating brand decks including audience data, press and market research
  • Assisting in the creation and development of style guides; logos and other branding elements
  • Assisting legal team in trademark registration and IP infringements
  • Rights analysis and updating/ maintaining relevant databases

Revenue and IP Management

  • Working with distributors, licensees and finance department to ensure timely reporting and updated commercial P/L
  • Distributor and licensee performance tracking and analysis
  • Maintaining and updating commercial tracker for deal completion and execution

Other

  • Advising contributors on commercial protocols and assisting in post-tx contributor care
  • Assisting in new business opportunities eg. on social, gaming and FAST distribution
  • Liaison between production and distributor for set-visits, delivery of promotional/ marketing materials and YouTube clip distribution
  • Assisting in diary management, internal audits and preparation of board papers as required

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