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BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe.
We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Bluey, Eastenders,Prehistoric Planet and Planet Earth III. The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena. From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain’s most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we’re the home of bbc.com, the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK’s largest distributor of British content.
About the team
The Rights Management Team is responsible for managing acquisition / distribution (rights in) and rights restrictions data across the BBC Studios portfolio. It is also responsible for servicing rights and contributor cost queries from Sales and other teams to ensure titles are marketed / sold in the knowledge of an accurate rights position.
Specifically, the Rights Coordinator is responsible for the accurate, consistent and timely interpretation and management of acquisitions and restrictions data on the BBC Studios rights management system, to meet business requirements.
The data managed by the Rights Management Team supports many businesses across BBC Studios and some Joint Venture partners across the UK and regional offices. It enables the appropriate marketing and licensing of content, thus supporting the revenue BBCS Distribution generates across its many and various lines of business and reducing the risk of inappropriate exploitation.
This role has no line management or budget responsibilities. It is supported by Rights Executive and the Rights Manager.
The role
This role will support BBC Studios Distribution in acquiring, creating and distributing Intellectual Property to maximise audience value and commercial return in a digital, global and commercial environment by:
- Providing excellent rights and restrictions data administration and guidance.
- Providing excellent business support and coordination.
- Using systems and processes efficiently and effectively.
- Building and maintaining strong, collaborative working relationships.
What does it take?
Key criteria
- Interprets rights and restrictions information from distribution agreements and associated documents / systems, and enters data into the BBC Studios rights management system. Ensures the database accurately reflects rights positions and supports end-to-end content management processes by monitoring and updating rights information and triggering event-based dates.
- Provides a contributor rights clearance cost-checking service for sales teams in response to availability queries run in the BBC Studios rights management system.
- Provides ad-hoc rights availability information in the form of written communication, face-to-face meetings and / or spreadsheet reports for individual requests, events and special projects.
- Proactively manages the BBC Studios portfolio of rights by identifying expiring acquisitions and restrictions impacting exploitation; resolving data conflicts; producing reports and supporting information for the Rights Executive to distribute to impacted business areas
- With the Rights Executive, builds and maintains relationships with all rights stakeholders in the Business to ensure rights data is best in class and supports content management to prevent BBC Studios commercial activity resulting in legal or reputational harm.
Desirable criteria
- An understanding of content acquisition and contributor intellectual property rights
- Knowledge of internal and external rights systems and sources of information, an understanding of the rights model, and how the data is used is helpful but will be taught
- An understanding of media landscape is desirable
Life at BBC Studios
We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours here.
The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce, that represents the audiences we serve, and encourages applications from candidates from any background, especially people from diverse communities.
Equity of opportunity is important to us, and we endeavour to make our processes equal, fair and meritocratic for everybody. More information on our D&I plan can be found here.
BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and off screen, including delivering against the BBC Group’s science -based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here.
As a Level 2 Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview." If you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please contact us.
What will you gain from working at BBC Studios?
- We offer a competitive salary package.
- Flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance.
- Parental leave for new parents, regardless of gender, of up to a year with 18 weeks fully paid.
- 26 days holiday (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days.
- A defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.
- A comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Excellent career progression – access to courses, webinars, workshops and the opportunity to work indifferent areas of the organisation.
