Job Description
Responsibilities
DIVISION PROFILE
NBCUniversal Global Distribution is responsible for the distribution of NBCUniversal product to all forms of television and new media Globally. This includes a rich library of more than 4,000 feature films and 100,000 television episodes, including current and classic titles, non-scripted programming, sports, news, long-form and short-form programming, and locally produced content from around the world. Global Distribution is a division of Comcast NBCUniversal.
ROLE PROFILE
The Manager, Product, Rights & Territories position is primarily responsible for managing product set up, research titles and rights, distribution rights, and territory information to support the Global Television Distribution (TVD) business. This individual will gather, coordinate, and analyze Product and Rights-in information to best support the business needs of TVD, while also supporting the business needs of the entire enterprise.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Initiate, monitor and update all Product, Rights-in and Territory information to best support TV Distribution sales and servicing effort globally into internal sales system (SAFE). This includes all internally produced and acquired Feature Films and TV Series
• Execute appropriate Product set up and resolve Product-related workstream issues with Product Management team and NBCUniversal's 27 Brands
• Develop and maintain a productive working relationship with enterprise-wide Global Title Management to ensure product and assets are accurately aligned for all of TVDs downstream needs; this includes troubleshooting set up issues for current and historical titles
• Manage with Legal to interpret, review and reconcile any product rights, music clearance or sales collision issues
• Engage with Finance and Accounting to properly assign codes associated with revenue and cost in our various sales and downstream systems
• Work with Sales Administration and local Sales offices globally to resolve Rights-In questions and implement those solutions systemically to enable timely sales efforts
• Determine the need for product -related system enhancements and work directly with IT and senior management to design, test, and implement solutions
• Timely and accurate data entry to enable sales and revenue recognition quickly
• Update daily and weekly airdate information for multiple product lines
Qualifications/Requirements
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Basic Qualifications
• Must possess a Bachelor's degree in relevant field
Additional Requirements
• Must be willing to work in Universal City CA
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
Desired Characteristics
• Entertainment industry experience within Sales, Content or Rights management highly desirable
• Ability to work under own initiative and prioritize competing tasks
• Comfortable collaborating and communicating across all levels of management within the organization
• Detail oriented with strong follow up skills
• Demonstrate high proficiency with MS Excel and integrated systems in general
• Experience reading legal documents/contracts or familiarity with metadata a bonus
• A keen interest in the entertainment industry--TV, Film and New Media
• Excellent administrative and organizational skills
• Excellent computer skills for creating presentations and detailed spreadsheets
• Be flexible, personable, self-starter and detail-oriented
• Professional phone and office manner
• Team-player
• Ability to manage relationships with clients
• Ability to communicate and work with all levels of the organization
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