Sales Administrator - Television Production

Job Description

Every great story has a new beginning. We're excited to announce that Discovery and WarnerMedia have combined to become Warner Bros. Discovery. WBD is a premier global media and entertainment company offering audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, sports, news, streaming and gaming. We're home to the world's best storytellers, creating world-class products for consumers. From brilliant creatives to technology trailblazers and beyond, join us as we step into the next chapter.

Warner Bros. has been entertaining audiences for more than 90 years through the world's most-loved characters and franchises. Warner Bros. employs people all over the world in a wide variety of disciplines. We're always on the lookout for energetic, creative people to join our team.

Founded in 2009, Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) produces local scripted and non-scripted programming through its network of local production operations in 14 countries. Across the UK - Wall To Wall, Twenty Twenty, Ricochet and Renegade. In Europe - France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands (including BlazHoffski.) In Scandinavia - Norway, Finland, Denmark & Sweden and also in Australia and New Zealand.

WBITVP's production operations are responsible for both original programming as well as local versions of formats owned and/or controlled by the Warner Bros. Television Group, such as First Dates, Game Of Games, Who Do You Think You Are? The Bachelor, Child Genius, Little Big Shots, Love Connection, Sorry About That and Impractical Jokers.

Scripted series include Cold Case, Nip/Tuck, The Following, Gossip Girl, The O.C., E.R, The Mentalist and Pretty Little Liars. Where WBITVP has no local production capability, it licenses Warner Bros. formats to third parties. WBITVP also represents formats from a number of international third-party production companies and broadcasters such as North South Prod., Outline Productions and 3Ball Entertainment.

The Job

Managing the administration process and client care of all non volume and volume deal agreements in EMEA and Latin America.

The Daily
• Manage the entire pre-sales and post-sales administration of all packages and volume deals for all media (Pay, Basic, Free, SVOD & FVOD) in allocated territories.
• Prepare accurate availability lists through our Rights management system (COSMOS), ensuring at every stage that lists meet all contractual obligation and lists of titles are available for the territory
• Prepare contract order forms for deals (by entering the sale – rights / runs / fees etc into COSMOS) and ensure that they are swiftly signed by clients.
• Understand the details of each agreement and WB's contractual obligations. Liaise with legal teams to ensure riders and legal language all meet with contractual requirements. Follow-up on contract payment, liaising with Finance, and chase out-standing payments when appropriate.
• On an on-going basis collect product and rights information from relevant sources (COSMOS, Rights Admin, Marketing, Format Executives) and confirm rights and clearance dates as quickly as possible.
• Monitor new releases from ITVPUK, Opco's & various 3rd Party content providers.
• Liaise with Home Office in Burbank and clients to ensure that contracts and amendments are fully executed as quickly as possible.
• Work with Tech Ops to order broadcast materials via a Material Delivery Request (MDR) in Cosmos.
• Work closely and supporting the Sales Administration Manager to input annual figures and budgets for Quarterly forecasts and the annual five-year Long-Term Planning forecast. Update and maintain weekly Excel based Rolling Forecast tracking system for Worldwide sales for WBITVP Content.

The Essentials
• Previous experience in sales administration within television distribution or broadcasting
• Experience of working with / entering data into complex databases.
• Experience of budgeting, long range forecasting and assisting with the creation of five year plans.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritise in order to meet deadlines.
• Experience and confidence when dealing with clients.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office – in particular good working knowledge of Excel.

The Nice-to-Haves
• Experience of using COSMOS is preferred but not essential.

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@warnermedia.com.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d9exx7-3-16-66-206-42 in your application.