Please note: this is a 12 month FTC contract
A+E Networks UKCould you create and deliver presentations to distribution affiliates to encourage support of our brands?
Could you be a key point of contact for the day-to-day affiliate and ad sales requests with regards to image, promo, logo and synopses requests with speed and accuracy?
Have you got experience of building key partnerships and business relationships?
If the answer to the above is a resounding “yes”, then read on…
Why should you work at A+E Networks UK?In 2018, we won the Broadcast Magazine award for “Best Place to work in Television 2018”. This is maybe because we offer a competitive benefits package (Group Personal Pension Plan, 25 days annual leave, Income Protection Insurance, Life Assurance and BUPA healthcare), our Thirsty Thursdays (an opportunity to let your hair down and have a drink or two with your colleague, and perhaps indulge in a game of pool) and not to mention our friendly, creative and passionate culture where EVERYONE gets real accountability and wide ranging responsibility.
What will you be doing?Your duties will be wide and varied. They will include: creating and presenting Partner Marketing activity review for key internal stakeholders, working closely with the Non-Linear team to fulfil demands as partners shift the dial up on their non-linear offering and ensuring all the marketing promotions produced by ourselves and our commercial partners are consistent with the brand guidelines.
About UsWe are in the business of telling stories. They may be stories about real people or made-up people, but our true talent is imagining, finding, cultivating and bringing to life the most entertaining parts of the human experience.
A+E NETWORKS UK run a family of global TV brands broadcasting in the UK and EMEA. Our channels include Sky History, Sky History 2, Crime+Investigation and our free to air channel, BLAZE. We are an ambitious and creative team who strive to build strong brands for our territories.
Our work environment appeals to self motivated and flexible thinkers who are great collaborators and always strive to discover what is next creatively. We are customer focused and sustain and build a diverse range of programme brands from Murdertown to What The Killer Did Next and Pawnstars.
A+E Networks UK foster an open and creative approach which is helping us to deliver ground breaking work.
Here at A+E Networks we embrace and celebrate our differences and unique strengths. We are committed to creating an environment where we all belong and can be ourselves.
Achieving true equality and inclusion takes more than words, it requires a commitment from all of us to listen, educate and elevate each other. We constantly strive to get it right but recognise that there is still much for us to learn. When we achieve measurable progress, we know we are holding ourselves to a higher standard.
Diversity is alive in our workplace and continues to grow in the stories we share with our viewers. Our channels are a trusted source of information and we are in the unique position to challenge preconceptions and offer different perspectives.
Key Responsibilities
Affiliate and Ad Sales Business:Proactively communicate A+E Networks UK's portfolio of channels and programming priorities in a timely and regular manner to:
- Affiliates to support our channels across their subscriber touch points
- Advertising/media agencies and sales teams that commercially engage our partners to advertise on our channels, websites and sponsor programmes, stunts
- Deliver quarterly presentations of our portfolio of content to all Affiliates including Sky, Virgin Media, Freeview, Freesat, TV Player, MY5 and OSN
- Help deliver an annual Partner Marketing activation programme and come up with new and innovative ideas for these around our key programme properties (desk drops, events, cross promotion, etc)
- Be the key point of contact for day-to-day affiliate and ad sales requests with regards to image, promo, logo and synopses requests with speed and accuracy
- Ensure all marketing promotions produced by ourselves and our commercial partners are consistent with brand guidelines
- Support the commercial hospitality programme for our affiliate and ad sales clients; collate client lists, help manage invitations and travel arrangements
- Support our A+E Networks virtual and "on the ground" activation at trade events where our association enhances our corporate channel brand awareness to our clients in the advertising and/or affiliate industry. This will include sending logos, style guides, images and premiums under the required sponsorship deliverables of key industry events
Non-linear:
- Work closely with the Non-Linear team to fulfil demands as partners shift the dial up on their non-linear offering
Budget/Invoicing:
- Manage the tracking and processing of invoices associated with Affiliate Distribution and Ad Sales marketing spend, with assigned budget plans under the guidance of the Senior Marketing Manager and Finance
Analysis:
- Create and present Partner Marketing activity review for key internal stakeholders that also shows the ROI analysis on the effectiveness of each activity
- Measuring the ROI and results from activation, partner campaigns and events - looking at partner viewing data, partner support received, feedback and ad sale relationships and briefs received
- Stay abreast of industry trends and use this to contribute ideas to the strategies. As well as keeping in touch with EMEA to share ideas
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