Contracts & Rights Manager

Leeds, Yorkshire
ITV PLC

Contracts and Rights Manager

Legal & BA – Content, Rights & Marketing

12 months FTC Full-Time

Leeds Hybrid 2-3 days per week in the office

Hiring range: £45,000 – £50,000

Your work matters to millions.

Shaping culture is in the DNA of ITV. So, it s not surprising that you ll find us in every home in the UK, our productions are famous all over the world and we re at the forefront of the digital streaming revolution. When you join us, you enter a fun working environment. With opportunities to learn, to grow and make a real difference. Small enough that your impact s felt in the business, but big enough that your impact reaches millions of people. Come develop your skills, change TV and the course of your career. Don t just watch it. Be part of it. Join ITV.

Your impact sends ripples.

The team

We are looking for a Contracts & Rights Manager to join our Legal & Business Affairs team based in Leeds on a 12 months fixed term contract basis.

The team provides a comprehensive and first class contracts and rights management service for the Media & Entertainment division, by drafting and issuing standard form contracts for all commissioned and acquired content and capturing highly accurate and timely contractual and rights data relating to that content in ITV s systems.

The role

The Contracts & Rights Manager has operational oversight of a team of 13 people. The role supports the Head of Contracts & Rights Management to define and implement the strategies, governance framework and data standards that support ITV s commercial and transformation objectives alongside strong management of the team who help to deliver this.

Key responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Be an inspirational and inclusive leader, lay the foundations for a best-in-class contracts and rights management service in a fast paced and high pressured environment
• Identify and implement continual improvement strategies; constantly and consistently look for ways to do things better, smarter and more efficiently.
• Accountable for the end-to-end contracting process, ensuring all contract and rights requests and enquiries are managed with a high quality customer service led approach, measure performance against KPIs, identify and respond quickly to any inefficiencies in the process.
• Implement effective ways of ensuring all contractual and rights data is held to an exceptionally high standard and is recorded and maintained in ITV s contracts and rights management systems in a timely manner.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the Media & Entertainment division across Commissioning, Finance, Regulatory, Scheduling, Technology and Operations and across the wider ITV Group.
• Be the point of contact for and maintain excellent relationships with all external suppliers, such as producers, including dealing with all routine queries effectively and efficiently.
• Support and deputise for the Head of Contracts & Rights Management, when required.

Skills you ll need (minimum criteria)

• A highly organised, strong, encouraging & inclusive leader, capable of managing successfully through periods of change while ensuring your team stays motivated and engaged
• Experience in leading a high performance and resilient team
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate constructively with strong influencing skills at all levels
• Contracts and data management experience
• Detailed understanding of the use of rights in television or film content
• Sound understanding of the content commissioning and acquisition process
• Experience of using technology to deliver process improvements

Other things we re looking for (key criteria)

• Strong decision-making abilities, adept at solving complex problems
• Experience of working in the television or industry.
• Proficient in using Google Suite e.g. Gmail, Sheets & Docs, Microsoft Office e.g. Excel and Word and workflow tools, such as Trello, Jira
• Strong ambassador for ITV, its brands and its values

ITV is for everyone.

ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we ll guarantee to take you to the next stage (minimum criteria above). We’re happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. Please discuss with your recruiter during the process.

Find out more about applying with a disability.

There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.

Because those who make an impact deserve to be rewarded for it.

ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including:

• Flexible working with a range of options
• Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
• Annual bonus opportunity
• Competitive pension contribution
• Save as you earn – with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
• Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life

Closing date: 22nd March 2024