About Us:
Love Productions is a ground-breaking independent television production company with bases in London, Bristol and Los Angeles. We have been entertaining audiences worldwide for over 15 years with innovative and agenda setting unscripted formats. From huge global hits like The Great British Bake Off and The Baby Borrowers to multi award-winning documentaries like Benefits Street and Muslims Like Us.
About the Role:
Reporting to the Director of Legal & Commercial Affairs, you will be working as part of a small team focussing on all aspects of the Company’s commercial business including tape and format distribution, publishing, consumer products, digital and sponsorship. The ideal candidate will have some commercial experience in the media sector, preferably in IP/ brand management, however we are accepting applications from candidates from assistant or administrative backgrounds in the creative industry. The Commercial Assistant will be flexible, collaborative and used to working in a fast-paced commercial environment. Proficient in Power Point and Excel, with a good working knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop and Adobe Acrobat Pro. This role will require the candidate to be working in our London office for at least 4 days each week.
Role responsibilities:
Commercial exploitation
Identifying and engaging with potential licensees
Assessing proposals and negotiating basic deal terms with commercial partners
Product approval, including samples, designs, packaging, logos and copyright notices
Managing day to day relationship with distributors and licensees
Working with agents to secure talent engagement
Liaising with internal staff to obtain editorial approval and buy-in
Working with Legal & Business Affairs department to paper agreed deals
Brand Management
Creating brand decks including audience data, press and market research
Assisting in the creation and development of style guides; logos and other branding elements
Assisting legal team in trademark registration and IP infringements
Rights analysis and updating/ maintaining relevant databases
Revenue and IP Management
Working with distributors, licensees and finance department to ensure timely reporting and updated commercial P/L
Distributor and licensee performance tracking and analysis
Maintaining and updating commercial tracker for deal completion and execution
Other
Advising contributors on commercial protocols and assisting in post-tx contributor care
Assisting in new business opportunities eg. on social, gaming and FAST distribution
Liaison between production and distributor for set-visits, delivery of promotional/ marketing materials and YouTube clip distribution
Assisting in diary management, internal audits and preparation of board papers as required
