Business Affairs Manager - BBC Studios Business Affairs Manager - BBC Studios

You will be working as part of a team that provides first class business affairs support to the Bristol and Cardiff Factual Entertainment production teams on the range of programmes that they produce. This will primarily involve:

• Negotiating and drafting often complex legal agreements for television production;


• Negotiating key on-screen talent agreements whilst at the same time implementing talent strategies, policies and frameworks;


• Providing ad hoc advice on a variety of matters such as copyright, data protection and risk mitigation; and


• Building and maintaining key internal and external relationships.


Principal Responsibilities

• Operate independently on matters including the drafting and negotiation of a wide range of television production and development agreements, including but not limited to talent, commissioning, co-production and other general rights and services agreements;


• Be a principal point of contact for the production areas you support and deliver timely and high quality legal and business affairs advice in order to maximise the opportunity for the business to deliver on its goals;


• Anticipate and mitigate legal, contractual and business risk while at the same time offering well-judged and informed strategies to resolve them, taking responsibility for their consequences;


• Propose and deliver business strategies, most notably talent fee strategies;


• Ensure compliance with all of the BBC policies and procedures and relevant legislation and regulation (including, for example, fair trading, anti-fraud and corruption and editorial policy);


• Provide line management and/or supervision support to the Senior Business Affairs Executives and Assistants in the team;


• Form and actively manage excellent working relationships with the production teams that you support in order that you become a trusted advisor to those teams who can depend on you for timely and high quality advice (e.g. proactive follow-up);


• Form and actively manage excellent working relationships with other parts of the BBC group as well as key external contacts, including talent agents and commissioners;


• Lead by example in maintaining a culture and environment of integrity and inclusion, and to propose new ways of working that may help to deliver this objective.
  
  Understanding of and experience in Business Affairs for the television industry;


• Proven skills in drafting and negotiation;


• Experience of managing risk and delivering projects in a live production environment whilst applying business judgement and pragmatism;


• A level of interpersonal skills sufficient to enable the post holder to establish effective working relationships with internal and external contacts as well as other members of the team;


• An approach that encompasses inclusion, teamwork, collaboration, proactivity, high performance and professionalism;


• The ability to independently and pro-actively handle a busy workload and to prioritise and manage time calmly and effectively.
  
  ABOUT BBC STUDIOS


BBC Studios is the main commercial arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation which operates in the UK and over 200 countries around the world. The company is a global creative powerhouse for the development, production and distribution of bold, British, content. We produce over 2,500 hours of content per year, operate in 22 markets globally and generate revenue of over £2.5bn, returning around £240m profit to BBC Public Service this year.

It is an exciting time for BBC Studios where we are now pushing for substantial growth as a content studio. We are constantly looking for new opportunities to enable audiences to continue to enjoy their favourite BBC programmes and brands as well as introduce new and exciting BBC Studios content. We work hard to achieve this aim, fostering relationships with the best creative talent and establishing strong connections with a wide variety of platforms and commissioners.

Business and Legal Affairs, BBC Studios Productions, provides all the business and legal affairs support for the global production business. We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our Factual Entertainment & Events ("FEE") team in Bristol and Cardiff as Business and Legal Affairs Manager for Factual Entertainment.
FEE is where we have produced, amongst many others, Top Gear, Dragons Den, Amazing Hotels and broadcasts of major events such as royal weddings, funerals, jubilees and coronations along with the Invictus Games and war memorial events such as Festival of Remembrance.

It's in Bristol and Cardiff where Factual Entertainment produces the likes of Countryfile, Gardeners' World, DIY SOS, Nigella, Antiques Roadshow, Bargain Hunt, Chelsea Flower Show, Unique Boutique (Channel 4) and Rescue 999 (Channel 5), and the development teams are constantly pitching new programme ideas to various broadcasters.

Factual Entertainment & Events is now part of an exciting new Global Entertainment group within BBC Studios which has production teams across the globe including in the US, Australia, India and France., We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours here. https://www.bbc.co.uk/freelancers/documents/our-bbc-values.pdf

The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore strongly encourages applications from underrepresented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their background. More information on our D&I plan can be found here.

BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group's science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here.

We offer flexibility, competitive benefits and the opportunity to be part of the BBC's exciting mission. Some of the key benefits you'll get from working in this role are:
Flexible/Agile working - opportunities across the business. We believe in empowering you to do your best work, so we offer support and flexibility to balance work and home. We're happy to discuss a formal flexible working pattern. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at the offer stage.
Unrivalled training and development opportunities - we operate a people-first culture and pride ourselves on your development. Our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certifications.
Excellent career progression - BBC Studios offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation. Leaders at the BBC are passionate about helping our people grow in the organisation and you will have regular sessions with your line manager to support you with your career ambitions.
Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.