Job Description
PA - Scripted Content, Acquisitions

 

 

About Fremantle

Join the place creatives call home!

Fremantle is a powerhouse of the TV and Film industry. We’re one of the world’s largest and most successful creators, producers and distributors of Entertainment, Drama & Film and Documentaries.

From critically acclaimed dramas like The Responder, starring Martin Freeman, award winning films including Paolo Sorrentino’s Oscar nominated The Hand of God to incredible entertainment like The Rap Game, Too Hot to Handle, The Apprentice and Britain’s Got Talent, we make shows with global appeal.

Our Purpose

We aspire to tell stories that connect people around the world. We believe our shows should reflect and celebrate the world we live in and we want to create irresistible entertainment and engage with our audience. To achieve this, we must have people from all backgrounds and cultures working in our teams and on our shows, and we commit to creating opportunities for talent by being inclusive in all that we do.

About the team:

 

Fremantle International is the global distribution division of Fremantle, one of the leading creators, producers and distributors of television entertainment brands in the world.

 

The division is responsible for global sales across Linear Television, Digital and Home Entertainment platforms of finished content, format sales in non-production territories as well as acquiring and developing new programmes for the international market. In addition to the world-class Fremantle production families around the globe, International works with the highest calibre of creative talent, producers, channels, licensees and studios to create, finance and distribute the best content in the business.

Here you’ll get to:

 

  • Manage the complex, fast paced and ever-changing diaries for the SVP Scripted Content and the VP of Business Development
  • Manage the inbox of the SVP of Acquisitions, highlighting urgent business matters and deleting spam emails
  • International travel management, including the pricing and booking of tickets, visas and accommodation, and the preparation of all itineraries
  • Meet and greet internal and external clients
  • Build and maintain strong client relationships
  • Liaise with internal and external stakeholders across multiple time zones
  • Support the SVP and VP of Business Development with ad hoc project work including producing PowerPoint and excel summaries as required
  • Support with conference events such as client screenings, pitch meetings, sales conferences
  • A key department liaison to support on all IT and operations type requests
  • When required, compile an agenda in advance of meetings and take minutes to be circulated to key stakeholders
  • Provide light-touch support for VP, Scripted Acquisitions e.g., expenses, travel, and light diary support
  • Provide support for travel arrangements for other executives in the Acquisitions team as required
  • Provide PA cover for other senior executives within the International department as required
  • Ad hoc tasks and other general administration duties in particular expenses, purchase orders, invoicing, updating contact lists, filing for the team and printing documents

 

We’re looking for:

 

  • Demonstrable PA experience in a busy organisation
  • Proactive and positive can-do attitude
  • Excellent organisational and time-management skills
  • Experience of managing confidential information
  • Strong problem-solving skills and accuracy and administration; be highly self-motivated
  • Experience of working under pressure, multi-tasking and using one’s own initiative
  • Ability to prioritise and work to tight deadlines
  • Resilient and proactive mind-set with a flexible approach to daily workload
  • Ability to work independently
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Professional presentation and demeanour with strong written and verbal communication skills
  • This role demands a flexible approach and team player attitude
  • Excellent Mac, Apple related software, M/S Office skills including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
  • Diplomatically and culturally sensitive
  • Experience working in a media organisation is preferred

 

 

 

Our benefits include: generous company pension, summer Fridays, audience tickets, hybrid working, subsidised lunch, employee assistance programme, local discounts, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, and volunteer days. 

 

Fremantle is part of RTL Group, a global leader across broadcast, content and digital, itself a division of the international media giant Bertelsmann.

 

For more information, please visit Fremantle.com, follow us @FremantleHQ or visit our LinkedIn and Facebook pages.

 

If you need any of this information in a different format or would like to suggest a different form of application, please contact careers@fremantle.com

Company: FremantleMedia Group Ltd | Job ID: 285329