Social Media & Rights Coordinator (2-year Fixed Term Contract)

Social Media & Rights Coordinator (2-year Fixed Term Contract)

Reports to: Director of Operations, Social & Digital

Office Location: Stephen Street, London, W1T 1AL

Contract: 24-month Fixed-Term Contract

Salary range: 25-30k 

About Us

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, Celebrity Juice 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.

The Team

The Global Digital and Social Media team helps all Fremantle’s production companies and licensee’s exploit their content to the fullest ability across all social media platforms. The team provide expertise on best practice, optimisation, monetisation, piracy and all other facets of social media.

The Role

This is a new position and an excellent opportunity for a proactive individual to join the central Social Media team working across the exploitation of Fremantle repertoire across social media. The successful candidate will be a digital native with a key willingness to learn about the intricacies and new products social media provides, a genuine interest in TV and Fremantle’s catalogue.

Here you’ll get to:

• Research rights positions and source content for Fremantle’s global channel network using Fremantle’s archive.
• Oversee the multiple Fremantle CMS.
• Oversee the Fremantle FB Business manager and rights manager.
• Help build the business across emerging and new social platforms.
• Work across new asset management software.
• Launch new social channels.
• Input metadata and SEO optimization around videos to drive audience engagement.
• Liaise with production territories globally to source content.
• Use data and case studies to create compelling arguments for the creation of new channels and projects, to be communicated both internally and externally.
• Deal with queries, rights and technical issues that arise daily from our work on YouTube and Facebook.

What we’re looking for:

• Passion for YouTube, Facebook and all social media platforms.
• Passion for TV content.
• Proficient in Premiere Pro/Photoshop – or equivalent photo/video editing software.
• Expertise in building audiences and communities around content on YouTube and Facebook.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Any additional skills around video and photo editing software are advantageous.
• Experience of Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
• An understanding and appreciation of FremantleMedia brands.
• An understanding of SEO.
• Experience working with other online video, social media, and digital platforms (YT, FB, Twitter, Instagram).
• Keen interest in developing brands in the digital space.

Our benefits include: generous company pension, summer Fridays, audience tickets, personalized working, employee assistance programme, access to free courses and training, local discounts, free coffee and snacks in the office, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, business coaching sessions and volunteer days.

Disabled applicants who meet the minimum skills, knowledge and experience criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview. Please indicate on your application if this applies to you.

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

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.

Company: FremantleMedia Group Ltd 

Country: United Kingdom 

State/Region: London 

City: London 

Postal Code: W1T 1AL 

Job ID: 276180