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We’re looking for a Rights Executive to join our team on a permanent basis. Reporting directly to the Rights Manager, you will work closely with the Senior Rights Executive and the wider team to promote the widest possible exploitation of ITV's extensive content catalogue. Your primary purpose will be conducting rights assessments for ITV content, interpreting contractual agreements to determine rights ownership, availability, restrictions, obligations and exploitation opportunities. Alongside this, you will record and maintain rights data and support our sales and distribution arms. Because the licensing of our content creates payment and reporting obligations that rely strictly on accurate data, your work directly underpins ITV’s commercial strategies to grow ITV Studios globally.
Job Responsibility
Assessing and interpreting contractual rights information to determine content availability, usage restrictions and exploitation opportunities, providing accurate rights guidance to support ITV's commercial, distribution and exploitation activities
Providing proactive solutions to rights clearance and cost issues, undertaking risk assessments through discussion with the Rights Manager and Head of Rights Management
Assisting ITV's sales and distribution arms with the creation and maintenance of programme data and exploitation licences where necessary
Maintaining strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure a continual, seamless flow of rights information into the department
Negotiating rights clearances and renewals required for secondary exploitation, in conjunction with the Rights Managers and Head of Rights Management
Supporting the development of new technologies to help achieve future-facing, modern rights management systems
Assisting in producing necessary reporting to meet ITV’s ongoing commercial and contractual obligations
Keeping abreast of evolving rights and talent union issues through information circulated within Rights and Business Affairs
Interpreting, inputting, and maintaining detailed rights information for ITV content into our rights systems in accordance with agreed policies, standards, and KPI deadlines
Partnering closely with the Talent and Royalty Payments team, providing authority to pay by inputting required rights data into the relevant systems
Requirements
Relevant experience working within a television rights, casting, or talent payments environment (experience in Business Affairs, media distribution, or paralegal roles will also be considered)
Service excellence and networking skills—possessing effective communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills to build successful working relationships at all levels
A strong eye for detail, exceptional accuracy, and a solid foundation of literacy, numeracy, and IT skills
Demonstrable commercial awareness and a genuine drive and passion for television
Strong organisational and information management skills, with the ability to maintain complex tracking metrics
Nice to have
Desirable experience in reading and interpreting complex legal data and contractual agreements
Prior experience as an experienced user of PARIS, Rightsline, or equivalent rights management systems is highly advantageous
A desire to contribute to our overarching "More Than TV" strategy by actively working to grow ITV Studios
What we offer
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