Executive, Rights Management

The Role

The role

ITV manages a catalogue of 250,000+ hours of television programmes & feature films and formats produced by ITV Studios or acquired by Global Partnerships for distribution. Effective management of the rights data that informs availability of these assets underpins the company’s commercial strategies for the exploitation and re-use of content throughout the world via multiple distribution channels.

As part of the Legal team, the Rights Management department works closely with Production, Music, and Finance to provide all areas of the business, and ITV’s strategic partners, with visibility and access to its content. The department engages with many areas of the business that need rights availability and cost information in order to licence content – including via internal trading. Licensing of content itself leads to payment and reporting obligations that also rely on accurate rights data.

The Rights Executive - Digital works with the Senior Rights Executive - Digital and Rights Manager - Digital to promote the widest possible exploitation of ITV’s content by recording and maintaining rights data, advising on the availability and cost of exploiting rights and supporting ITV’s sales and distribution arms through the documentation, governance and administration of rights exploitation.

Key responsibilities

• Be responsible for the interpretation, input and maintenance of rights information for ITV content into ITV’s rights systems in accordance with agreed policies and standards.
• Assisting ITV’s sales and distribution arms with the creation and maintenance of Programme data and licences where necessary
• Assess availability and offer accurate clearance and cost information to all exploitation areas within company deadlines
• Maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the continual flow of rights information into the department
• Work closely with Talent and Royalty Payments team, offering authority to pay by inputting rights data into the relevant systems
• Provide solutions to rights clearance and cost issues and, where necessary, undertake risk assessments through discussion with the Rights Manager and Head of Rights Management.
• Deliver Service in accordance with any Service Level Agreements that are managed by the Rights department.
• Support the development of new technologies to achieve future facing rights management systems.
• In conjunction with the Rights Managers and Head of Rights Management, negotiate rights clearances & renewals required for secondary exploitation.
• Assisting in producing reporting to meet ITV’s obligations
• Keep abreast of rights & talent union issues through information circulated within Rights and Business Affairs.

Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)

• Experience in reading, researching and interpreting complex legal data/documents
• Experienced user of PARIS and Genersys, or equivalent rights management systems (desirable)
• Driven and passionate about TV, new platforms, and emerging media

Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)

• Commercial Awareness
• Strong organisational and information management skills
• Service excellence and networking skills - effective communication, interpersonal and influencing skills with an ability to build successful, professional working relationships at all levels
• Possess a strong eye for detail and accuracy