Job Description

You will deliver first-class business affairs, negotiation, legal and contracting support in relation to company Sport and its ancillary activities. Your primary responsibilities will be providing administrative support to the Sports Rights team, and supporting the delivery of our Sports Rights Enquiries service to programme makers and schedulers.

You will:

• Provide support to the Sports Rights team including diary management, arrangement of travel and accommodation, attendance at meetings and note taking, and delivery of other administrative tasks as directed by team members;
• Assist with delivery of the Sports Rights Enquiries service as required. Including responding to queries, ensuring sports rights are cleared for use in programming, and administering any rights related payments
• Ensure the Sports Rights Database remains up to date and a useful resource for the Sports Rights Team, by adding and updating details as contracts are finalized
• Act as a point of contact and maintain relationships with various stakeholders
• Use ACON, OnAir, SAP, the Sports Rights Database and other systems to keep information up to date, produce contractual documentation and raise sales and purchase orders

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent organization, coordination and time management skills. including the ability to priorities workloads and good attention to detail;
• Excellent IT skills including proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, along with experience of databases and administration systems; and
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to forge strong working relationships quickly with internal and external stakeholders is key to this role.
• Some business affairs experience, and in particular knowledge of intellectual property rights
• An understanding of production and the needs and motivations of programme makers, particularly with respect to sports broadcasting.
• Experience of sports rights and/or rights contracting processes