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Salary/bursary: £11.05 per hour for seven hours per day for six weeks (£2400). Expenses of £100 per week will be included for travel and other expenses
Contract duration: 6 weeks
Location: London (accommodation will be provided if needed) &amp; Germany (two days, one night) to attend the Frankfurt Book Fair
Deadline: 26th June 2022 at 23:59
Start date: 19th September 2022
 
Looking for a springboard into publishing and the best way to learn about the world of rights and agenting? This unmissable opportunity is the answer.
The Deborah Rogers Foundation (DRF) David Miller Bursary, currently awarded to a developing rights professional already working in the business, is to be re-focused on creating entry pathways for people from groups under-represented in the sector.
They are excited to be looking for two interns who will complete 6-week internships and will be introduced to the world of rights and agenting. Companies committed to the programme and who will provide placements include RCW, David Higham, ILA, Penguin Random House and Faber. 
 
What you will learn
<ul>
<li>The programme will offer an entry level introduction to rights and agenting in publishing companies and literary agencies, providing a full understanding of the role of rights professionals within the wider industry. This will be achieved through first-hand experience and intensive training, with the specific aim of providing a significant stepping stone to the successful candidates in their search for future employment</li>
<li>You will be involved with The Frankfurt Book Fair, the key yearly rights event in October</li>
<li>You will also be given mentoring and guidance throughout your placement </li>
</ul>
 
Knowledge, skills, experience
<ul>
<li>A keen interest in publishing, in particular rights and agenting</li>
<li>Eager to learn</li>
<li>Good time management skills</li>
<li>Highly organised</li>
</ul>
 
The DRF David Miller Internship Programme is named in memory of RCW agent David Miller who died in 2016.
 
To apply
<ul>
<li>Log in to your Creative Access account or register today to apply for this opportunity</li>
<li>Upload your CV and cover letter as one document (applications without a tailored cover letter will not be accepted)</li>
<li>Once submitted, you can no longer amend your application, so proof-read carefully</li>
<li>Do not contact the company directly</li>
<li>Please email any queries about this role to Creative Access at this address: <a href="mailto:recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk" target="_blank">recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk</a></li>
</ul>
This opportunity is only open to individuals from a group that is under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to Black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates, disabled people, and individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
The successful candidate for this opportunity will also participate in a Creative Access support programme that sits alongside workplace training. This includes a programme of induction training, monthly masterclasses, wellbeing support, buddying / mentoring and more.

Deborah Rogers Foundation

The DRF David Miller internship programme

Salary: in the region of £25,000
 
Have an understanding of the higher education sector? Looking to start your career with an established brand?
We believe that the skills you bring to Oxford University Press (OUP) are just a starting point. We want you to have the opportunity to expand your abilities, and innovate and develop in areas which both interest you, and support your aspirations.
Epigeum was established as a spinout company from Imperial College London in 2005, before being acquired by Oxford University Press in 2015. Over the past 15 years, and now with 30 members of staff, it has developed, hosted, and maintained a wide range of interactive, online training courses to support the core activities of higher education institutions around the world, with over 200 universities currently using our courses to advance the knowledge and skills of their academic and professional staff, researchers, and students. Each interactive, online course is developed through a unique process of global collaboration between world-class subject experts, partner institutions, and in-house specialists, before being made available to universities and colleges on a subscription basis – ensuring that the finished content is of the highest quality, and making consistent, cost-effective training achievable for all.
 
About the role
The academic partnerships representative is responsible for promoting and selling Epigeum’s courses to higher education institutions in order to meet and surpass revenue targets for their territory. The jobholder will manage customer research, lead generation and qualification, and management of regional accounts under the guidance of the academic partnerships manager. The jobholder will also be responsible for organising and maintaining our pipeline and customer data records in our CRM system and working closely with the regional academic partnership manager and the Implementation Team to progress opportunities and win business.
This role is ideally suited to someone with some office-based experience who is looking to start their career with an established brand.
 
Duties of the role will include:
<ul>
<li>Account management– ensure renewal of current subscriptions, upsell existing products and identify new opportunities in order to meet agreed revenue targets</li>
<li>Research &amp; lead generation – identify and validate potential new customers in order to generate new sales opportunities</li>
<li>CRM system – using Salesforce, actively manage customer data in the pipeline in order to help prioritise sales activity</li>
<li>Customer support – work closely with the Implementation Team to provide an outstanding level of customer support and care</li>
<li>Quoting &amp; negotiation – work closely with the regional academic partnerships manager to provide proposals that meet customer needs and maximise revenue and surplus for Epigeum</li>
<li>Communication - Maintain regular communication with the Partnerships and Implementation teams, and with the other Epigeum teams, as necessary</li>
<li>Administrative support - Provide administrative support to the wider Partnerships team</li>
</ul>
We are currently thinking through how we use our offices in the future and are open to discussing flexibility within this such as a blend of office and home working. This role will require regular travel to the central London office.
 
 
Knowledge, skills, experience
Ideally, you will have the following skills, which need to be referenced in your supporting statement:
<ul>
<li>An understanding and appreciation of the higher education sector – the environment, structure and key challenges</li>
<li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including delivering effective presentations virtually and confidence in dealing with customers by phone</li>
<li>Ability to prioritise workload and manage time effectively to ensure that deadlines are met</li>
<li>Knowledge of web-based sales tools, sales databases etc. and of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as excellent numerical and data management skills</li>
<li>Self-motivation and proactivity, with a positive can-do attitude and an effective team player</li>
<li>Experience of working with customers to assist with the delivery of technology and online course products, and offering support where required</li>
<li>Excellent problem-solving skills</li>
<li>A good educational standard or equivalent professional experience</li>
<li>Strong negotiation skills</li>
<li>Highly numerate</li>
</ul>
 
Benefits
We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days’ holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect of working hours and the use of technology to support regular remote working, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies. 
We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts. 
Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.
 
We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.
Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.

Oxford University Press

Sales representative (academic partnerships representative)

Are you passionate about fighting climate change and promoting green energy? 
BFBS Creative is a creative agency that works on big problems with inspirational people. We feel privileged to support organisations delivering crucial public services. We have been named Third Sector’s Agency of the Year and Best In-House Digital Team.
Our clients are growing fast – which is why we need you.
We are looking for someone with experience of the green energy and sustainability sector for one of our exciting clients. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work with a fast paced, cause driven, green energy organisation who wants to disrupt the energy market.
 
Responsibilities
<ul>
<li>Regularly meet and liaise with the client to discuss and identify their creative requirements</li>
<li>Work with agency colleagues to devise creative campaigns that meets the client's brief and budget</li>
<li>Present ideas and budgets to the client</li>
<li>Look after the account finances and provide regular status reports to the client</li>
<li>Work with the team to brief creative, research and media teams and assist with the formulation of marketing strategies and campaign production</li>
<li>Being alert to any potential problems, discussing and providing solutions to them with the head of strategy and client services</li>
<li>Maintain strong digital and communications skills, and learn new ones relevant to client demand</li>
<li>Deliver and execute end-to-end the campaigns you devise</li>
<li>Support on another client's work as and when required</li>
</ul>
 
Knowledge, skills, experience
<ul>
<li>Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, to build strong relationships with clients and agency teams</li>
<li>Experience working with the UK and international media</li>
<li>A flexible, adaptable attitude is essential to cope with varied work, last-minute requests and ever-changing issues</li>
<li>Ability to establish priorities and balance a desire for excellence with the necessity to follow deadlines</li>
<li>A proactive and positive attitude, with the ability to use initiative</li>
<li>Excellent organisational skills</li>
<li>The ability to work under pressure and assimilate large quantities of information quickly, while maintaining attention to detail</li>
<li>Effective teamworking, influencing and negotiation skills</li>
<li>Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate creative ideas to creative teams and clients in an understandable way</li>
</ul>
Desirable
<ul>
<li>Knowledge of the green energy and sustainability sector</li>
<li>Useful skills: Adobe Creative Cloud, Canva, Asana</li>
</ul>
 
We can offer you -
<ul>
<li>Trust, freedom, and the opportunity to seriously develop</li>
<li>Work with purpose – we only take on projects that really matter</li>
<li>A beautiful office in London Victoria with free tea, coffee, fruit, bar and cafe</li>
<li>A great pension and employee assistance programme</li>
<li>Flexible working</li>
<li>A real commitment to work-life balance</li>
<li>A trusting, friendly, and supportive culture.</li>
</ul>
You might already work in a creative agency but want to work with more purpose. You may work in house and want to try advising from the outside in. You are bright and want to be challenged.
 
Life at BFBS 
We strive to be a diverse and inclusive employer, welcoming open-minded, talented and creative people from all kinds of backgrounds, and with different preferences and experiences. What we all have in common is a commitment to trust, quality, innovation and going the extra mile to achieve our mission. It’s a great place to work, with a unique mix of a charity, broadcast and digital creative environment.
As an organisation, we have lived and worked with the military community for over 75 years, and we are incredibly proud of our roots.
Our radio, TV and digital channels boost the morale of the armed forces serving overseas – and their families – keeping them connected with home, while our agile distribution solutions are tailored to each local environment and infrastructure, providing media services wherever the armed forces are overseas.
Across a growing number of platforms, our captivating military storytelling is popular with both the armed forces community and curious civilians. And our creative, training and events services offer award-winning expertise and skills to defence and government.
We are an equal opportunities employer who actively encourages people from all cultural backgrounds and with disabilities to apply.
 
Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.

BFBS

Senior account manager – sustainability

Salary: £22,000
Term: full-time permanent
Location: hybrid working pattern of 2 days office based in Oxford and 3 days home based (or fully office based if preferred)
Closing date for applications: 30th May 2022 at 11.59pm
 
Develop your publishing skills and learn more about the academic marketplace in this role with Bloomsbury...
Reporting to the UK Sales Manager, the Sales Administrator will help to drive sales of online products within the assigned territory and collaborate with other sales team members and marketing to effectively build brand awareness and provide relevant market feedback. 
 
Responsibilities
<ul>
<li>Prepare and send quotes for renewal business in assigned territory</li>
<li>Manage order process in Salesforce for new business in assistance of UK Sales Manager</li>
<li>Support trials in assigned territory by sending welcome letters, checking usage stats, and following up for feedback</li>
<li>Act as first point of contact for customer inquiries generated through website in assigned territory</li>
<li>Act as first point of contact for access issues in assigned territory</li>
<li>Pull and send usage reporting as needed to support UK Sales Manager</li>
<li>Provide administrative support to management team as needed:
<ul>
<li>Pulling reports from Salesforce</li>
<li>Assist in compiling spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
 
Knowledge, skills and experience 
<ul>
<li>Hands on experience in sales and an ability to deliver excellent customer experience</li>
<li>Knowledge of SalesForce.com preferred and MS Office (MS Excel in particular)</li>
<li>Excellent communication skills</li>
<li>Entrepreneurial attitude with a focus on problem-solving</li>
<li>A self-starter with a proven ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and prioritise workload</li>
<li>Articulate and able to communicate confidently both internally and with customers</li>
</ul>
 
Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.
Bloomsbury is a place where anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability, or socio-economic status can thrive, feel comfortable, and be heard and accepted. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required.
Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.
As an Assistant/Administrator role, this position is eligible for Bloomsbury’s Rental Deposit Loan Scheme. To assist candidates who want to start and to establish a career in publishing, Bloomsbury offers an interest-free rental deposit to support securing somewhere to live. The rental deposit loan can be up to £3,000 and will be paid back over 2 years.
The Book Trade Charity provide financial assistance for people looking to get into the publishing industry; you can find more information and talk directly here: <a href="http://booktradeentrysupport.org/" target="_blank">http://booktradeentrysupport.org</a>

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Sales administrator, digital resources sales

Contract: part-time (3 days per week) and permanent contract
Salary: approximately £22,000 to £23,000 full time equivalent per annum depending on experience
Closing date: 27th May 2022 at 11.59pm
 
You'll be a great fit for this role if you're commercially-minded, organised and keen to learn more about academic publishing. 
Originally founded in New Haven Connecticut in 1908, Yale University Press has a unique position as the only American university press with a full-scale publishing operation in Europe, publishing serious non-fiction and fiction in translation, that contributes to a global understanding of human affairs. Our diverse and prize-winning list includes numerous prestigious museum and gallery partnerships, the Pevsner architectural guides series, and books by globally respected authors including Carmen Bambach, John Carey, Terry Eagleton, Nicholas Kenyon, Yasmin Khan, Geoffrey Parker, Thomas Piketty, Griselda Pollock, David Rieff, Zeynep Tufekci and Can Xue. 
Yale University Press is looking to recruit a part-time Sales Administrator to join the friendly and dynamic team of their trading subsidiary, Yale Representation Ltd. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing administrative support to a team of 5 UK sales representatives, and customer service to a prestigious portfolio of client publishers.
The purpose of this role is to provide sales support to the field sales team and direct customer service to the Yale Representation Ltd client publishers on an administrative level.
 
Responsibilities
<ul>
<li>Collating &amp; submitting bibliographic data to wholesalers and retail head offices on behalf of Yale Representation's client publishers, and dealing with queries</li>
<li>Liaising with client publishers to coordinate the collation and distribution of sales materials to the field sales force</li>
<li>Providing sales administrative support, including processing orders and dealing with title and promotional queries from book trade customers and client publishers</li>
<li>Updating and managing the CRM system, including following up on leads and sharing them with the sales team</li>
<li>Managing content on the Yale Representation Ltd website</li>
<li>Producing e-marketing campaigns for book trade customers</li>
<li>Administrative and organisational support for Yale Representation sales conferences and client meetings</li>
</ul>
 
 
Knowledge, skills, experience
Essential
<ul>
<li>Sales or customer support experience, ideally in a bookselling or publishing environment</li>
<li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills</li>
<li>Excellent time management and an ability to multitask</li>
<li>Ability to work as part of a team</li>
<li>Attention to detail</li>
<li>Flexibility</li>
<li>Working knowledge of Excel</li>
</ul>
Desirable
<ul>
<li>Working knowledge of WordPress, Mailchimp and customer relationship management (CRM) systems</li>
<li>Familiarity with Nielsen BookData</li>
</ul>
 
Please send your CV and supporting covering letter (including availability, notice period details and current salary) to the email found via the apply button. Make sure you include “Sales Administrator” in the email subject line. Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.
Yale University Press London is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We value, promote and seek diversity.
Processing and safeguarding your data - Please see YUPL’s candidate privacy notice <a href="https://www.yalebooks.co.uk/pid/page/jobs" target="_blank">https://www.yalebooks.co.uk/pid/page/job</a>

Yale University Press

Sales administrator

Hours: 10:00 – 18:00, Tuesday – Saturday and as required
Location: London
Salary: £22,000
Closing date: 2nd June 2022 at midnight
Start date: as soon as possible
 
Are you interested in deepening your understanding of commercial art galleries, applying your customer service skills and can-do attitude to a new opportunity?
Sadie Coles HQ is a London-based contemporary art gallery representing around fifty established and emerging international artists. The gallery opened in London in 1997, with its inaugural exhibition – of new paintings by American painter John Currin – presented in parallel with an offsite show by British artist Sarah Lucas, The Law, at St John Street. This pairing established the international breadth of the gallery's programme, which it has since expanded upon over the past two decades. Visit their website <a href="https://www.sadiecoles.com/exhibitions/current/" target="_blank">here</a> to find out more.
As a sales administrator, you will provide support to the rest of the team and assist in the coordination of all participating art fairs alongside the Sales Associates. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain experience with an established art gallery.
This role will involve working in the gallery’s three Central London sites.
 
Responsibilities
Sales
<ul>
<li>Preparing Advice Notes and PDFs for the sales team as required</li>
<li>Preparing and regularly updating viewing room checklists and price lists, checking prices with Sales as required</li>
<li>Building upon and actively seeking new clients for the sale of artworks</li>
<li>Answering sales requests and following up with potential clients on any interest shown</li>
<li>Offering works to clients and reporting any sales to Sales team and Finance Director</li>
<li>Looking at available works on the database and suggesting works to be offered</li>
<li>Maintaining status of artworks on the Private Views Sales app</li>
<li>Updating and maintaining the database and own client’s contact records</li>
<li>Attending daily sales meetings and contributing new sales information and interest to the Sales team</li>
<li>Representing the gallery at events including entertaining clients at gallery dinners</li>
<li>Cataloguing new artworks on Inventory database ArtLogic and ensuring all details are entered and correct</li>
</ul>
Art fairs
<ul>
<li>Coordination of regular art fair meetings attended by Sales, Technician and Registrar departments with a focused agenda for each, in collaboration with the Sales Assistant</li>
<li>Designing and submitting booth applications in advance of the fair</li>
<li>Managing the budgets by gathering costs from Sales, Technician, Registrar departments</li>
<li>Attending art fair budget meetings with the Directors, presenting fair budgets on a quarterly basis, including past fair budgets for annual analysis</li>
<li>Manage the timeline, deadlines, and logistics of all participating art fairs</li>
<li>Ensuring Gallery Assistants have packed the correct stationery, supplies and books for the stand</li>
<li>Producing wall labels for each work at the fair with support from the Gallery Assistants</li>
<li>Providing gallery support during art fairs</li>
<li>Sending art fair follow up to Sales team and adding contacts to Artlogic</li>
</ul>
 
What we’re looking for
<ul>
<li>Interest in contemporary art and understanding of commercial art galleries</li>
<li>A people person who feels confident in speaking to the public and VIPs</li>
<li>Experience of working in a team (not necessarily in a professional role)</li>
<li>We’d love to hear if you have written about art</li>
<li>A degree in art-related subjects is desirable but not essential</li>
<li>Attention to detail</li>
<li>Hard working</li>
<li>Efficient</li>
<li>Proactive</li>
<li>IT literature, ideally with experience using Adobe Photoshop</li>
<li>Sketch-up and an understanding of databases such as ArtLogic</li>
</ul>
 
As a fulltime member of staff a great deal of flexibility is required in terms of:
<ul>
<li>Job sharing where necessary i.e., holiday and sick cover </li>
<li>Providing general support to sales staff as needed</li>
<li>Being available to assist at private views and other gallery events</li>
</ul>
 
To apply
<ul>
<li>Log in to your Creative Access account or register today to apply for this opportunity</li>
<li>Upload your CV and cover letter as one document (applications without a tailored cover letter will not be accepted)</li>
<li>Once submitted, you can no longer amend your application, so proof-read carefully</li>
<li>Do not contact the company directly</li>
<li>Please email any queries about this role to Creative Access at this address: <a href="mailto:recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk" target="_blank">recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk</a></li>
</ul>
We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to Black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates, disabled people, and individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
The successful candidate for this opportunity will also participate in a Creative Access support programme that sits alongside workplace training. This includes a programme of induction training, monthly masterclasses, wellbeing support, buddying / mentoring and more.

Sadie Coles HQ

Salary: £26,360 - £31,008 depending on experience
 
This leading publisher is looking for a motivated, highly organised and proactive individual with excellent administrative and communication skills to join our busy Foreign Rights Department for a fixed term of 9 months.
Usborne is an independent, family business, creating books which spark curiosity in children of all ages. These range from books for babies such as the bestselling That’s not my… series of touchy-feely books, to YA fiction from acclaimed authors such as Holly Bourne and Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé – with everything from Magic Painting to Politics for Beginners in between.  In the last five years Usborne fiction titles have been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, the Costa Book Award, the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the National Book Awards, the Books Are My Bag Readers Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Diverse Book Award.
Whilst the company is now a market-leader in children’s publishing and one of the best-known brands in children’s books, the company retains a friendly and familial feel. If you want to work somewhere close-knit enough for people to know your name, which has a first-class reputation around the world, Usborne is the place for you.
Usborne Foreign Rights team negotiates and sells translation licences and co-editions, essentially printing multiple language versions of our books. We sell to, and negotiate with, international customers right across the world, as well as being responsible for the sale of audio, educational and film &amp; tv rights, and dealing with permission requests. See <a href="https://usborne.com/gb/blog/post/behind-the-scenes-at-usborne/working-at-usborne-rights" target="_blank">here</a> for more information on working in our Rights team.
We offer a 35-hour working week from our Farringdon office in London, where after a successful induction period we offer a hybrid working model of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.
 
Responsibilities
This exciting opportunity will involve supporting the Foreign Rights team in managing a wide range of administrative and operational activities including:
<ul>
<li>Departmental support in managing the sales material process and organising the delivery of the departmental PPT for the front list publishing programme.</li>
<li>Drafting letters, acknowledging orders, contracts and schedules.</li>
<li>Preparation of sales invoices and managing of payments.</li>
<li>Assisting in the arrangements for Book Fairs, including scheduling of appointments and gathering presentation materials.</li>
<li>Ensuring printing schedules are maintained with our Production department.</li>
<li>Managing distribution of incoming proofs and advance copies.</li>
<li>Dealing with all permission enquiries.</li>
</ul>
 
 
Knowledge, skills, experience
<ul>
<li>Have excellent communications skills and be able to confidently communicate verbally and in writing.</li>
<li>Be able to work with a wide range of individuals including our foreign publishers, customers and internal staff.</li>
<li>Be diligent with excellent attention to detail and be comfortable undertaking detailed work where accuracy is essential.</li>
<li>Have a good working knowledge of Office 365 software.</li>
<li>Whilst we are not specifically seeking any prior knowledge or experience of Foreign Rights or publishing, a passion for children’s books is a must.</li>
<li>Foreign language skills would be an advantage but are not essential.</li>
</ul>
We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.
Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.

Usborne Publishing Ltd

Junior/rights assistant – maternity cover, 9 months

Reports to: Agency sales manager
Number of vacancies: 2
Location: Manchester
Salary: 19,047
Start date: September 2022 
 
 
Have a passion for television and the media? Like the idea of selling advertising space? 
Our apprenticeship programme is designed to provide work experience and a related qualification to people leaving formal education and who have decided to pursue an apprenticeship rather than attend University.
Our apprenticeships are full-time, with four days per week spent working in a C4 department and one day per week completing the formal learning parts of the apprenticeship. Our apprentices have external tutors who deliver workshops and seminars to them and offer support throughout the apprenticeship. It is essential for apprentices to be able to balance their work and learning time and commit to delivering what is required for the formal learning elements in order to successfully achieve the qualifications on completion.
The formal training provided will consist of workshops, tutorials, webinars, coaching and in some cases residential bootcamps. The training is dependent on the qualification your apprenticeship offers and will be explained in detail by the training provider before you officially begin the course. Due to COVID there could be some changes in the way that training is delivered, for example it may be virtually rather than in person. You can read more about the qualification being offered for this apprenticeship below. 
Am I eligible to apply?
You must be 18 years old or over at the time the scheme starts to apply. There is no upper age limit.
You cannot already have a similar qualification at the same or higher level than what is being offered on this apprenticeship. 
Team description
Channel 4 is a Public Service Broadcaster (PSB), we exist to be an alternative to the other broadcasters (BBC1 &amp;2). Unlike the BBC, Channel 4 doesn’t get its funding via the TV License it is solely funded by advertising. Therefore Channel 4 has its own dedicated Sales Team; 4Sales.
4Sales sells all of the Channel 4 portfolio of stations; Channel4, More4, E4, Film4, and also sells on behalf of UKTV (Dave, Really, Gold, Eden, Home, Drama, Watch, and Alibi) and Box Plus Network. The role of the sales team is to provide the much needed revenues to ensure we can continue to produce such shows as Great British Bake Off through to the more niche programmes like Dispatches documentaries.
4Sales have offices in both London and Manchester, this role is for an apprenticeship within the Nations &amp; Regions office in Manchester.  The team within the Manchester office are all sales focused from the Trading team who deal with agencies and advertisers in the first instance of connecting with Channel 4 to the Airtime Sales team who deal with all the bookings from TV (linear) to All4 (digital). There is also a Partnerships team who sell sponsorship packages within the portfolio and also work with different agencies / advertisers on any partnerships with 4Sales. The apprenticeship is based within the Airtime Sales team predominately but there is an opportunity to work closely with the other teams.
This apprenticeship would suit someone who:
<ul>
<li>Is looking to start a career in a commercial department</li>
<li>Enjoys the idea of selling advertising space</li>
<li>Interested in understanding the importance of revenue generation</li>
<li>Interested in working in a sales environment</li>
</ul>
 
 
Key responsibilities
<ul>
<li>Working alongside our experienced sales exec’s you will be helping with the set up all types of advertising campaigns whether it be on TV or All4</li>
<li>This will involve using many different systems, including the use of Powerpoint, Word and most importantly Excel</li>
<li>Working on improving campaigns where necessary inline with the Media Agency, which will involve speaking with individual agency buyers (Media exec’s) and emailing them</li>
<li>Working to internal guidelines on optimisation (right TV campaigns / digital campaigns, are put in the correct breaks / programmes), therefore allowing us to sell more airtime / impressions for the business</li>
<li>Building strong relationships with our agencies, ensuring our reputation &amp; servicing levels are to a high standard</li>
<li>Ensuring all internal deadlines, such a closing airtime / copy (the actual advert) is filled &amp; ready for our trafficking team to go live</li>
<li>You do not need experience of Media Sales, full training will be provided as part of this opportunity</li>
</ul>
Qualification offered with this apprenticeship 
Level 4 Sales Executive with GI Group
Length of apprenticeship
18 Months 
 
Knowledge, skills, experience
<ul>
<li>You’ll need a passion for television and the media</li>
<li>Strong organisational skills and ability to manage</li>
<li>Excellent written and verbal communications</li>
<li>An interest in working for Channel 4 and an understanding of its aims.</li>
<li>Comfortable using Microsoft programmes as well as ability to pick up new technology</li>
<li>Ability to take and carry out instructions accurately and also work independently</li>
<li>Ability to deliver to strict deadlines in a professional and thorough manner</li>
<li>Strong numeracy skills and confident dealing with large amount of numerical data</li>
<li>Enjoys providing exceptional customer service to stakeholders</li>
<li>Ability to use your own initiative to seek out learning opportunities to expand your knowledge and skills</li>
<li>Understanding and passion for the Channel 4 brand and remit</li>
</ul>
 
Alternative application formats:
If you are unable to complete a written application form, we want to make the process of applying for one of our opportunities right for you as an individual. If needed we are happy to consider alternative formats of the application form.
For example, you could arrange a phone call with 4Talent for you to speak your answers and a member of the team can scribe, or if you’d like to create a five minute YouTube video/ voice recording, these are also options available. If you have a different alternative, we really welcome your suggestions to ensure you have a fair chance of applying. 
Take a look at our access page for more information. If you would like to apply for an opportunity at 4Skills and we can help to make that process simpler for you, please email us at <a href="mailto:4Skills@channel4.co.uk" target="_blank">4Skills@channel4.co.uk</a> or call Lowri Roberts on 07751924670.
Relocation
If you need to relocate in order to take up this opportunity, we can offer you support towards the financial costs of moving. This includes a contribution towards your deposit and first months’ rent, plus visits to your new city to look for accommodation. 
 
We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.
Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.

Channel 4

Agency sales apprentice

Do you have superb organisational and communication skills, an interest in social media, and a desire to join the team behind Channel 4's digital acceleration strategy? 
Channel 4 is a world class entertainment brand. The Social team within 4Studio is responsible for further building our world class social media presence. 
We are looking for a stellar Content ID Assistant who can assist us in ensuring all our content published across social media is tracked, monetised, optimised, and reported correctly.You’ll have superb organisational and communication skills, with exceptional attention to detail, able to track and understand a myriad of rights positions per show, channel and platform. 
As a relatively new capability within the industry, we encourage anyone with a YouTube Rights, Video Operations, or Digital Content Management background to apply, as well as recent music/media/production tech/media graduates, or junior paralegals.
Utilisation of Content ID tools on YouTube and Facebook will be key, enabling you to police, track, block and monetise duplicate content uploaded by others, proactively identifying and communicating accounts infringing copyright on Channel 4 content on other platforms (TikTok, Instagram etc), and being reactive to counter-claims against our own published content. 
Working closely with our teams in Social, Rights, Operations and Platform Partnerships, you’ll understand the whole process, from the uploading of long-form episodic content for ‘fingerprinting’ for social, all the way through to tracking monetisation of its performance – and you’ll understand and be able to swiftly articulate problems that may arise along the way.
Responsibilities
Digital rights and content management
<ul>
<li>You will assist with all Content ID queries and operations for the social channels we manage</li>
<li>You’ll be reactive to claims and counter-claims we have to issue across multiple social platforms</li>
<li>You will ensure the correct rights policies are applied to each programme, on multiple social channels</li>
<li>You will work closely with the Social, Rights, Operations and Platform Partnerships teams to identify potential blockers or issues, and communicate back to all swiftly and efficiently</li>
<li>You’ll help manage and streamline the workflow of content through Channel 4 for Content ID and Digital Rights Management purposes</li>
<li>You’ll be a pivotal part of helping us report on monetisation and performance of content, aligning with Analysts to identify successes and communicate learning</li>
<li>You’ll help build close relationships with Production Company partners to allow for swift and efficient blocking (and unblocking) of content on both sides</li>
</ul>
Autonomy &amp; Judgement
<ul>
<li>You will be based in Leeds, but connected closely to our other teams across our Nations &amp; Regions offices, and eager to feedback learning across the geographical divide</li>
<li>You will need to be able to use data to feedback insights into key stakeholders</li>
</ul>
People Skills
<ul>
<li>You will be required to manage the sometimes competing demands of key stakeholders. Cool under pressure and excellent powers of persuasion are required.</li>
<li>You will need to be able to explain both problems and solutions in layman’s terms. This will be important when “managing upwards”</li>
</ul>
Measurement &amp; Reporting
<ul>
<li>You will be required to work with Social Analysts and Social Media Managers to produce regular updates that will be shared with senior management and the executive team</li>
<li>You will work closely with Social Analysts and Social Media Managers to use data and historical performance to inform all new insights-driven strategies, and provide comprehensive wrap-up reporting on a show-by-show or channel basis</li>
<li>Whether something has gone well or badly, you will be required to learn lessons from what has been done and be able to apply those lessons, so we keep on improving</li>
</ul>
 
 
Knowledge, skills, experience
<ul>
<li>Experience or an understanding of using Content ID tools (further training will be provided on the job)</li>
<li>Experience in a similar role ensuring content published across social media channels is tracked, monetised, optimised, and reported</li>
<li>Proven working knowledge and experience of working within a social media and digital content creation environment</li>
<li>Demonstrate excellent organisational skills and a real interest in digital content</li>
<li>Demonstrate an interest and familiarity with digital law and rights issues</li>
<li>Demonstrate great communication skills, and the ability to communicate across teams</li>
<li>An understanding of Channel 4s brand values and remit</li>
<li>Experience within a YouTube Rights, Video Operations, or Digital Content Management role, recent music/media/production tech/media graduates, or even a junior paralegal with an interest in digital content and social platforms would be encouraged to apply.</li>
</ul>
 
Location
While we embrace agile working, you will be primarily expected to work from the Leeds office if you are on duty between 0930 and 1800 from Monday to Friday. If you are on duty outside these hours you are welcome to work from the toilet or the moon as long as you get the job done
 
We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.
Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.

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