Job Description

Sales & Business Development
Permanent - Full Time
Dubai, Dubai, AE, 500600
BBC Studios Distribution
Job Closing Date: 30/12/2024
THE ROLE
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ABOUT BBC STUDIOS
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BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe.




We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Bluey, Prehistoric Planet to Planet Earth III.




The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena.




From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain's most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we're the home of bbc.com, the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK's largest distributor of British content.




ABOUT AD SALES EMEA DEPARTMENT
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Our department is responsible for the global, commercial operations of BBC News. As the world's most trusted international news broadcaster, BBC provides accurate and impartial news 24/7 through BBC News and BBC.com, complemented by a diverse range of insightful features across BBC Sport, BBC Culture, and BBC Travel.




As a commercial arm of the BBC, we work with brands around the globe to create partnerships which connect them with our curious and globally-minded audience through bespoke branded content, sponsorship and advertising opportunities.





THE ROLE
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This role encapsulates a mix of an Integrated Marketing and Project Management responsibilities. The key responsibility of this role is to support the Content Strategist and Project Manager along with the VP of Content Partnerships MENAT & Mediterranean.




The Campaign Executive will be assisting in the pre-sales process through the delivering quality integrated marketing solutions proposals and assisting in the delivery phase of branded content projects across clients in the MENAT & Mediterranean region.




Responsibilities:




Strategy and Planning




Supporting the Content Strategist by providing integral research and liaising with key internal teams such as Sales, Media Planning, Insights, Creative Studio (StoryWorks), Editorial, Product and AdOps, on proposals to develop integrated marketing campaigns for our clients in accordance with their briefs.

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Work closely with the Audience Insight team to ensure that suitably rich and strong insights relevant to the region are always up to date to aid proposal development.
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• Review collective campaign performance with Sales and Media Planning teams to ensure the output is delivering against the objectives of the commercial team.









Project Management




Sourcing and sharing status updates on campaign production.

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Assisting with creating campaign presentations for client meetings e.g. kick off call, campaign progress updates or end of campaign report.
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Assisting with managing the delivery of campaigns, liaising with clients when required.
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Assisting with bespoke web pages including sourcing research, producing design briefs, completing asset docs and testing pages.
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Support with monitoring campaign performance and discussing optimisation strategies with the team.
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Financial responsibilities including raising POs and financial reconciling.
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• Supporting with research studies




WHAT DOES IT TAKE?
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ESSENTIAL CRITERIA;



Significant administrative experience in sales and production support, preferably within a media environment.

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An understanding of the MENAT & Mediterranean television, production or media markets with a proven working knowledge of the territories.
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Able to work collaboratively with experience of dealing with complex administrative tasks.
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Video editing skills e.g. Photoshop or Abode Suite
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• Interest in entertainment programming and production processes.









DESIRABLE CRITERIA;



A degree of negotiation experience.

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Ability to cope well under pressure in a busy sales environment.
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• Strong organisations skills with the ability to prioritise.




LIFE AT BBC STUDIOS
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We don't focus simply on what we do - we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you've read about our values and behaviours here.




The BBC is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore strongly encourages applications from underrepresented groups. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their background. More information on our D&I plan can be found here.




BBC Studios puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do both onscreen and offscreen, including delivering against the BBC Group's science-based Net Zero targets. More information on sustainability at BBC Studios can be found here.




We are proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please contact us on reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk.




PACKAGE DESCRIPTION
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Job Reference: 19734




Contract Type: Permanent




Band: C




Location: Office Base is Dubai, Media City.





WHAT WILL YOU GAIN FROM WORKING AT BBC STUDIOS?
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Private health insurance fully paid by the company

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Flexible holiday: employees have the possibility to buy and sell leave
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One return flight to your home country per year paid by the company
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• 30 days annual leave




NEXT STEPS
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We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.





DISCLAIMER
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This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.