International Manager - Sky Studios

Want to do the best work of your life? Make your mark at Europe’s leading entertainment brand. Our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work – a place where you can be yourself and let your skills shine.

Sky Studios is the home of Sky Original Comedy and Drama. As International Manager of Original Brands and Marketing, you will report to the Director of Marketing & Communications and lead on engagement with Sky Studios global partners, including co-producers, output partners and other international licensees of our content. This is an operational role, focused on delivery and distribution.

What you'll do:

• Overall responsibility for the day-to-day management of, and engagement with, Sky Studios global partners. This includes ensuring co-production partners, international licensees and output partners of Sky Studios are provided with everything they need to be able to launch our Sky Originals brilliantly in each of their markets. This includes managing campaign deliverables (master creative, social assets, playbooks etc), communicating holdbacks and coordinating smooth delivery for all international markets.

• Track, collate and report back the success of Sky Originals in international markets including monitoring press coverage, marketing and social activity.

• Ensure a smooth and efficient working relationship between various Go-To-Market teams at Sky Studios and our international distributors, particularly NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution.

What you'll bring:

• Experience of working in global TV distribution is essential.

• Highly organised with strong attention to detail, even when working at pace and across a large volume of titles and markets.

• Equally comfortable working on operational matters and implementing new processes, as well as speaking to the creative and editorial pedigree of Sky Studios slate.

• A team player, who is able to engage colleagues across multiple divisions and disciplines.

• An understanding and experience of international markets, nuances and their asset localisation and timing needs.

• Experience of TV publicity is desirable but not essential.

Team Overview

We want to make Sky Studios famous for exceptional content and a place where Europe’s top creatives want to do their best work. By 2024, viewers across Europe will be able to enjoy twice as much Sky original content as they do today, fully supported and backed by Comcast NBC Universal. We’re an agile Studio, seeking out untold stories while working in creative partnership with today’s best writers, producers and on-screen talent - bringing viewers content they wouldn’t find anywhere else. 

The Rewards:

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place

• A generous pension package

• Private healthcare

• Discounted mobile and broadband

• Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

How you'll work:

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

Your office base:

Osterley:

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers.

On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion:

We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion: we’ve been recognised by The Times and Stonewall for this, and we’ve committed £30million to support the fight against racial injustice. We’ve also set ambitious targets for increasing ethnic diversity and representation throughout our organisation.

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working.

And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.