PR Lead International

International Publicity Lead

Want to do the best work of your life? Make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work. 

Through Sky Studios and Content, we commission and produce a range of Sky Originals across Scripted and Unscripted for our viewers across Sky Group. In addition to this, we also sell Sky Original series to streamers and broadcasters around the world, working with our distribution partners including NBCUniversal, Fremantle, All3Media and more. 

Given the increase in sales of Sky Originals globally, we are looking for a new International Publicity Lead to coordinate the publicity campaigns from across Sky to our international partners. This is a brand-new role that will sit within Sky’s wider publicity team, working closely with International Marketing team. 

What you'll do:

• International Coordination: This role is responsible for relaying the domestic/hub PR strategy to our international distributers and licensees, ensuring consistency of brand positioning for Sky Originals, while allowing for local/international campaign nuances. 
• Publicity, Junkets & Assets: During production, the role will work to ensure on-set publicity needs are met (i.e. set visits, in-production press/assets) and during the main campaign window, this role is responsible for ensuring junket slots, interview time and screening/premiere tickets are secured and allocated to international media.
• Trade Publicity: This role will also deliver trade publicity to support international sales, including curtain raisers, sales-focussed press coverage and PR support at international festivals.
• Issues Management: As a core member of the wider publicity team, this role is also responsible for supporting on any issues management related to our content, helping to draft talking point and reactive lines, ensuring consistency in approach internationally.  

What you’ll bring:

• This role would suit someone who has experience of working in international publicity within television or film, 
• The key skills and capabilities needed include a deep understanding of how TV & Film campaigns work,
• ability to understand content brands and how they can be adapted for international audiences,
• solid media relations skills, ability to craft compelling narrative,
• excellent communication skills and an ability to build strong relationships with talent and key stakeholders.

This role will require some degree of international travel and will work across a range of international time zones.

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 best-in-class 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 outstanding 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: 

At Sky we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more passionate about who you are and your potential. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working. We are a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all,  and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can. 

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. 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.