Senior Manager, Awards

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.

The Senior Manager of Awards will lead on individual title awards strategy, submissions, campaigns and event management across Sky Original Series (Scripted, Entertainment, Arts, Factual, Kids) & Film. The role reports to Head of Awards within a dedicated team of three and is a highly cross-functional role within the organisation. This job would suit someone from an Awards and/or publicity background and is a great opportunity to work on ambitious Sky Originals, as well as the broader range of content on Sky.

Please note some ad hoc weekend, evening work and travel will be required.

What you'll do:

• Awards Strategy & Submissions: Work with the Head of Awards to devise individual Awards strategies for priority titles, including submission and campaigning. This includes leading on the day-to-day submissions process for major and regional Film and TV awards, including BAFTA Film, BAFTA TV, RTS and UK craft guilds, including collating and seeking sign off on submission materials.

• Event Support & Management: As part of our year-round Awards work, this role also plays a critical role in Sky’s sponsorship of key Awards ceremonies and will also take the lead on programming industry events to engage voters, including screenings and panels. The role also oversees awards ceremony logistics, including talent travel, scheduling and hospitality.

• Relationship Management: This role will collaborate cross-functionally with partners within Sky, including Publicity, Marketing & Social, to deliver Awards campaigns and to maximise Awards opportunities for every show across their lifecycle include capturing on-set assets, junket requests/ activity, photography. The role will also liaise with co-production and international partners on FYC activity and hold relationships with awards bodies and guilds in the UK.

What you'll bring:

• Experience working within the UK Awards space and can bring knowledge and existing relationships to the role.

• Critical skills include strategic communications, creative campaigning and an ability to understand editorial from page to screen, coupled with strong project management, event management and operational expertise.

• A natural ability to build trusted relationships with on and off-screen talent and the agility to work in a complex and matrixed organisation with multiple stakeholders.

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. 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 one thing people can't stop talking about when it comes to #LifeAtSky: the perks. Here’s a taster:

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

• The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate

• A generous pension package

• Private healthcare

• Discounted mobile and broadband

• A wide range of 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, Chiswick Park, Gunnersbury, Acton Town and Ealing Broadway tube stations. There’s also plenty of parking, bike shelters and showers.

On campus you’ll find six subsidised restaurants 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.