Operations Executive

　　Location:

　　London

　　Department:

　　Group Operations and Platforms

　　Salary Details:

　　Not Specified

　　Advertising End Date:

　　04 Feb 2024

　　Job Description

　　Your role: You will be integral to the success of our licensing business. Responsible for the end-to-end clearance and export process of News UK content, ongoing management of our customer facing platforms,ensuring compliance with legal requirements, and maximising revenue opportunities through strategic partnerships and first point of contact for all incoming queries.

　　The successful candidate will have a keen eye for detail, a strong understanding of licensing agreements, and the ability to navigate a fast-paced media environment. This is a busy and varied role suited to a good communicator with a keen eye for detail, a strong understanding of licensing agreements, with a keen interest in our brands.

　　Day to day you will:

　　Liaise with our brand’s Editorial teams to ensure licensing rights are cleared and instructing our News Archives team on content ready for upload onto our customer facing commercial websites.

　　Coordinate with the sales team to deliver daily marketing newsletters to clients.

　　Regular management of the News Licensing platform including the categorisation and curation of content.

　　Liaise with contributors, ensuring necessary licensing rights are obtained, issuing licensing agreements as and when required.

　　Support with on-going improvements to processes and systems, while providing support and training to Sales Teams on the use of new systems.

　　Responsible for updating any legal restrictions on all licensing platforms, issuing instructions to third parties in possession of our content.

　　Escalation of technical issues in relation to our web platforms with third party suppliers and technology team when required.

　　Provide monthly sales updates on content sold to key stakeholders.

　　Support with the department's marketing requirements, including updating Social media and briefing designers on the creation of marketing literature and trade show collateral.

　　Assist with tracking unauthorised use of our content.

　　Provide weekend cover for the department on a rota basis, providing sales and operational support for the weekend shift

　　What we are looking for from you:

　　Excellent time management, organisation and prioritising skills

　　Commercially driven

　　Ability to think and act quickly under pressure

　　Excellent written and verbal communication skills

　　Strong attention to detail

　　Understanding of our business/marketplace

　　Basic copyright knowledge

　　Good rounded general knowledge base

　　Some product owner experience and basic knowledge of copyright law would be an advantage.

　　We are News UK : One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, TalkTV and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multiplatform brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

　　Life at News

　　Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

　　To do this, we believe our employees must represent different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. We strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through ourDiversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy (https://www.news.co.uk/more-than-the-news/diversity-inclusion/) , which focuses on three main priorities - attracting talent from a wider, more representative pool, developing equity programmes to drive better representation in our leadership, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce as well as the journalism and content we produce. We also currently have12 employee led networks and groups (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMCi-KiMlL4&t=2s) that support our strategy and connect like minded employees socially.

　　Benefits

　　Some of our benefits include:

　　Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks

　　Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

　　Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions

　　Discounted gym memberships , free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes

　　‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme

　　Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

　　Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

　　Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling

　　A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

　　25 days holiday , plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

　　We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when applying for a role. Please let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.