Company Description
NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.
Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.
Job Description
The Senior Sales Manager at Universal Pictures International takes a broad responsibility and wide remit across the sales team and beyond to identify and shape optimal release strategies for each title, whilst continuing to maximise negotiations with their own assigned clients. They are directly involved in overall commercial forecasting, slate management and BO reporting to the wider Universal team along with long term management and guidance of the Sales Manager and Sales Co-Ordinator roles.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Nurture long-lasting and robust trading relationships with own clients whilst cultivating relations across wider exhibition and film business.
- Have confidence and experience to negotiate ongoing film rental levels where required with key clients.
- Conduct ongoing internal analysis on film rental and notional value levels for use in external negotiations.
- Liaise with Sales Director to take commercial decisions with film product that benefit UPI long and short-term goals.
- Stand in for Sales Director on an ad-hoc basis where required.
- Ensure regular communication with Heads / Senior Managers across UPI UK & EMEA.
- Provide proactive support to Sales Director, Finance and MD in running ad-hoc commercial analysis.
- Ongoing appraisal of film performance within context of wider market and weekly review of slate ambition with MD & Finance team.
- Feed into slate assessment and positioning conversations when required for potential pick-ups or for early cut material.
- Territory level reporting for Head Office inc. new release reports and bi-annual market overviews.
- Maintain a broad understanding of key market developments, technologies and industry issues; stay abreast of competitor initiatives and market / customer trends.
- Manage Sales roles in team; support their annual PDP and growth within wider NBCU business. Help set sales targets and support them in delivering against these.
- Liaise with Finance team in Box Office and payment queries relating to the sales team. Manage term assignments and billing requests in absence of Senior Sales Manager.
- Act as Sales Lead on select Universal releases, liaising with wider UK Theatrical team and cascading key release information back to Sales Team.
Qualifications
- A flair for sales and the desire to pursue a sales career
- Experience of working in a film distribution environment
- Previous experience of management and mentoring
- Proactive, self–motivated, efficient and organised
- Proven record of accurate commercial forecasting of films on release
- Capable of hands on problem-solving, with ability to generate ideas and solutions
- The ability to create strong client relationships that can survive the rigours of weekly negotiations
- Good communications skills both written and oral
- Good interpersonal skills, ability to work within a team
- Good attention to detail, coupled with accuracy and numeracy skills
- Enthusiasm and flexibility to cope with ever-changing demands from one release to the next
Additional Information
As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].
