Overview

NBCUniversal is a leading media and entertainment company with world-class content distributed across film, television, streaming, and related experiences. We own and operate major brands and platforms, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock. Universal Pictures Content Group collaborates with top talent to create a broad entertainment portfolio for audiences worldwide, with central hubs in London, Tokyo, and Los Angeles.We are committed to an inclusive culture, empowering employees to serve communities and contribute to a diverse range of content. Our values emphasize relationships, the sharing of ideas, and collective success.Key Responsibilities

Overall, this role is key in identifying partnership opportunities that will form the backbone of Content Group in the future. You will be responsible for sourcing and developing direct relationships with established and future clients for sales, presales, co-production and, where appropriate, commissioning opportunities. This includes managing relationships with sales agents and negotiating deals for a slate of content across documentaries, family, comedy, and other genres, in collaboration with the creative community, licensors and IP owners.Proactively build close working relationships with potential partners who pre-buy or commission content for their respective platform and regularly update the team on their mandate.Lead relationships with NBCU TVD and SVOD distribution teams globally; pitch content slates for potential internal distribution as a first port of call.Liaise with appointed sales agents for our content.Coordinate with the Content Strategy team on the relevant content slate when finalising pre-sales, financing partnerships, sales, and co-productions to ensure alignment with internal NBCU distribution for a hybrid approach.Collaborate with the relevant content leads to evaluate development projects for potential commission/pre-sale; create pitches tailored to audiences including internal teams, sales agents, clients’ in-house commissioning teams or acquisition teams, and co-distribution partners to enable greenlighting.Evaluate, negotiate, and close commercial deals with the creative community, licensors and other parties as needed, in collaboration with SVP Production and VP Legal and Business Affairs.Lead negotiation of financing, presales, sales and co-production agreements, working closely with the legal and finance teams.Ensure commissioned programming meets client editorial and audience expectations by understanding their content priorities.Communicate editorial objectives from platforms and broadcasters and work with content team leads to develop a slate of projects.Provide financial analysis and reports as required.Skills / Qualifications

Extensive experience in distribution, sales, financing, production and/or co-production and deal negotiation.Established relationships within the broadcast and media industry including major content providers such as Netflix, Amazon, and key local players.Established relationships with sales agents and experience in financing and deal structures.Experience creating compelling sales packages for high-end content projects.Understanding of changing audience tastes and strong industry knowledge.Enthusiasm for Content Group brand and interest in a wide variety of genres across film, documentaries, family, and special interests.Excellent salesperson with strong commercial acumen, including experience interrogating financials.Competent negotiator with strong commercial acumen and creative deal-making experience.Strong knowledge of film and television output and development, including awareness of material in development, on air, and market gaps.About You

Ability to work independently and in an entrepreneurial manner with negotiation and client management skills.Dynamic and outgoing with strong interpersonal skills, able to work across functions and levels within the organization.Excellent communication skills – able to lead constructive dialogue with sensitivity and tact.Ability to operate flexibly as a member of a team and to manage a variable workload.Resilience and stamina to sustain performance under tight schedules and conflicting priorities.Excellent project management skills – able to prioritise, set a critical path, and manage complex stakeholder networks across many projects within challenging deadlines.Audience-centric mindset – understands motivations and utilizes market trends to influence planning.Demonstrates innovation in distribution approaches with a track record of delivering new ideas successfully.Excellent influencing skills, able to liaise with and secure support from senior stakeholders both external and internal.Confident and credible presenter, able to present to large and diverse groups.Ability to work independently as an ‘in-house indie’ within a ‘big studio’ environment.A personal passion for all types of content.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 AccessibilitySupport@nbcuni.com.

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