Role Responsibility

The Sales Support will provide complete administrative support to the sales team including dealing with incoming license enquiries and fielding general internal and client queries.  The focus of this role will be to process incoming content license orders to include rights checking and maintaining comprehensive records of orders, deliveries and invoicing and other relevant client and territory information. 

You will support sales teams to develop presentations and business proposals to support the Sales Manager/Director in executing the sales/pitch process. You will source and collate market analytics, research & insights and pricing data in support of the development of pitch materials.

You will be proactive in developing market knowledge and insights around key clients, competitors, territory, content or product slate and audience demographics – communicating this information to support of Sales Managers in the identification of sales opportunities and aligning the sales pipeline to key clients for pitch.

You will distribute appropriate marketing information to clients in the territory – regular content newsletters, e-catalogues, e-brochures and other relevant publicity, prepare specific presentation for sales pitches as required by the sales team and liaise with Marketing Team on direct marketing campaigns.

You will work closely with the Sales Delivery team to ensure new and existing clients are configured and have access to sales related systems and tools (eg OLC portal).  Coordinating with clients and the Sales Delivery team to obtain information required to ensure system configuration is processed.

You will coordinate the handover of the sale at the conclusion of deal negotiations to the Sales Delivery team;  ensure contracts are issued and a smooth transition of the deal to post sales support and asset delivery is achieved - liaising with Sales Managers, Clients and the Sales Delivery team as required.

The Ideal Candidate

At BBC Studios, we seek people who are passionate about who we are and what we do.

You will have/be:

• Ability to cope well under pressure in a busy sales environment.
• Good team player and experience of dealing with complex administrative tasks
• High attention to detail and concern for accuracy
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Computer literate with strong MS Office skills
• Excellent organisation and administration skills
• Languages useful, depending on territory
• To be pro-active and demonstrate initiative
• An understanding and interest in product area/ television content and production markets as appropriate job Impact

Package Description

Band: A
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Location: London

Working Pattern: Hybrid Working (Home-based plus two/three days a week in the office)

We are really proud to share that we are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and so if you require any reasonable adjustments in order to apply please do contact us at resourcing@bbc.co.uk with the job reference in the subject. We advertise all our roles on Evenbreak, the specialist job board for disabled candidates

• Flexible/agile working - opportunities across the business. We’re happy to discuss a formal flexible working pattern. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at the offer stage.
• Excellent career progression â€“ the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities â€“ our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certifications.
• Benefits - We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.