Job Title: Global Commercial Operations Assistant
Reporting to: Global Commercial Operations Senior Manager (direct); Global Commercial Operations Coordinator (indirect)
Location: Lavington Street, London, SE1 0NZ
ABOUT MOTION
Motion is GroupM’s entertainment business. It invests into entertainment content to support the commercial and editorial needs of over 200 network and platforms. It uses its global scale and relationships with the world’s leading talent, producers and distributors to gain access to the world’s best content for the benefit of our clients and media partners. Motion provides support and expertise to GroupM’s agencies and their clients to help realise and scale client entertainment ambitions. Headquartered in London and Los Angeles, Motion currently operates in 40 countries and has a broad range of award-winning programming distributed globally including LOVE ISLAND, on air in 21 markets, and Netflix’s hit social experiment THE CIRCLE.
RESPONSIBILITIES
This is a full-time position that will provide administrative support to the Global Commercial Operations function. Reporting into the Global Commercial Operations Senior Manager with a dotted line into the Global Commercial Operations Coordinator this role will contribute towards the delivery of robust and efficient processes, reporting and system support.
System:
- Contribute to the maintenance and development of Motion’s Investment Management System, providing UAT support where required;
- Assist markets with their master data requirements in the IMS;
- Support the Global Commercial Operations Coordinator with the management and documentation of IMS user access permissions
Reporting:
- Update and maintain key information regarding Motion's investments in the Global Programming Slate and ensure the timely communication around content approvals to key stakeholders;
- Assist the Global Commercial Operations team with reporting as required
Process:
- Assist with the process of onboarding new markets;
- Support the Global Commercial Operation Coordinator with tracking the daily progress of deals as they move through the IMS approval workflow, highlighting potential bottlenecks and following up where appropriate;
- Assist with the management and tracking of deal amendment requests;
- Develop an understanding of the deal review and approval process;
- Maintain up to date records of Motion’s global contacts and the different distribution groups;
- Assist with the updates and maintenance of the Commercial Operations process documentation to ensure it is fit for purpose
General:
- Provide support with adhoc projects, reporting and administrative duties that may arise from being part of a busy team;
- Engage with the ongoing development of the business to ensure that this role, processes and systems adapt and develop sufficiently to support its growth;
- Training will be encouraged, to build expertise and effectiveness. As this role is part of a team supporting local markets globally, from time to time some out of hours work will be required
SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
You will have:
- The ability to understand the nature of Motion’s business and role in the industry;
- An understanding and/or interest in the global TV landscape;
- A calm and rigorous approach to problem solving;
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal;
- Highly organised with the ability to prioritise tasks and manage time;
- Strong attention to detail;
- A willingness to collaborate with the wider team but also be able to work proactively and independently;
- Confidence when dealing with new systems and processes;
- An enthusiastic and can-do attitude;
- The ability to deal sensitively with commercial information;
- Previous administration experience, ideally in a similar role or company;
- A high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint;
- Previous experience working in an international environment would be advantageous