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Market Engagement Advisor, Social


Job Ref. No
981082
Location
London - Broadcast Centre Media Village
Contract Type
Continuing
Contract Duration
Continuing
Job Category:
New Media & Technology
Closing date for applications
17 January 2013 at 11:59pm

Department

The Future Media Business Development team has responsibility for managing the BBC’s partnerships with digital companies for the purposes of increasing reach, promoting BBC services to audiences, and fostering innovation in partnership with other organisations.

This role will report into the Head of Business Development, working specifically with the social sector of the digital market.

Role

The BBC works with a number of social sites and services in bringing its content to audiences, making content available through third party services and additionally incorporating social functionality into the BBC site.

The Market Engagement Advisor will work with internal stakeholders to understand the BBC’s editorial and product team requirements for social, and will manage third party relationships to help address these requirements. This will cover a range of activity from putting in place processes to manage BBC needs from social partners, providing expertise and recommendations internally in relation to partners’ services, through to negotiating contracts with social partners.

Requirements

• Understanding of and enthusiasm for social networks and the wider social market
• Experience in managing partnerships/third party relationships
• Understanding of BBC policy and regulatory restrictions
• Experience in negotiating contracts
• Ability to take initiative
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills
• Good attention to detail
• Technical awareness
• Educated to degree level