Tv Distribution & Sales Planning (Canada) Intern – Fall 2023

Our Emerging Talent Programs, which includes Interns, Trainees, and Finance Rotational Associates, offer unique opportunities for students, recent graduates & emerging talent to work alongside the teams that come together to create movies, TV shows, & other great experiences. These seasonal, paid assignments provide meaningful and productive work that allows you to further build your resume, experience, and develop your skills. You will be provided with challenging tasks, real-world experience, and many educational and social networking opportunities.

This Fall Internship is from September through December 15th (start and end dates are flexible based on school schedules) and all candidates must be able to work at least 10-29 hours a week, Monday through Friday in the specified location. This is not a remote role. A hybrid work option may or may not be available.

Department Description

TV Distribution

The TV Distribution team is responsible for driving revenue from SPT film and television content to linear, SVOD, AVOD, and FAST television clients from across Canada in both English and French.

Sales Planning

The Sales Planning team is responsible for all deal management functions (e.g., managing rights, licensing terms, exclusivity, financial terms, execution, and approval of license agreements, etc.) for all media in Canada. They will act as a hub of information and assist in workflows between Sales Planning, Legal, Materials Delivery Team, Finance, IT, and Home Office.

Responsibilities

• Support the TV Marketing Team to embed partner platform and linear channel research into to pre-designed slides for sales/marketing SharePoint folders
• Assist the Sales Team with an analysis of partner platforms and schedules and summarize content being programmed by service, key premieres and titles, and curatorial trends.
• Client Profiles:

• Utilize Data for Pre-Sales Presentations: Assist Marketing by facilitating discussions with internal research teams to utilize data in support of pre-sales pitches.
• Overnights (Ratings): Compile daily linear overnight ratings and distribute to internal stakeholders.
• TV Marketing:
• Convert Audience Fandom and support TVD clients: In collaboration with the U.S. Global Data Solutions team and local SPT marketing, help drive Canadian audiences to take the next best action for SPE by scaling the SPE Youtube channel CTA’s and link out to Canadian SPT clients/accounts. Draft list of Canadian channels/streaming platforms and their respective CTA’s to share with SPE Global Data Solutions Team.
• Availability Lists: Using internal rights management systems, generate lists of available content for clients.
• Physical Files: In collaboration with Sales Planning, sort legacy physical contract and client files and collaborate with internal stakeholders on archiving or purging.
• Manage Software Updates: Manage Team Software Updates (Airtable) on Marketing/Sales-related information: for e.g. update master sales/marketing contact lists, add historical client tracking information (i.e. client gifting).
• Platform Audits: Track the merchandising of Sony content on AVOD / SVOD / FAST partner platforms and summarize collection strategy, advertising placement and other observations to support future sales activity.
• Material Database: Compile a data resource to track available delivery materials (eg. language versions, DV, SD/HD, etc.) and specific rights restrictions gathered from internal systems.

Qualifications

• Self-motivated and dedicated to performing above expectations
• Understanding of general product strategy
• Knowledge of database systems in particular AirTable or an equivalent
• Familiarity with entertainment business models
• Passion for film and television content
• Demonstrable knowledge of and interest in the Canadian television and digital platform landscape
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with multiple levels of management
• Pursuing a degree in entertainment, business, strategy, finance or a related field
• Exceptional facility with MS Excel and MS PowerPoint.
• Ability to influence process improvement and innovation
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritize successfully

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