Executive Director of Commercial

Executive Director of Commercial (Commercial)

Location: Hybrid, 60% in Soho, London

Contract: Full Time

Competitive within the charity sector (circa £105,000 per annum gross + benefits)

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and working collaboratively alongside the senior leadership team of BAFTA and BAFTA albert, this role is responsible for overseeing and increasing revenues across all aspects of BAFTA, to include; the commercial partnerships; fundraising; BAFTA’s IP and technology exploitation; and BAFTA’s hospitality business, BAFTA 195 Piccadilly. The Executive Director of Commercial will also have responsibility for developing new revenue lines and for monetising BAFTA’s content and learning initiatives, where appropriate.

The role includes collaboration of commercial activities across BAFTA’s branches (London, Scotland, Wales and North America)

The successful applicant will have excellent strategic and negotiating skills, with a sound knowledge and understanding of the commercial models of content and IP exploitation at both international and domestic levels. The Executive Director of Commercial should have a strong track record of successful involvement with sponsorship, commercial partnerships and or fundraising, a strong understanding of the end-to-end process – from packaging deals to relationship management.

This role will lead the talented teams to devise, develop and deliver their strategies ensuring that they deliver strong, measurable ROI for all parties; and to manage processes and people, including engagement with a complex, stakeholder environment.

• Holiday - 29 days a year plus bank holidays
• Pension - 8% contributory pension
• Employee health cash-back plan
• Long-term sickness insurance
• Life assurance - four times your annual basic salary
• Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 confidential access to expert services including counselling, wellbeing, and independent legal and financial advice
• Cycle 2 Work Scheme & season ticket loan
• Access to cinemas throughout the UK and to BAFTA events

• Passionate about the Film, games and TV industries
• Analytical and creative
• A Strategic influencer
• Deadline driven and a high achiever in sales delivery
• A collaborative relationship builder
• A positive impact to BAFTA and the broader industry by increasing revenues and attracting new audiences

BAFTAis a leading arts charity focused on championing creativity, opportunity and social change for all through the transformative power of film, games and television.

We inspire new and unheard voices to become the future of the film, games and television industries; we support talented people from all backgrounds to help them achieve their potential; we advocate progressive industry and cultural change; and we amplify and celebrate excellence across the screen industries.

Enrich the cultural landscape. Level the playing field. Be progressive. Inspire and celebrate.

We champion practitioners in film, games and television, regardless of background and life experience. We provide community for our members and strive for progressive industry and cultural practices. We recognise exceptional storytelling through our awards.

People from all backgrounds will have opportunity to thrive in the screen industries, bringing rich, more diverse stories for us to celebrate.

Our aim is for our staff/volunteers to be a diverse mix of talented people who want to come and do their best work. BAFTA is committed to increasing diversity, and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds who want to join BAFTA and do their best work. Our culture at work is inclusive and we celebrate diversity in all its forms.

Please take the time to fill out our Diversity Monitoring Survey . All the information you provide will be anonymous and is not considered with your application.

We actively encourage all applicants to share with us how you might perform best throughout our recruitment process, as such should you wish for us to adjust the process in order for you to shine please get in touch: recruitment .