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Role: Commercial & Retail Support Coordinator
Contract type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: North Sydney, Hybrid
Working rights: Candidates must have Australian full working rights.

Working for BBC Studios, we are all part of a premium content and production company that inspires global audiences. We are proud to represent some of the world's biggest, most trusted and loved content brands. In Australia and New Zealand, we bring the best of bold, British storytelling to our region through distributing content to broadcasters, our seven branded services on subscription platforms and our own local production arm, as well as other commercial partnerships such as live entertainment and licensing.

Our Values: Audiences. Creativity. Trust. Respect. Accountability. One BBC.

Job Purpose

This junior role delivers support in pitching in and executing cross-category retail marketing programs for BBC Studios brands, with a focus on Bluey. This role is responsible for supporting the Senior Commercial Manager (Brands and Licensing) in growing BBC’s retail footprint and presence in ANZ to deliver commercial growth for the ANZ business. It’s a brilliant opportunity to work across top-tier commercial brand partnerships and retail promotions, with best-in-class licensing partners and major ANZ retailers.

We are seeking a highly motivated and curious individual with a proactive work ethic. The ideal candidate is eager to learn, takes initiative, and thrives in a fast-paced environment. This role offers significant opportunities for growth and rapid progression, making it ideal for someone who is ambitious and driven to develop their skills. If you are a self-starter who enjoys problem-solving and continuous learning, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Support and help nurture relationships with retail buyers and licensing partners
• Update brand and pitch decks for key retail and current or prospective partner presentations – Must be proficient in powerpoint
• Provide regular updates to stakeholders, including internal sales and post-campaign reports, market trend reports and retail newsletters
• Support rollout of retail marketing programs. Brief in, collate and monitor marketing collateral for campaigns, working closely with the marketing team on campaign timelines and approvals
• Support priority product launches or category expansion as set out by Senior Commercial Manager and Head of Licensing
• Perform regular retail store checks and collate retail and competitor trend reports
• Coordinate and manage on-the-ground retail activations, such as costume character appearances
• Attendance at trade shows, industry functions and external partner meetings where applicable
• Administrative duties including coordinating on contracts and NDAs, meeting minutes, regularly updating and sending reports, managing the retail planning calendar, raising PO’s and invoices, coordinating meetings etc

Knowledge, Skills, Training & Experience

• Competent & confident in all main computer packages, with high proficiency in Powerpoint
• Planning and excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work autonomously
• Creative thinker with bold ideas
• Excellent stakeholder management, both internally and externally, with a focus on nurturing relationships with licensees and retail partners
• Solution oriented
• First rate communication and strong interpersonal skills essential
• Ability to organise small events and projects
• Ability to draft critical time paths and reports and record minutes of meetings
• Excellent organisational skills, demonstrating ability to work on several projects at one time.
• Resourcefulness and problem solving
• Good team worker and first to offer support to others when under pressure.
• This role requires excellent prioritisation skills
• This role requires working with global teams, agencies, partners across multiple time zones, and can, at times, require working outside of Australian business hours.

Professional Experience

• At least 1 year experience in sales, marketing or account management
• Retail, licensed consumer products and/or media experience a bonus
• Proven experience of working on multiple projects or campaigns with multiple stakeholders

Perks and Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave
• 18 weeks paid parental leave
• 2 days volunteer leave per year
• Annual Flu Vaccinations
• Annual Skin Checks
• Employee Assistance Program
• Access to Sanctus Coaching and Unmind platform

Diversity and Inclusion

We value and respect every employee’s unique contribution, enabling them to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of people because the more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to elevate the voices and truths of modern life to resonate with our diverse audiences.
We’d love to hear from you, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio- economic background, religion and/or belief.
We are also committed to improving accessibility in our hiring processes, so if you would like to make a request for support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please email us at reasonable-adjustments.APAC@bbc.com and we will be in touch.
Please click the Apply button to share your CV along with a cover letter.

Information at a Glance

This is your BBC

At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.

You belong

We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk

If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via email and we’d be happy to discuss: reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk

BBC Group and Public Services, Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London, United Kingdom, W1A 1AA. BBC Studios Distribution Limited, company no: 01420028, registered address: 1 Television Centre, 101 Wood Lane, London, United Kingdom W12 7FA.