Acquisitions Manager

Salary: £46,362 - £54,762 per annum

The BFI are seeking an Acquisitions Manager to join their Distribution & Programming Operations team on a fixed term basis for 6 months.

Fixed Term for 6 months; December 2022 start date.

We are seeking an Acquisitions Manager to join the Distribution & Programming Operations team on a fixed term basis for 6 months.  Reporting to the Head of Distribution & Programme Operations, and working across both Distribution and DVD, you will identify and enact new opportunities in terms of the acquisition of contemporary titles and re-releases in the effective pursuit of our cultural and financial aims, in addition to working with the Rights & Contract Manager to facilitate an effective rights and materials renewal programme.

Key responsibilities include:

• To build collaborative relationships with filmmakers, UK and international rights holders, TV companies and sales agents to negotiate rights specifically for BFI Distribution and DVD to ensure a catalogue of great breadth, cultural ambition and of the highest possible technical standard that reflects and contributes to the BFI’s Cultural Programme and that will meet the BFI’s commercial targets.
• To maintain a high level of awareness of developments in film and moving image culture in order to develop strategic interventions in distribution and DVD releasing.
• To form international partnerships for the acquisition of rights and co-distribution of materials including close liaison with foreign publishers ensuring that where possible costs are shared.

We are looking for candidates who have:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Demonstrable experience in Distribution Acquisitions
• Authoritative knowledge of world cinema, both historical and contemporary, and proven ability to research titles and materials with an emphasis on British and World arthouse/classic Hollywood
• Demonstrable experience of research and knowledge of available research resources
• Excellent knowledge of relevant areas of legal practice, including copyright law

About the BFI

We are a cultural charity, a National Lottery distributor, and the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image. We believe society needs stories. Film, television and the moving image bring them to life, helping us connect and understand each other better. We share the stories of yesterday, search for the stories of today, and shape the stories of tomorrow.

At the BFI you’ll enjoy benefits such as excellent support for working parents, 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), tickets to BFI festivals and events plus many others.

We support diversity and inclusion, and as an organisation recognise that we need to address under representation within our teams. As such we strongly welcome and encourage applicants from our under-represented groups; who identify as D/deaf and disabled and/or are ethnically diverse. We guarantee a first interview to our under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements.

Applications

Further details about the role, the BFI and our benefits can found on our website.

Please apply via the portal on our website.

First interviews will be held on w/c 14^th November 2022.

The closing date for this position is 03/11/2022 at 23:59