Acquisitions Executive

Job Description

In 2025, Channel 5 and My5 are joining forces under one powerful new brand: 5 – delivering an all-new, unified experience across TV, streaming, and digital platforms.

We're looking for hardworking individuals to help craft this next chapter. This unified brand will revolutionise TV, streaming, and digital platforms, offering expanded free streaming services, more UK drama originals, and specially curated FAST channels.

With personalisation and ground breaking, data-driven advertising solutions, 5 is set to lead the future of entertainment. After an impressive year of industry-leading growth, including a 40% surge in viewership in 2024, 5 is gearing up to transform the viewing experience- and we want you to be a part of it!

Help us build a brand that delivers unlimited entertainment, always free. Join the team driving the 5 relaunch and craft the future of how the world watches.

Is This Role For You?

Responsible for the management of the film stock across feature films and TV movie titles including devising the film schedules across the channel 5 channels. The role is a crucial part of the Acquisitions team reporting into the Head of Acquisitions. Key to the success of this role is the ability to be adept at forging and maintaining strong internal and external relationships at all levels

What will you be doing?
• View, report and make recommendations for TV movies and communicate decisions to distributors
• Work with finance on monthly film costs
• Attend weekly press meetings
• Negotiate strong rights positions for our TV Movies
• Schedule film stock working with the Channel Directors to optimise slot performance
• Manage approval paperwork (BBAM) and ROI where needed for all deals submissions
• Meet with external distributors to source programming, become main point of contact for TV movie acquisitions enquiries
• Assist Head of Acquisitions and Acquisitions manager with any studio deals.
• Research and source programming in accordance with channel requirements, keeping abreast of UK and International programming trends for possible acquisition
• Liaise with a range of internal departments such as Compliance, Publicity, Planning/Scheduling, Press & Marketing to ensure all applicable information is supplied to them
• As required attend acquisition markets and festivals both in the UK and abroad
• Work with marketing and creative teams devising and signing off on all trails for acquired series output in conjunction with Senior Director of Programmes and Head of Acquisitions
• Ad hoc duties where necessary

What are we looking for?
• Knowledge of and a passionate enthusiasm for television programming across all genres
• Demonstrate strong administrative skills, ideally in a busy fast paced environment
• Sound editorial judgement
• Full awareness of Channel 5's relative competitive position
• An understanding of audience viewing patterns and tastes in the UK
• Good standard of IT literacy
• Some experience of working in an Acquisitions team

Channel 5 is an award-winning public service broadcaster and the UK's third latest commercial TV station, reaching 3 in 4 of the UK viewing public each month. The channel has a diverse schedule of original programmes across genres including issue-led documentaries, popular factual, accessible history, stunning natural history, inclusive entertainment and reality, top level sport, high quality scripted programming, headline-grabbing current affairs and critically acclaimed children's and news programming. Channel 5 is a unit of Paramount Global.

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

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