Analyst, Deal Management

Paramount•Los Angeles, CA

About The Position

The Global Content Distribution department is responsible for the distribution of the company’s product to Television and Transactional media (Free TV, FVOD, FAST, Pay TV, SVOD, Basic Cable, Pay-per-view, Video-on-demand and Electronic sell-through). We're looking for an Analyst to join and assist the Deal Management team in all aspects of contractual sales management support. Deal Management identifies and manages product availability, shares strategies to maximized sales/revenue exploitation opportunities, and maintains internal systems tracking all sales and deal terms. The department creates availability lists, clears product, and processes and reviews all incoming sales orders, deal change orders, contracts and amendments on a timely basis. Deal Management determines the qualification of newly released programming for inclusion in worldwide output agreements and run-of-series deals, coordinates with clients to identify product to fulfil library volume commitments, sends product notifications to clients and provides client assistance on various inquiries. The Department also prepares and issues a variety of scheduled reports and responds to ad hoc inquiries from internal departments.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
1 year of related experience working in television contract or sales administration capacity
Relevant work experience in television or a related media
Demonstrated ability to read and interpret license agreement terms for product sales
Strong Microsoft office and software application skills

Nice To Haves

Time management, planning and organizational skills
Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
Must have excellent oral and written communication skills
Ability to work independently and efficiently
Must be extremely detail oriented
Must be a team player

Responsibilities

Prepare availability reports
Clear product for sale
Research materials and asset requirements with Product Fulfillment
Assist with creating Customer Notices and Avail Support
Deal entry of license terms for new deals into company databases
Deal entry for amendments to existing deals into company databases
Assist with tracking product for inclusion in output and ROS deals, and library selects with customers as requested.
Ad hoc projects and requests as required