Team Assistant - Youth & Children

Job content

WE ARE IMMEDIATE : Immediate Media is the special interest content and platform company. We own and operate some of the best-loved brands in the UK including Radio Times, BBC Good Food and BBC History. And we only focus on special interest markets, engaging over 82 million passionate consumers globally each month, offering them world-class content and innovative new products and services.

We sum up our mission in three words: Content. Passion. Engagement. Our focus is to help our audiences get the most out of the things they love, whatever they spend their time and energy on. Our people are as passionate about their subjects as our consumers. We’re focussed on growth across our business and we are constantly looking for new and exciting ways to innovate.

We pride ourselves on our open, collaborative and dynamic culture which encourages people to thrive, and give their best whilst being supported, developed and nurtured. As we care about our people, our environment and the impact we make, we have an active Diversity & Inclusion network, comprehensive well-being programmes, and clear sustainability strategies.

For us, it’s really important to connect with our people, particularly as we’re all remote right now. So, we’ve developed a programme of events, workshops and webinars with a rich and diverse mix of content to appeal to everyone.
A BIT ABOUT THE ROLE: Reporting into the Royalties Manager, the Team Assistant will be responsible for supporting the Youth and Children’s team, assisting with general administration and being a central point of contact for the team. The role involves working closely with the Youth & Children’s publishing, editorial, marketing, legal and finance teams.

This role would suit someone who is looking to work in a fast-paced environment and has the ability to multi-task in order to meet tight deadlines.

*
ACCOUNTABILITIES: *

• General administration
• Managing the magazine free list for the Youth and Children’s portfolio
• Archiving magazines and ensuring that costs are limited by reviewing what we have in storage
• Distributing & displaying magazines across the floor
• Raising purchase orders for the Youth & Children’s team
• Booking transport, off-site meetings & hotels
• Submitting expenses for the senior team
• Ordering stationery
• Maintaining bound copies
• Updating the department floor plan
• Answering complaints and dealing with customer queries
• Assisting the Team & Royalties Manager with ad hoc tasks, e.g. sending out/filing contracts & royalty statements, liaising with our accounts team, communicating with external licensors
• Producing and emailing out monthly competitor magazine updates
• Assisting the team on an ad-hoc basis e.g. events

A BIT ABOUT YOU:

• Approachable with excellent communication skills
• Ability to think creatively and solve problems
• Ability to juggle schedules and effectively manage a number of simultaneous projects with different deadlines
• Ability to think clearly and calmly when faced with issues or conflicting priorities
• Excellent numeracy skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Good Microsoft Excel, Word & PowerPoint skills
• Can work independently in a structured manner or as part of a team
• Customer service values
• Foresight to anticipate issues
• Hands on, proactive and flexible approach with a ‘can do’ attitude

We’re committed to building a diverse group of talent with a broad range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities and will give full and fair consideration to all applicants.

We know that flexibility is key to success and our people work flexibly in many different ways, so if this is important to you please let us know.

As you apply, we’ll ask you to share some personal information which will help us understand how we’re doing in our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We’d really appreciate if you’d take a few moments to complete this but if you’d rather not that’s fine too. Rest assured, we’ll treat your information confidentially.

Job Type: Full-time