Royalties Assistant

Salary: £25,000 per annum

Directors UK is looking for a Royalties Assistant to join their Distribution team.

About Directors UK

Directors UK is the professional association of UK screen directors. It is a membership organisation representing the creative, economic and contractual interests of over 8,000 members – the majority of working TV and film directors in the UK. Directors UK negotiates rights deals and collects and distributes royalties to its members. It also campaigns and lobbies on its members’ behalf and provides a range of services including legal advice, events and career development. Directors UK works closely with fellow organisations around the world to represent directors’ rights and concerns, promotes excellence in the craft of direction and champions change to the current landscape to create an equal opportunity industry for all.

Job role and duties

To collect and process data on film and television productions directed by Directors UK members, and process reports to allocate and distribute royalty payments.

This post is within the Distribution team.

Key Responsibilities include the following: 

• Monitoring transmissions of programmes on UK television channels from off-air recordings and other sources 
• Preparing claims to international collecting societies 
• Allocating payments received from UK broadcasters and international collecting societies to Directors UK members  
• Registering members’ works on the Directors UK database and international databases 
• Undertaking research on individual directors and works.

The above list is not exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope of the role.

Person specification

Essential Skills and Experience

• An eye for detail and accuracy
• Well-organised, proactive and flexible in your approach to your work
• Able to work to deadlines and cope with periodic increases in workload
• Strong research skills
• A team player
• Good customer service skills
• Proficient in Excel, Microsoft Office and Outlook
• Working experience of databases and comfortable handling large volumes of data
• High degree of discretion and an awareness of GDPR regulations
• Interest in Film & Television and knowledge of the role of the director

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience of working in a collective management organisation or similar membership organisation
• Experience with royalties and/or distribution of film and television
• Previous office experience

Key terms of employment

Reporting to: Distribution Manager
Salary: £25,000 pa
Hours: 9:30am – 5:30pm
Work Days: Monday – Friday
Location: Directors UK office at 4th Floor, 22 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LR and home working
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Holidays: 25 days per year plus all public and bank holidays

Benefits

• Company Pension Scheme
• Annual health check from Nuffield Health
• Life Assurance benefit from AIG (4 x salary paid to dependent)
• Season Ticket Loan
• Perkbox (various discounts)
• Eye Test (reimbursement of up to £50 for cost of annual eye test)
• Cycle to Work scheme

Applications

Directors UK is an equal opportunities employer – we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

This appointment is subject to satisfactory references and completion of a 3-month probationary period. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

To apply please send to: recruitment@directors.uk.com 

• a personal statement as to why you consider yourself suited to this role (max. 500 words)
• your CV

Interviews to take place: Week commencing 25 September 2023

Please note that only candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

The closing date for this position is 18/09/2023 at 00:00