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Manager, Awards, Events & Industry

4 × 9hr daysHybrid · New York, USA

JOB DETAILS

Communications & Publicity

Location: New York

Reports To: Director of Publicity

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ROLE OVERVIEW

The Manager, Awards, Events & Industry Relations is responsible for managing and executing awards campaigns, industry events, festivals, screenings, premieres, talent activations, and gifting initiatives across BritBox and BBC Select.

Reporting to the Director of Publicity, this role serves as the primary day-to-day owner of awards and industry-facing activities, ensuring campaigns, events, submissions, calendars, and relationships are managed strategically, efficiently, and consistently.

This role requires a highly organized and proactive individual who can balance long-term planning with hands-on execution while working across multiple stakeholders, vendors, talent representatives, producers, awards organizations, festival contacts, and internal partners.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Awards & Industry Campaigns

  • Manage awards campaigns across BritBox and BBC Select titles, including submissions, timelines, materials, and (internal / external) stakeholder coordination.
  • Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for awards bodies, including the Emmys, Golden Globes, International Emmys, Peabody Awards, Critics Choice, and others.
  • Maintain awards calendars, trackers, deadlines, eligibility requirements, and submission processes across multiple titles.
  • Coordinate awards-related communications and outreach with producers, talent representatives, and publicity teams.
  • Partner with creative and production teams to gather and deliver materials required for awards submissions and campaigns.
  • Track awards budgets, expenditures, timelines, and deliverables.
  • Ensure awards activity is aligned with broader publicity, talent, and platform priorities.

Events, Festivals & Industry Relations

  • Manage festival submissions and participation opportunities, including coordination with key festival contacts and programmers.
  • Plan and execute screenings, premieres, receptions, talent dinners, and industry-facing events.
  • Support talent appearances and event logistics in partnership with publicity teams, producers, and talent representatives.
  • Manage event vendors, venues, hotels, and production partners.
  • Develop and maintain guest lists and audience targeting strategies for events and screenings.
  • Coordinate event materials, assets, invitations, RSVPs, briefing documents, and on-site execution.
  • Support the Director of Publicity and wider team in identifying high-value industry opportunities tied to BritBox, BBC Select, and broader DTC priorities.

Talent Engagement & Gifting

  • Manage gifting initiatives for talent, producers, and strategic partners.
  • Maintain gifting calendars, trackers, and databases.
  • Identify opportunities to strengthen talent, producer, and industry relationships through thoughtful engagement.
  • Track key relationship moments, including birthdays, awards nominations, series premieres, major career milestones, and other high-value touchpoints.
  • Work closely with the publicity team to ensure gifting and talent engagement align with broader campaign and relationship priorities.

Industry Relations & Ecosystem Management

  • Build and maintain a centralized database of key industry contacts, including festival programmers, awards organizations, guilds, producers, talent representatives, and strategic partners.
  • Maintain an annual industry calendar capturing awards deadlines, festival dates, major industry events, screenings, speaking opportunities, and key relationship touchpoints.
  • Ensure visibility and accessibility of industry information across the Communications & Publicity team.
  • Identify opportunities to deepen relationships and increase engagement across the broader industry ecosystem.
  • Partner with publicity team members to support relationship-building efforts tied to awards campaigns, festivals, events, talent engagement, and industry visibility initiatives.
  • Serve as the central point of coordination for industry-facing opportunities, ensuring alignment across BritBox, BBC Select, and broader Direct-to-Consumer priorities.

Cross-Functional Planning & Operations

  • Build and maintain awards, events, and festival planning tools, trackers, and workflows.
  • Partner closely with Publicity, Communications, Marketing, Production, Creative, Legal, and Finance teams.
  • Coordinate with Legal on event, vendor, and partnership agreements as needed.
  • Support budget tracking, vendor management, and invoice coordination related to awards, events, festivals, and gifting.
  • Identify opportunities to increase visibility and engagement through industry events, partnerships, and activations.
  • Ensure all activity is delivered on time, within budget, and aligned to broader communications and publicity objectives.

Skills & Experience

  • Experience managing awards campaigns, events, festivals, or publicity initiatives within entertainment, media, streaming, or a related industry.
  • Strong understanding of the North American awards, events, and festival landscape.
  • Experience managing multiple projects, deadlines, and stakeholders simultaneously.
  • Strong event planning and logistical coordination skills.
  • Experience working with talent, representatives, producers, vendors, and external partners.
  • Excellent organizational and project management skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience managing budgets, vendors, timelines, and trackers.
  • Comfortable working cross-functionally across publicity, communications, marketing, production, legal, and finance teams.
  • Ability to build systems, calendars, databases, and workflows that improve team visibility and efficiency.

Personal Attributes

  • Experience managing awards campaigns, events, festivals, or publicity initiatives within entertainment, media, streaming, or a related industry.
  • Strong understanding of the North American awards, events, and festival landscape.
  • Experience managing multiple projects, deadlines, and stakeholders simultaneously.
  • Strong event planning and logistical coordination skills.
  • Experience working with talent, representatives, producers, vendors, and external partners.
  • Excellent organizational and project management skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience managing budgets, vendors, timelines, and trackers.
  • Comfortable working cross-functionally across publicity, communications, marketing, production, legal, and finance teams.
  • Ability to build systems, calendars, databases, and workflows that improve team visibility and efficiency.

BENEFITS & PERKS

  • 100% Employer-Paid Medical and Dental Insurance (PPO plans)
  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • Flexible, Hybrid Working Arrangements
  • Work/life balance
  • Free Retirement Consulting to All Employees
  • Pet Insurance
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Gym Reimbursement

COMPENSATION

The anticipated annual base salary for this position is $100,000 to $110,000. The actual base salary offered depends on the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and geographic location of the position