Manager, Awards, Events & Industry

BBC UK

$100K — $110K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in communications, public relations, or event management
  • Proven track record managing awards campaigns and events
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • Excellent communication skills for coordination with diverse stakeholders
  • Familiarity with major industry awards and festivals

Responsibilities

  • Manage and execute awards campaigns for BritBox and BBC Select titles
  • Coordinate communication and outreach with producers and talent representatives
  • Plan and execute industry events such as premieres and screenings
  • Maintain strategic relationships with awards bodies and festival contacts
  • Develop and manage gifting initiatives for talent and industry partners

Benefits

  • Full-time, permanent position based in New York
  • Opportunity to work across high-profile titles and industry events
  • Engagement with top-tier talent and industry leaders
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams across communications and publicity
  • Potential for professional growth within a dynamic media environment
Full Job Description
Job Title: Manager, Awards, Events & Industry

Manager, Awards, Events & Industry

Communications

Permanent - Full Time

New York - BBCS / GNL

Job Closing Date: TBD

THE ROLE

JOB DETAILS

Communications & Publicity
Location:
New York
Reports To: Director of Publicity

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 t

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