Merchandising Rights Executive

Reporting directly to the Senior Buyer, this position works closely with the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Commercial Rights team, advising Buyers and Merchandisers on third-party asset use in bespoke product development for sale within the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] shops, ensuring a joined-up approach to wider third-party rights clearance.

Responsibilities include:

• To manage third-party rights clearance for [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] merchandise and product development, in line with wider range-planning strategy and timelines, working closely with [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Commercial Rights team
• To uphold and develop [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Rights Clearance practice and protocol, and their application in relation to merchandise, in collaboration with Senior Buyer
• To build and maintain commercially successful, mutually beneficial working relationships with third-party rights holders on behalf of the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]
• To draft, progress and manage contract negotiation for retail development and use of content licensed from third parties
• To work closely with Merchandising team to assist third-party financial administration, set-up and communication of royalty and other contract term obligations
• To work closely with Buying team to establish optimal image selection for specific range and product briefs, working within planned asset lists to advise on risk management regarding choices and uses
• To ensure the necessary permissions are acquired (e.g. copyright, credits, other IP) and manage rights data to support commercial product development, and to ensure all use of assets is as agreed, in line with contractual terms
• To act as representative of Retail team in discussions with third-party rights holders, negotiating the best deal for the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] based on commercial and costing requirements of specific product types in co-ordination with other [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] stakeholders
• To advise on legal/commercial risks and relevant copyright law, updating [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] contract templates accordingly and taking part in contract negotiations with third parties in collaboration with Buying team
• To develop an excellent working knowledge of [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] collection and to advise on where third-party IP and other rights apply
• To consider the appropriate permissions clearance of creative assets and artworks in relation to different formats and products, promotional and marketing contexts

The [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.

Our mission is to be recognised as the world's leading museum of art, design and performance, and to enrich people's lives by promoting research, knowledge and enjoyment of the designed world to the widest possible audience. We strive to make the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] matter to more people and in that context we work to the following six strategic objectives:

• To create a world class visitor and learning experience across all [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] sites and collections.
• Focus and deepen the relevance of our collections to the UK creative and knowledge economy.
• Expand the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]'s international reach, reputation and impact.
• To operate with financial and organisational initiative and efficiency.
• Showcase the best of digital design and deliver an outstanding digital experience.
• Diversify and increase private and commercial funding sources.

• Generous pension scheme
• 29 days plus bank holidays
• Flexible working
• Tickets to [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] exhibitions
• Subsidised staff canteen
• 25% discount in [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] shops
• Give as you earn scheme
• Bicycle loan
• Interest-free season ticket
• Interest-free rental deposit loan
• Free safety checks and small repairs to your bike with Doctor Bike
• Wide range of training and professional development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff diversity networks

At the [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) for all and strive to go above and beyond public duty placed upon us by the Equality Act 2010. As such, we are delighted to share that we are a Disability Confident Employer Level 2. The [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] makes the following commitments to all applications:

• The Disability Confident Employer scheme offers guaranteed interviews – Interviewing applicants with a disability who successfully evidence the essential criteria on a person specification and consider them on their abilities;
• Providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
• Making reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process so disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job.
• Supporting employees and adjustments during employment.

In some circumstances, such as when we receive a high volume of applications that meet the minimum criteria, we may not be able to guarantee an interview under the scheme. In these cases, we will interview only the highest-scoring applicants, from both people with disabilities and people without a disability.

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