Senior Marketing Planning & Operations Manager Import & Studio Relations Overview The Senior Marketing Planning & Operations Manager, Import & Studio Relations, leads the connectivity between big bet single-title campaigns emanating from UCAN, LATAM and APAC, and support for those titles in EMEA markets; as well as marketing studio relations for EMEA. In this role, the Senior Manager will oversee the end-to-end import of EMEA title campaigns - ensuring that campaigns are best set up for success to drive business impact in EMEA - and manage the comms and workflows for licensed title marketing. The Senior Marketing Planning & Operations Manager, Import & Studio Relations, will manage a small team, and report directly to the Director of EMEA Marketing Planning & Operations. As a seasoned thought partner to EMEA XF Marketing teams, and a regional representative for XF Marketing teams based in UCAN, LATAM and APAC, the Senior Manager will focus on the below four core areas of responsibility. Key Responsibilities: STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP - Build strong working relationships with Marketing stakeholders in export markets across UCAN, LATAM and APAC - with focus on the US and Korea - alongside key regional stakeholders (including Content licensing teams) in EMEA. - Manage a team to lead the import of UCAN, LATAM and APAC title campaigns, demonstrating strategic pan-EMEA campaign leadership on EMEA needs & nuances from upstream input, right through to operational campaign execution. - Develop strong strategic partnership with EMEA Marketing leaders, confidently representing the full EMEA import & licensed title slate - driving forward new workflows and identifying areas for innovation. - Determine new ways of working for Studio Relations in the region - nurturing internal (Content) and external (Studio partner - i.e. BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sony,) stakeholder relationships, building strategy & workflows for the years ahead. REGIONAL MARKETING HUB - Strong EMEA IQ/EQ, ability to distill the complexities of the region ex-EMEA. - Holistic purview on EMEA market strategies, nuances and ambitions. - Full knowledge of the global content slate & business initiatives - connecting the dots between the content slate and the business, with ability to foresee future needs. - Strong understanding of all import title & licensed title campaign execution in region, which can be consolidated & communicated to regional partners & EMEA leaders. OPERATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE - Through long-lead planning and analysis, develop workflows to proactively identify titles for EMEA import and socialise title-specific detail to best equip teams for decision-making and budget allocation. - Develop new infrastructure for Marketing Studio Relations in region - enabling EMEA partners to have greater visibility, connectivity and insights regarding the licensed slate, marketing opportunities and insights. - Inspire and ensure operational excellence across all import and licensed campaigns. - Seek innovation opportunities by identifying new workflows and tooling solutions to bring operational optimisations and efficiencies. - Lead, distill and socialise import campaign performance and learnings. TEAM MANAGEMENT - Lead a small team of seasoned, geographically-dispersed marketeers - inspiring and elevating individuals, and identifying new areas for team and personal development. - Drive Import & Studio Relations team strategy, laddering up to the overall vision of the EMEA Planning & Operations group. - Support EMEA Marketing Studio Relations specialist with issue escalation and crisis management, where relevant. - Drive ongoing innovation & efficiencies within day-to-day team ways of working, R&Rs and partner team connectivity.