Personal Assistant

Fremantle; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading media production company as an Executive Assistant in a strategic role within the Distribution division. This position requires strong organizational skills and the ability to manage complex schedules and travel logistics for senior leadership. You will be instrumental in facilitating high-level engagements and ensuring seamless decision-making. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a proactive mindset, this opportunity offers a chance to contribute to a globally recognized team dedicated to creating compelling content. Enjoy a hybrid working model and a range of benefits that support your professional growth.

Benefits

Generous company pension

Summer Fridays

Audience tickets

Employee assistance programme

Access to free courses and training

Local discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Volunteer days

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy international organization supporting senior individuals.
• Ability to manage complex schedules and travel logistics.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex diaries for senior leadership.
• Coordinate international travel and logistics.
• Support event logistics and budgets.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Time Management

Problem-Solving

Confidential Information Management

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Join the place creatives call home!Fremantle is a world leader in creating, producing and distributing across Entertainment, Drama, Film and Documentary content.Our formats are some of the most successful of all time, and our series and films are watched in 180 countries around the world.

From critically acclaimed dramas like The Responder, starring Martin Freeman, award winning films including Paolo Sorrentino’s Oscar nominated The Hand of God to incredible entertainment like The Rap Game, Too Hot to Handle, The Apprentice and Britain’s Got Talent, we make shows with global appeal.

Our Distribution division has dedicated sales offices in 10 countries, and distributes worldwide. We work with the Fremantle group companies and some of the world's best independent producers and content creators to create, acquire, develop, finance, co-produce, sell and market new formats and finished programming.

Alongside our new content, we also have one of the world’s largest collection of formats and finished programmes, totalling more than 40,000 hours, with rights available across regions and platforms.

Our Purpose

We aspire to tell stories that connect people around the world. We believe our shows should reflect and celebrate the world we live in and we want to create irresistible entertainment and engage with our audience. To achieve this, we must have people from all backgrounds and cultures working in our teams and on our shows, and we commit to creating opportunities for talent by being inclusive in all that we do.

The Role

This role is a strategic position in the Distribution division. It requires foresight, proactive problem-solving, and the ability to act as a key business partner to senior leadership. The ideal candidate will not only manage complex schedules and travel logistics but also anticipate needs, provide thoughtful solutions, and streamline operations to maximise efficiency.

With strong business acumen and excellent organisational skills, this individual will be instrumental in ensuring seamless decision-making and facilitating high-level engagements. Their ability to work autonomously, maintain confidentiality, and liaise effectively with international stakeholders makes them an indispensable asset to the leadership team.

Key Activities and Responsibilities:

• To proactively manage the complex, fast paced and ever-changing diaries for the EVP and VP.
• Extensive international travel management, including visas, accommodation, complex travel itineraries, restaurant booking management and complex meeting schedules especially during key periods such as markets i.e. MIPTV and MIPCOM
• Support with coordinating and managing the logistics and budgets for all events for the division, this includes but is not limited to: International Sales Conference, Town Halls, Office Socials
• Meet and greet internal and external clients, taking messages and fielding queries whilst being the brand ambassador for Fremantle International. This will require adept handling of both creative and commercial stakeholders
• Coordinating meeting room bookings, hospitality and technical aspects as required
• Processing purchase orders, invoices and expenses
• Producing PowerPoint and other presentations
• Key department liaison for all IT and facilities requests – experience with Mac and PC required
• Involved with training new assistant team members and providing holiday cover for other EAs and PAs
• Ad hoc tasks as required

Key competencies and qualifications:

• Demonstrable experience in a busy matrix international organisation, with a proven track record of supporting multiple senior individuals
• Proactive and positive can-do attitude
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills
• Experience of managing confidential information
• Strong problem-solving skills and accuracy and administration; be highly self-motivated
• Experience of working under pressure and multi-tasking and using one’s own initiative
• Ability to prioritise and work to tight deadlines
• Resilient and proactive mind-set with a flexible approach to daily workload
• Ability to work independently
• Excellent attention to detail
• Professional presentation and demeanour with strong written and verbal communication skills
• This role demands a flexible approach and team player attitude
• Excellent M/S Office skills including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Team-player and able to work within a diverse team with many local and international internal and external stakeholders at all levels up to a very senior level
• Diplomatically and culturally sensitive

Our benefits include: generous company pension, summer Fridays, audience tickets, hybrid working, employee assistance programme, access to free courses and training, local discounts, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, and volunteer days.

Fremantle is part ofRTL Group, a global leader across broadcast, content and digital, itself a division of the international media giantBertelsmann.

For more information, please visitFremantle.com, follow us @FremantleHQorvisitourLinkedInand Facebookpages.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Administrative

• Industries

  Media Production

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