Nicki Mcdermott Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

• Responsibility for acquiring formats, entertainment and Factual Entertainment programming for the BBC Studios catalogue, and ensuring the content needs are met for both the international sales teams and production partners across the globe. This includes managing format acquisition across all genres, as well as managing high level entertainment/ Fact Ent brands such as Dancing With The Stars, Top Gear and The Great British Bake Off.• Working closely with both the format/ finished tape sales teams and International Production teams on global exploitation strategy.• Managing genre strategy and pipeline, including advising on potential and rights across the business. • Key point of contact for BBC Studios genre teams and key independent suppliers to aid with development funding and identifying key global trends. This includes responsibility for ensuring all reporting in terms of financial and sales activity. • Identifying opportunities to expand and support our global production network, including strategic research work on key markets, global trends, competitors and new programming launches.• Responsible for managing the format acquisitions budget ensuring targets met and adhering to ROI.• Identifying key off screen talent and potential new targets to secure new content for the pipeline.• Management of 4 direct reports as well as being a key leader of the wider formats and production network.

London, United Kingdom

• Responsibility for acquisition of formats and entertainment programming for distribution.• Managing format acquisition across all genres, as well as maintaining investment into brands such as Dancing With The Stars and Top Gear.• Working closely with both the format sales teams and International Production team on global exploitation strategy• Managing relationships with BBC In-House Entertainment and key UK independent suppliers.• Managing genre strategy and pipeline, including advising on format potential and rights across the business.• Identifying suitable content, negotiating commercial terms for the acquisition, agreeing the key contractual terms and overseeing deals through to completion.• Identifying opportunities to expand and support our global production network, including strategic research work on key markets, global trends, competitors and new programming launches.• Responsible for format acquisitions budget.

Negotiating commercial terms for deals across the entire UKTV portfolio of channels, but with sole responsibility for the lifestyle channels. Responsible for pre sales and co-productions across lifestyle content including monitoring of production budgets and editorial consultation. Working closely with channels teams to ensure scheduling, marketing and press requirements are met.Tracking of all new content whether scripted or non-scripted to emerge from all territories, including key US content from the LA screenings. This includes having regular meetings with producers to keep track of all new content in development.

Working on the distribution of the Paramount and Dreamworks catalogues, including all current and library features.Responsible for sales in various CEE territories including Romania, Czech and Slovak Republics, Balkans and Bulgaria.Attending markets such as MIP, DISCOP and the LA Screenings.

Working on the distribution of the Sony catalogue, including all Current and library Features and Series.Responsible for sales within the UK alongside SVP of European Distribution, as well as all sales in Ireland and Africa.Negotiation of large output deals with MNET, ETV and RTE. Preparing budgets and monitoring figures throughout the fiscal year.Attending markets such as Mip, the LA Screenings and Sithengi.Overseeing the deal managers and assistants responsible for maintaining deals.

Ba 2.1, Business Studies And German

BA Hons Business Studies and German

Education record

Spent living and studying in Germany as part of degree course.