Edinburgh TV Festival - Supported by Screen Scotland

About the Company

The Edinburgh International Television Festival brings together all parts of the television and digital world to celebrate the creativity, diversity and inspirational talent in our field, and to debate the major issues facing us as an industry. The Festival draws over 2,000 delegates from the world's major networks and production companies.

We’ve attracted some of the world’s most influential and exciting figures to take part in the Festival, including: Sir David Attenborough, Charlie Brooker, Michaela Coel, Steve Coogan, Simon Cowell, Russell T. Davies, Rob Delaney, Martin Freeman, Ricky Gervais, Vince Gilligan, Al Gore, Hugh Grant, Sharon Horgan, Cherylee Houston, Gale Anne Hurd, Armando Iannucci, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rupert Murdoch, David Olusoga, Adam Pearson, Ted Sarandos, Louis Theroux, Jack Thorne, Ted Turner and Phoebe Waller-Bridge amongst many others.

The Edinburgh TV Festival is wholly owned by The TV Foundation, a charitable organisation with a mission to identify and nurture the next generation of talent, whatever their background. All profits from the Festival go to support our year-round activity: the New Voice Awards and our Talent Schemes – The Network (formerly known as TVYP) gives brand new entrants a vital first step into the TV and digital industries while Ones to Watch (formerly known as Fast Track) supports those at the early stages of their career. Our newest scheme TV PhD brings the worlds of academia and TV together, discovering new expert voices.

The Festival takes place every August in the heart of Edinburgh festival season.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Edinburgh TV Festival - Supported by Screen Scotland

Job Title

Awards & Networking Manager

Job Description

Benefits
Salary: £32,000 pa pro rata
Full time, Fixed Term Contract: 4.5 months from April 2025
The role is based primarily in the Festival’s central London offices, with some degree of flexible working, but an average of 3 days in office per week. Plus, up to six days spent in Edinburgh over the Festival period in August from the 18th to 23rd. Travel to and accommodation in Edinburgh for this week is provided by the Festival.
The Edinburgh Television Festival is committed to valuing diversity and seeks to provide all staff with the opportunity for employment, career and personal development on the basis of ability, qualifications and suitability for the work as well as their potential to be developed into the job.
We endeavour to support flexibility around hours as well as working from home requests, subject to business needs and operational requiremen
About the Role
The Edinburgh TV Festival is looking for an Awards & Networking Manager to support the delivery of the 2025 TV Awards, and industry networking strand including Speed Meetings, Meet-Ups and Round Table events.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the team behind one of the industry’s biggest events. The successful applicant will work across all aspects of the Festival and gain knowledge and experience of how a major international event is run. The role is based primarily in the Festival’s central London offices, with up to eight days spent in Edinburgh over the Festival period in August from the 17th to 22nd. Travel to and accommodation in Edinburgh for this week is provided by the Festival.
Key Responsibilities:
Awards
First point of contact for all TV Awards queries
Track entries and revenue against targets
Identify areas for growth and direct comms accordingly
Oversee the judging process
Populate the juries with support of senior management
Manage nominees and their ceremony participation
Work with the Awards Ceremony Producer
Networking strand
Target and recruit Speed Meeting Hosts
Programme Meet-Ups schedule and recruit hosts
Programme Round Tables schedule and recruit hosts
Brief and approve marketing assets
Manage Speed Meeting applications
Ensure both hosts and delegates are prepared to attend their meetings
Manage team of stewards on site in Edinburgh to deliver the programme
Person Specification:
Essential:
Demonstrable experience of having sole responsibility for key admin tasks
Experience working in a live events or production setting
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
Knowledge and experience of working with or in the TV industry
Desirable  
Experience of Awards entry management/processing
Experience of working for a festival or non-profit arts/media organisation
Experience working with Airtable and/or BAFTA Nucleus or similar online databases and awards management systems
How To Apply
Timeline:
Application deadline: Wednesday 2 April at midnight
Interview process: We will conduct rolling interviews from w/c 31 March, so we recommend not waiting until the final deadline to submit your application.
Planned role start date: 7 April 2025 – negotiable according to availability
We support diversity and inclusion and actively welcome and encourage applicants from under-represented groups, both of non-white ethnicity and/or those who identify as D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent. If you let us know you belong to any of these groups in your cover letter and meet our minimum requirements we guarantee you will be invited for a first round interview.

London, United Kingdom

Hybrid

31-03-2025