Acting Head of International Sales & Acquisitions (Maternity Cover)

About

Together Films Sales is an international sales agency representing bold documentary and narrative films that inspire conversation and drive cultural impact. We bring a uniquely hybrid approach, pairing strong commercial sales expertise with deep experience in marketing, impact distribution and audience strategy.

We curate a select slate, giving each film the care it deserves: from sharpening pitch materials to navigating festival launches, negotiating global rights, and designing smart pathways to market that reflect both creative vision and commercial opportunity.

Our network spans premium global buyers across streaming, broadcast, theatrical and non-traditional platforms. We know how to champion complex, meaningful work, and we have the relationships and strategic insight to help it travel far and wide.

For filmmakers seeking a strategic, values-driven partner who understands the art, impact and the business of film, Together Films Sales brings passion and purpose to every project.

About the Role & Department During Maternity Cover

This is a senior role providing continuity, stability, and momentum across the Sales & Distribution department. Your key objectives during the maternity cover period are to:

• Drive revenue and secure high-quality deals
• Maintain and grow key buyer relationships
• Ensure our titles are well-positioned at markets and festivals
• Keep sales pipelines and strategic operations running smoothly

Role Responsibilities

Department Management, Cross-Team Collaboration & Reporting

• Collaborate with internal and external teams (e.g. marketing, technical, public relations, finance, operations, etc.) project-managing timelines, updating rights system, preparing deal summaries, giving senior stakeholders a clear outline of each film’s expected release plan.
• Line manage a team of two, to enable sales success and marketing excellence across theatrical, broadcast and non-theatrical opportunities for our slate.
• Maintain excellent internal communication and operational clarity with your team.
• Provide weekly departmental updates at team meetings, delivering sales performance insights, revenue forecasts, and strategic recommendations.

Sales Leadership

• Drive Together Films’ global Sales strategy, ensuring strong performance across narrative and documentary titles throughout the maternity cover period.
• Lead international sales efforts across all rights, leveraging your established network of narrative and unscripted buyers – particularly in North America, UK, Australasia, Scandinavia, Germany, Japan and Italy securing high-value placements for our slate.
• Serve as the senior buyer-facing representative, nurturing strong relationships with international broadcasters, platforms, distributors, and film festival programming teams.
• Pitch our slate with confidence and clarity in meetings, markets, and formal presentations, ensuring Together Films stands out in a competitive landscape.
• Represent TF at all major markets, including mandatory attendance at the Cannes Marché, as well as Sheffield, Venice, TIFF, MIPCOM, IDFA as required.
• Own the rights management system, ensuring the pipeline is updated in real-time and entering contracts into the database, which feed into our real-time Producer dashboards.
• Prepare concise summaries of deal terms for internal & producer approval (where applicable)
• Negotiate and draft favourable distribution/sales agreements with rights holders, sales agents, broadcasters and new media distributors;
  Be the main point of contact for producers, providing them with timely sales updates and monthly call updates in the first 6 months

Acquisitions Oversight

• Support the CEO by providing acquisition opportunities, offering early-stage commercial and creative assessment of scripted and unscripted.
• Maintain relationships with producers, agents, and managers to track upcoming titles and identify gaps/opportunities.
• Review materials for potential acquisitions and prepare initial considerations to ensure they align with TF’s slate strategy.
• Drive acquisitions through to completion.
• Prepare P&L documents for acquisition prospects, evaluating release expenses and expected revenues to balance purpose and profit.
• Negotiate legal and sign up to 12 feature titles throughout 2026, for release in 2026 -2028.

Festival Strategy & Public Representation

• Work with the Film Sales and Festivals Manager, who manages those relationships, to secure optimal placements at key Film Festivals for our titles.
• Act as a senior public representative of Together Films, confidently presenting our catalogue, pitching titles, and participating in key international market events.

Marketing, Materials & Creative Sign-Off

• Oversee all sales and marketing assets (pitch materials, screeners, decks, metadata), ensuring they are persuasive and market-ready.
• Accountable for creative approvals with external stakeholders, including sign-off on trailers, posters, artwork, synopses, loglines, and other key promotional elements, ensuring alignment with market and buyer expectations.
• Work closely with the marketing and external teams to refine release materials and maintain high-quality standards across all deliverables.

Additional Areas of Responsibility

• Oversee Non-theatrical sales strategy (led by the Film Sales Manager)
• Delivery timelines, materials QC, troubleshooting.
• Producer onboarding and asset management (supported by Marketing Executive)
• Rights tracking, CRM and dashboard oversight

This list is not exhaustive and may evolve with the needs of the department.

About You

We imagine someone who is:

• Commercially sharp and deeply sales-driven.
• A confident, persuasive pitcher and deal-closer, in meetings and festival environments.
• Experienced at major markets (Cannes essential).
• A strong communicator with impeccable materials judgment.
• Well-connected in both narrative and unscripted buyer networks, especially in the US.

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience in international film/TV sales, with a strong track record in narrative and unscripted.
• Inspirational and empathetic manager.
• Established network of US buyers (distributors, SVOD, AVOD, FAST, broadcasters).
• Proven experience pitching at festivals and markets; Cannes Marché attendance required.
• Good relationship with Festival programmers at A-List film festivals.
• Strong strategic marketing sensibility with experience creating, guiding, and approving sales and promotional materials.
• Demonstrable experience negotiating complex, high-value rights deals.
• Knowledge of the UK/US distribution landscape and global sales market, including platforms, broadcasters, and emerging media opportunities.
• Strong organisational and project management skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to work autonomously while managing multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Two references able to speak to your sales ability, line manager strengths, professionalism, and network.