As a Market Analyst, you will be responsible for managing one of the lines of activities of the Department (film industry, audiovisual services and players, on-demand markets, TV fiction production and gender), including:

• developing medium-term perspectives and project concepts for the development of the line of activity you will be in charge of;
• proposing annual work programmes;
• personally taking charge of several projects within the activity line, encompassing drafting reports and updating databases;
• ensuring the quality of the related reports and databases;
• coordinating and supervising junior analysts, either attached to the line of activity or on a project-by-project basis;
• maintaining and developing personal networks of industry contacts;
• representing the Observatory and promoting its work as an expert in your line of activity, both internally as well as to Observatory stakeholders, in particular by speaking at Observatory and third party events;
• managing the relationships with the data providers relevant to your line of activity;
• developing the editorial concept and content of Observatory events.

You must:

• hold a higher education degree or qualification equivalent to a bachelor’s degree (1st cycle of the Bologna process framework of qualifications for the European Higher Education Area) in economics, management, statistics or in a relevant subject in the audiovisual field;
• have at least 4 years of relevant experience in one or more of the following areas: film / audiovisual / video games, in a role mainly dedicated to data driven analysis of market structures and developments ;
• have a very good knowledge of one of the two official languages of the Council of Europe (English);
• have a good knowledge of the other (French).

You must also:

• be a citizen of one of the member States of the Council of Europe and fulfil the conditions for appointment to the civil service of that state;
• have discharged any obligation concerning national service (military, civil or comparable);
• not be the parent, child, stepchild or grandchild of a serving staff member of the Council of Europe;
• be under the age of 65 years.

Your application must demonstrate to what extent you have the competencies listed below. To help you doing so, feel free to consult our competency framework.

Key competencies

• Managerial - Management of teams
• Operational - Planning and work organisation
• Operational - Analysis and problem solving
• Operational - Concern for quality
• Professional and technical expertise:
  
  
  • a strong knowledge of one or more segments of the film / audiovisual / video games sectors along with its value chain, and ideally at the European level;
  • existing network of professional contacts in the film/audiovisual sector;
  • strong experience in designing and managing research projects in the film / audiovisual / video games sector;
  • experience in coaching other team members;
  • strong communication skills (drafting skills and proven experience in providing public presentations);
  • expertise with IT-based data analysis (e.g. advanced Excel, Business Intelligence tools etc.).

Desirable competencies

• Operational - Creativity and innovation
• Operational - Results orientation
• Interpersonal - Relationship building
• Professional and technical expertise:
  
  
  • experience with the responsible use of generative AI tools in research, data analysis and report drafting;
  • networking skills;
  • experience in working within teams and in a multicultural professional environment.