The Acquisition Specialist leads the acquisition of content for specific segments. He/She identifies opportunities to acquire content and manages all aspects of the acquisition process. He/She evaluates content from both creative and commercial perspectives and recommends their acquisition. He/She also leads a team that delivers acquisition opportunities.
Roles & responsibilities
- Analyse content consumption patterns to identify key trends across genres or customer segments.
- Build an understanding of audience needs and expectations.
- Engage industry bodies, content producers and other key industry players.
- Execute the contracting process following successful licensing negotiations.
- Focus on acquisitions based on stock fulfilment requirements for specific genres or time slots.
- Identify content acquisition opportunities.
- Inspect content acquisition contracts for adherence to licensing terms and overall risk management.
- Manage research projects to identify potential content concepts and types.
- Oversee accurate recording of rights agreements in the rights management systems.
- Perform analysis and valuation of new deals to support decision making.
- Provide input and assist in content licensing negotiations for financial analysis and technical requirements
Job Requirement:3 years plus of digital media sales experienceExperience selling SEO is a plusA proven track record of achieving and exceeding goals in a digital media sales role.Able to work/learn in fast paced environment.Team playerArabic desirable