Amazon and MX Player recently joined forces to accelerate premium free entertainment for 250 million users in India. With this acquisition, Amazon merged two of India’s most popular free AVOD (or ad-supported video on demand) services – MX Player and Amazon miniTV into one service - Amazon MX Player.
Amazon MX Player is Amazon India’s big bet in terms of shaping the future of the free AVOD landscape in India. We are looking for senior creative leader, who can help shape our brand and creatives for our new exciting show slate. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to work in a start-up like environment and is passionate about building clutter breaking creatives / marketing campaigns to build viewer interest for our new shows.
You can read about the service here:
- https://www.aboutamazon.in/news/entertainment/amazon-minitv-mx-player-merger
- https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/amazon-merges-minitv-with-mx-player-to-create-a-free-streaming-giant/articleshow/114007982.cms
We are seeking an experienced, dynamic content development executive to assist in the development and production of series in Hindi. The candidate should be well connected within the Media and Entertainment industry and have significant development and production experience. A track record of success in creating content strategy based on customer insights be preferred. The candidate should be able to identify and develop an idea and see it through its development and execution. Must have deep relationships with the Indian talent - writers and the wider creative community and a passion for innovation.
The role will have responsibility for understanding the target audience, building a pipeline of projects. The candidate will have to work closely with the internal as well as external stakeholders and leverage their learning/expertise.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is an entrepreneurial minded candidate, wants to work in a start-up like environment, has 8+ experience in working with content creators , writers, and studios, and help create global first wins for Amazon.- 7+ years of creative executive experience
- 5+ years of series development experience
- 10+ years of unscripted development and current programming in network/studio and production company roles experience
- Experience working with other departments such as casting, production, research, PR, business and legal affairs
- Experience overseeing all creative aspects of development production and post production- Knowledge of the US media landscape
- Experience developing content that is award nominated, or from a broadcast network or streaming platform
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