This is a fixed term contract to cover parental leave for 6 months.
The way we watch video content is changing. Online video services are providing new content in ever exciting and easier ways to watch. At the forefront of this movement is Prime Video, creating and distributing new, innovative and prestigious exclusive content to our customers. Become part of the change, and help develop and define the video content the next generation of Amazon customers will watch.
As Content Acquisition Manager within Prime Video, you love films and TV, and make it your mission to help identify the best possible content to attract, engage and retain our customers in Spain. You know that you will have to apply your deep analytical skills to make the case for a given acquisition, both qualitatively (the ‘what’ and ‘where’ and ‘from who’) and quantitatively (the ‘how’ and ‘when’).
And you will support a content category to the point where you will assess the efficacy of your past recommendations, to inform recommendations to Prime Video leadership regarding future acquisition decisions and feed into the larger vision we create as a team.
Your proficiency with Excel and SQL is advanced and these tools feel like natural extensions of your analytical capabilities. Moreover, you're a problem solver who takes initiative, tackling challenges with enthusiasm and determination.
You possess excellent writing abilities, crafting compelling arguments that address potential counterpoints and alternative perspectives. Your collaborative approach is matched by your excellent stakeholder management skills, as you balance priorities while managing expectations of both internal teams and external partners.
Your day-to-day activities to achieve measurable results will include the following:
- Advising on key areas of the ES catalogue within Prime Video, contributing to our forward-looking content strategy, budgetary considerations and consequently, recommending content for acquisition to senior leadership
- Understanding the acquisition process, supporting sourcing, evaluating and launching film and TV to reach Prime Video’s goals
- Supporting all aspects of the content acquisition process, including building analytical models to show value from titles, analyzing results to drive improvements and collaboration with internal teams on processes to manage content and contracts internally (marketing, public relations, finance, accounting, operations, publishing etc.)
- Understand and set targets for the performance of your content category within Prime Video
- Ability to translate business problems into analytical tasks and communicate results back to a business audience
- Fluent in English and Spanish
- Ability to dive into data and identify useful patterns to solve problems
- Ability to use and modify data tables, access SQL queries and export data
- Experience with database programmes/tables and CRM systems
- Good interpersonal skills and client facing attitude
- Experience supporting negotiation of large-scale contracts
- Experience supporting licensing third-party media content
- Additional language-skills desirable
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