Amazon Studios is the movies and television development and production arm of Amazon. It is our role to produce original content and license studio programs worldwide in exclusive service of Amazon’s SVOD (Prime Video), AVOD (Freevee), and FAST (Channels) customers.
Amazon Studios’ Original Content for Prime Video is available to global Prime members, bringing customers our critically-acclaimed Amazon Original Series and Movies such as Coming 2 America, Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty, The Boys, Wheel of Time, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Underground Railroad, and Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse and Jack Ryan; hit Local Originals from around the world including Made in Heaven, Mirzapur and The Family Man from India; The Grand Tour from the UK; and LOL: Last One Laughing (now available in Italy, India, France. Now available in more than 240 countries and territories, Prime Video offers customers the broadest selection of any on-demand video service, including Germany, Mexico, and more); plus exclusives and live sports.
Amazon Freevee (formerly known as IMDb TV) launched in 2019 as a free, streaming, ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) service replete with a library of licensed content that enabled customers to watch hit TV shows, top Hollywood movies and more without purchasing a subscription. Amazon Studios’ creative leadership of Freevee – both for licensed content and its push into Originals – complements the Prime Video offering.
Amazon Freevee offers viewers compelling Originals in an ad-supported environment, including Bosch: Legacy, the spinoff of the Prime Video drama series Bosch; the Emmy-winning court program Judy Justice; the comedy series Sprung; the reality series Hollywood Houselift with Jeff Lewis; rom-com feature Love Accidentally; music documentary Post Malone: Runaway; spy thriller Alex Rider; Australian crime drama Troppo; and the sports docuseries UNINTERRUPTED’s Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers. Combined with an always updating library of broadly appealing hit movies and TV shows across a wide selection of genres, a catalog of more than 100 FAST channels, and now available in the UK and Germany, Freevee delivers customers the content they would expect to see on a paid service.
The AVOD Original Content & Programming team at Amazon Studios is shaping the future of digital video entertainment. Our mission is to build earth’s most customer-centric premium ad-supported video services, free and convenient for hundreds of millions of customers to enjoy. We are seeking seeking a Creative Head of 1P and Exclusive FAST Channels who can build on our early success, pioneer new programs for customers, and help define our future as we expand our channel offerings for customers.
We are looking for a strategic, creative, savvy, and analytical digital content media executive to lead creative strategy, development, licensing, and programming for our 1P and Exclusive Channels Business. This individual will be responsible for helping to define and, in turn, to execute the content strategy for TV and movie content on our global 1P and Exclusive FAST Channels with a focus on driving customer engagement for Studios’ newest content distribution vertical. Reporting to the Head of AVOD Original Content & Programming, this individual will work in a highly collaborative environment, and be responsible for key aspects of the business including defining the content strategy, working within a team to negotiate deals with content partners and collaborating with marketing to drive customer and engagement growth.
In addition to strong creative skills, a background handling complex negotiations, and experience with content rights and value, the ideal candidate is a data-driven critical thinker who has an attention to detail, an ability to juggle multiple priorities, is cool under pressure, and isn’t afraid to roll sleeves up as needed. This individual must have experience in working with US and international content owners, negotiating agreements at a high volume, developing new business models, delivering results in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, and a deep understanding of the global content landscape. This individual must have the ability to clearly and concisely communicate thoughts and ideas, both written and verbally, and think outside of one’s direct sphere of responsibility. This position is ideally located in the US (NYC or LA).
It is our role to produce and distribute original content as well as license TV and Movies worldwide in service of AVOD customers. Are you interested in shaping the future of movies and television? Do you want to define the next generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching? Amazon has one of the leading digital video services on the Internet today, and we’re just getting started changing the way millions of people enjoy content. We need your passion, innovative ideas, and creativity to help take us to new heights.
Key job responsibilities
Help define, drive and execute the content strategy for Amazon’s 1P and Exclusive FAST Channels business
– Build a plan to have the most compelling content for customers
– Develop and document development and acquisition plans, financial metrics and goals for senior management
– Use customer behavior, usage and consumption data to inform decision-making.
– Lead all aspects of programming and negotiations, including content selection, financial analysis, forecasting, and technical requirements
– Build and manage relationships with key producers and content providers
– Drive continuous improvement in all operational aspects of Amazon’s relationship with its digital content suppliers
– Manage all aspects of content negotiations regarding content selection, financial analysis, forecasting, and technical requirements
– Work with in-house and external legal counsels
– Collaborate with internal teams across all functional areas within Freevee (e.g., Marketing, Public Relations, Business Strategy, Finance, Operations, etc.), AVOD Originals development teams, and Content Licensing partners within Freevee and Prime Video
– Use behavior, usage and consumption data to inform decision-making
– Work closely with Amazon Video leaders to develop new services and product offerings
– Maintain a can-do attitude and a willingness and flexibility to solve problems at short notice, using any tools necessary
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Culver City, CA, USA | New York, NY, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
– Multiple years of experience negotiating complex licensing or business development agreements
– Multiple years’ experience in a high volume account management, content licensing, business development or finance role.
– Multiple years’ experience with quantitative analytics (e.g. ability to use and modify data sets in Excel)
– Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
– MBA
– Previous experience in consulting
– Solid understanding of digital video distribution technologies
– Proven track record demonstrating the ability to negotiate complex license and/or business development agreements
– Content licensing and/or business development experience in the US, UK and other global markets and territories
– Good contacts and relationships across the video media industry
– Ability to work with and influence peer teams internationally
– Commercial thinking with strong analytical and problem solving skills
– Understand product and technical requirements and interface with Product/Technology teams.
– Entrepreneurial drive/initiative
– Must be enthusiastic, enjoy working hard and getting things done, and demonstrate sound judgment even in ambiguous situations
– Analytical and quantitative skills (e.g. ability to use and modify data sets in Excel, write SQL queries and export data, etc.)
– Deep knowledge of the TV and digital video market.
– Passion for film, television, entertainment, etc.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $145,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $240,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.