Manager - Syndication & Acquisition, JioCinema
Viacom18 Media Private Limited
Location
Mumbai | India
Job description
Viacom18's JioCinema is not just a streaming service; it's a movement, ushering in a new era of entertainment and sports consumption. It aspires to push beyond the traditional OTT platform boundaries, to offer an immersive, interactive viewing experience that transcends conventional viewing. JioCinema integrates real-time streaming, interactive features, and personalized recommendations, to build a more engaging and satisfying viewer experience. All of this while it continues to smash records for concurrent 'live sports' viewership and billions of digital views.
On sports, JioCinema is home to some of the biggest live sporting events such as the IPL, and global sporting IPs like FIFA, LaLiga, amongst others. On entertainment, JioCinema boasts of a robust and diverse repository of riveting originals, digital film premieres, reality series, regional content, network content and curated entertainment and sporting content, all available for free. This along with the recently introduced subscription segment presents real-time uninterrupted streaming of premium global titles from leading studios like Warner Bros. Discovery, NBCUniversal, and JioStudios establish JioCinema as the ultimate entertainment destination. As JioCinema strides towards its goal of becoming India's largest and most loved entertainment company, it is not just focused on size, but on the quality and diversity of the experiences provided. JioCinema is on a mission to ensure that every story, every game, and every piece of content finds its audience and that every audience finds its passion.
JioCinema is available for Android, iOS, and for web users on
What will you do
- Content Strategy Development: Contribute to shaping JC's content strategy by leveraging analysis, customer preferences, and market dynamics
- Partnership Identification: Identify and foster partnerships with producers, influencers, studios, TV networks, and content owners/aggregators to expand content opportunities
- Network Building: Establish and maintain robust networks within the Indian content landscape, including studios, licensors, independents, and Hindi content producers
- International Connections: Ideally, maintain a strong network across international studios, licensors, and independent distributors
- Data Analysis: Dive deep into internal and external data sources to inform strategic decision-making and content acquisition choices
- Operational Enhancement: Drive continual improvements in JC's operational relationships with content suppliers
Who should apply for this role
- Experience: Proven track record in content licensing, acquisition, or customer-facing roles within the digital media landscape
- Content Knowledge: Extensive understanding and keen interest in diverse content types, including movies, TV shows, series, short and long-form content, locally and globally
- Strategy Skills: Ability to contribute to content strategy development based on analytical insights, market understanding, and customer preferences
- Networking: Strong networking abilities, particularly among content providers in India, and preferably, internationally
- Analytical Proficiency: Skill in data analysis to inform and support decision-making processes
- Operational Expertise: Capability to enhance operational aspects in content supplier relationships, ensuring continual improvement
Viacom18 Media Pvt. Ltd. is one of India's fastest-growing entertainment networks and a house of iconic brands that offers multi-platform, multi-generational, and multicultural brand experiences. Viacom18 defines entertainment in India by touching the lives of people through its properties on air, online, on the ground, in cinemas, and merchandise. Its portfolio of 38 channels across general entertainment, movies, sports, youth, music, and kids genres delights consumers across the country with its eclectic mix of programming. JioCinema, Viacom18's OTT platform, is one of India's leading streaming services and most popular destination for live sports. Viacom18 Studios has successfully produced and distributed iconic Hindi films and clutter-breaking regional films for over 13 years in India.
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