Business Development - Content

This is a Full Time Job

Are you personally responsible for getting ten of your friends to fall in love with your favorite movie, show, or band? Are you convinced that there are a ton of better ways to connect the right people with shows that they will fall in love with? Are you tougher than Ari Gold in negotiating essential deals, no matter how obscure? Do you have a graduate level understanding of filmed entertainment rights and TV economics? Are you so organized that you can you think of at least 4 distinct and equally effective ways to organize your sock drawer? This is not a normal profile, but we’re not looking for a normal person to join our Content Acquisition team.

As Hulu continues to introduce new content to audiences at an increasingly fast pace, we are looking for someone who can be involved from content sourcing through launch, and be the central touchpoint both outside and within the organization for the all things related to content during its life on Hulu. Many diverse teams across the organization will play key parts in making content successful, but this new role is ultimately responsible not only for licensing content but also for maximizing its full potential across the lifecycle. The buck stops with the this role when it comes to using all levers available to find the right content, license it on appropriate terms, reach the right audience, deliver as many content views as possible, and relentlessly analyze performance data to make course corrections in flight. This role is equal parts business judgment, quantitative analysis, project management, relationship-building, content strategy, and pure hustle. The right candidate will combine big picture strategy with incredible attention to the most minute details, will be a great “people person,” and have a well-developed taste for content.

Responsibilities

• Participate in various stages of content acquisition process, including but not limited to: formulating content strategy, sourcing new content/category opportunities, negotiating agreements, maintaining long-term partner relationships, and driving analytical support for deal process
• Create detailed financial models and presentations supporting content strategy
• Own key content relationships across content providers across Networks, Studios, independent production companies, and many others
• Responsible for using all means available to maximize audience and success for specific content and/or categories of content on Hulu.com and Hulu Plus
• Serve as evangelist for specific content and/or categories of content on Hulu
• Manage the process of driving content/category performance by leveraging relationships across all teams at Hulu, including communications, marketing, product, editorial, advertising, and operations.
• Complete long term and ad-hoc projects that drive Hulu’s overall content strategy

Qualifications

• Passion for all forms of entertainment, digital distribution, marketing, and novel business models in delivering content to consumers
• 2+ years Top Tier Consulting / Investment Banking Experience
• 3+ years of project management experience, ideally in a technology company or entertainment company
• Ability to thrive in an undefined environment, consistently taking initiative to “make magic happen” across a variety of teams full of busy talented people, prioritizing and handling multiple projects concurrently, with minimal supervision
• Strong evidence of effective communication with internal and external senior management
• Ability to get things done and hit the ground running in a fast-paced environment
• Positive attitude and willingness to take on large amounts of responsibility
• Effective communicator (verbal and written) and evangelist
• Finely honed sense of humor
• Mastery of Word, Excel, and Powerpoint
• MBA a plus

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Our small, but growing team is seeking talented people to help build a service that helps people find and enjoy the world's premium content when, where and how they want it. If you're the kind of person who obsesses over details, thrives in a collaborative environment, and jumps at the opportunity to take on new challenges, Hulu may be the place for you. We have high expectations of every member of our team, and we believe this standard helps us to deliver a service that has been described as brain-spray awesome.

Hulu is an equal opportunity employer.