Senior Literary Scout

This is a Full Time Job

Amazon Studios is looking for a seasoned literary and IP scout to provide deeper access to literary and IP material for potential option and development to screen, series and feature films. The individual in this role should have strong relationships with the publishing community, as well as the film-agent community and authors, with awareness of both established authors and up-and-coming talent / debut novelists / short story writers. Scout should have preliminary knowledge of the optioning process, and be able to discuss literary work in context of other adaptations, film comparisons, writers, and directors. They should have in-depth knowledge of the publishing world, the significance of deal-size in editorial acquisitions, knowledge of editors & corresponding taste-profiles/past works published, as well as the major publishing houses and imprints. Our literary scout is a fundamental component of our IP Team and the Studios Creative Content Team, and they will collaborate with all team members (including senior staff), as well as Amazon Studios TV and Film development teams and Business Affairs to help guide, steer, and target properties that will transform over time into high quality, surprising, and exciting films and series. The individual should be deeply passionate about their work, tenacious, and able to take a stance and support their own taste and opinion of material. They should be committed to the role and able to read quickly and make decisions under pressure, and operate with competing priorities and manage deadlines. Amazon Studios, part of the Amazon. com, Inc. group of companies, is an equal opportunity employer.

This job is ideally located in Culver City, Los Angeles, but New York is a possibility.

Qualifications

• 5 years of creative services experience
• Experience working at or with a creative or advertising agency, network, streaming service, or studio
• Experience leading process improvements and/or operations tool implementations (e.g. digital asset management tool)
• Understanding of the workflow within a marketing, production, or creative department or company
• Experience leading projects across multiple stakeholders
• Experience working with digital asset management tools
• Bachelor's degree or applicable years of experience
• Experience in the Publishing field, film and/or agency experience, have worked as a scout previously
• Be able to format routine weekly memos delineating literary properties circulating to editors, as well as those circulating from film agents to the film industry
• Be able to source manuscripts and execute rights checks
• Excellent communication skills