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VP of Product Development
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Los Angeles, CA
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WE ARE RECRUITING ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENT
Full Time
Compensation: Salary + Health
Our client is a digital entertainment startup and the largest scary content brand on digital. We make social and digital video content for a thriving audience of genre lovers (horror, paranormal, true crime, aliens, conspiracy theory, cosplayers) and have quickly built up an outward facing brand with prestigious partners. We distribute across social and mobile - our Facebook has over 2,000,000 followers alone - and work with the world's biggest movie studios (Universal, Sony, Fox, Paramount, WB) and best brands.
We need a VP of Product Development to implement and execute strategies - effectively to grow 'product lines' that derive from our content, brand and successful intellectual property, primarily in two categories.
FIRST: He/She will collaborate directly with the VP of Distribution and VP of Franchise Development to craft a merchandizing and hard product strategy that turns our character/IP universe into cool things (think T-shirts, phone cases, books, Funko dolls) that can be sold directly to fans.
SECOND: He/She will develop our existing content release pipeline into BRANDED CONTENT offerings to new and existing clients interested in ''Sponsoring, Placing or Integrating'' with our inventory. Exciting opportunity to work with a leading niche brand and guide early stage product lines with tons of opportunity to grow and guide your own path.
Responsibilities
Identifying needs for new products, creating the strategy/plan for the creation of those product and then executing to 'deliver' those products
Analyze customer/fan research, current market conditions and competitor info, drop that into model and present to CEO/COO, then execute that plan!
Bring existing relationships with merch and hard product 'vendors' relationships and partnerships (Hard products will be produced externally)
Executive oversight of project management (while product is in production) including cost related functions, (modeling, tracking, negotiating costs) to ensure on time, on budget delivery of products
Grow our existing Branded Content business, come up with cool sponsorship opportunities other brands want to activate around our thriving digital video business.
Qualifications
BA/BS
3-5+ years experience developing and launching hard products (i.e. Merch) from digital brands absolute must demonstrate experience/ability to create 'cool stuff' from digital brands or video content businesses (do you have a portfolio of the stuff you championed over the last couple years that people bought and loved?)
Able to build concise and striking pitch decks to ''sell'' ideas and initiatives internally and externally on a weekly basis
Insanely motivated, over achiever, learning animal and smart creative
Experience in either Branded Content or Integrated Marketing a major plus
Team player attitude yet autonomous worker bee drive who is willing to make work and success of the company an absolute priority
Job Type: Full-time
Job Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Required education:
Bachelor's
Required experience:
Creating Products from Digital Content: 3 years
Product Development: 2 years
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.
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WE ARE RECRUITING ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENT
Full Time
Compensation: Salary + Health
Our client is a digital entertainment startup and the largest scary content brand on digital. We make social and digital video content for a thriving audience of genre lovers (horror, paranormal, true crime, aliens, conspiracy theory, cosplayers) and have quickly built up an outward facing brand with prestigious partners. We distribute across social and mobile - our Facebook has over 2,000,000 followers alone - and work with the world's biggest movie studios (Universal, Sony, Fox, Paramount, WB) and best brands.
We need a VP of Product Development to implement and execute strategies - effectively to grow 'product lines' that derive from our content, brand and successful intellectual property, primarily in two categories.
FIRST: He/She will collaborate directly with the VP of Distribution and VP of Franchise Development to craft a merchandizing and hard product strategy that turns our character/IP universe into cool things (think T-shirts, phone cases, books, Funko dolls) that can be sold directly to fans.
SECOND: He/She will develop our existing content release pipeline into BRANDED CONTENT offerings to new and existing clients interested in ''Sponsoring, Placing or Integrating'' with our inventory. Exciting opportunity to work with a leading niche brand and guide early stage product lines with tons of opportunity to grow and guide your own path.
Responsibilities
Identifying needs for new products, creating the strategy/plan for the creation of those product and then executing to 'deliver' those products
Analyze customer/fan research, current market conditions and competitor info, drop that into model and present to CEO/COO, then execute that plan!
Bring existing relationships with merch and hard product 'vendors' relationships and partnerships (Hard products will be produced externally)
Executive oversight of project management (while product is in production) including cost related functions, (modeling, tracking, negotiating costs) to ensure on time, on budget delivery of products
Grow our existing Branded Content business, come up with cool sponsorship opportunities other brands want to activate around our thriving digital video business.
Qualifications
BA/BS
3-5+ years experience developing and launching hard products (i.e. Merch) from digital brands absolute must demonstrate experience/ability to create 'cool stuff' from digital brands or video content businesses (do you have a portfolio of the stuff you championed over the last couple years that people bought and loved?)
Able to build concise and striking pitch decks to ''sell'' ideas and initiatives internally and externally on a weekly basis
Insanely motivated, over achiever, learning animal and smart creative
Experience in either Branded Content or Integrated Marketing a major plus
Team player attitude yet autonomous worker bee drive who is willing to make work and success of the company an absolute priority
Job Type: Full-time
Job Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Required education:
Bachelor's
Required experience:
Creating Products from Digital Content: 3 years
Product Development: 2 years
NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.
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