London, England, United Kingdom
Results driven Content Acquisitions Specialist with 7+ years’ experience securing high value, multi territory linear and streaming rights across EMEA for NBCU International Networks and HAYU. Skilled in negotiating complex agreements with major European distributors and local independents. Adept at managing the full acquisition lifecycle — from strategic selection through to contract execution — with a proven ability to maximize budget efficiency, align pan regional rights, and deliver premium content to diverse audiences. Thrives in fast paced, deadline driven environments, building strong cross functional relationships to ensure seamless deal execution. Key Experience: • Negotiated multi territory rights packages spanning Europe, MENA, and global streaming platforms, expanding reach and meeting platform specific rights requirements. • Consistently delivered cost efficient acquisitions by leveraging pan regional deals and cross portfolio synergies. • Played a key role in onboarding premium European and studio content for multiple territories, boosting audience engagement and ratings.
• Led negotiations for high profile scripted and unscripted titles, securing optimal license fees, linear and non-linear rights packages and volume deals in alignment with strategic and budgetary targets. • Collaborated with pan EMEA acquisitions and programming teams to identify and secure content with multi territory appeal by assessing editorial fit, ensuring alignment across regional portfolios. • Oversaw end to end deal administration, including drafting agreements, managing internal approval processes, and finalizing contracts to signature.
• Supported and led negotiations and acquisitions for scripted, non scripted, and kids content, ensuring the broadest scope of rights within budget constraints. • Coordinated multi department workflows with Programming, Legal, Finance, Marketing, Research and Affiliate Sales to facilitate efficient deal completion and content availability. • Managed supplier relationships to secure first look opportunities and maintain advantageous commercial terms. • Processed licensing documentation, routed deals for approval, and managed content invoice workflows.
•Sales Administration. Managing the entire pre-sales and post-sales administration of all package, output and volume agreements for all media (Pay, Basic, Free, SVOD & FVOD) in Middle East. Preparing contract orders for package deals (by entering the sale – rights / runs / fees etc. into Cosmos) and ensure that they are swiftly signed by clients; preparing accurate availability lists through our Rights management system; administering contracts per processes above for Factual and Reality programming. •Relationship Management. Establishing and maintaining key relationships with both internal and external parties by being the point of contact for all Middle East Movies&Television Series-related queries. Advising clients of available products and follow-up with them on product selections. •Financial reporting. Administering annual figures and budgets for the Five year plan. Ensure that the financial figures in system are regularly checked and updated to reflect the current deals - working to deadlines in the annual budget calendar.
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