Head of Content & Supply
$180k - $240k/yr+ Discretionary bonus + Options
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Beijing, China+1 moreMore locations: Mountain View, CA, USA
In PersonThe role works across the US and China.
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About the job
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in short drama, web fiction, or digital video, including at least 2 years in content acquisition, distribution, or content strategy at an overseas short-drama platform or leading Chinese platform.
- An established China-side supply network, with existing relationships with studios, AI studios, or rights holders and the ability to start first deals within 30 days.
- Verifiable experience selecting or signing successful titles, supported by performance data.
- Ability to use completion, conversion, and per-title return on investment data to make decisions and revise judgments based on testing.
- Strong negotiation and deal-structuring skills across buyout, minimum guarantee, and revenue-share models.
- Professional fluency in English and Mandarin, including the ability to read US audience data and feedback.
- Belief in the open-platform model, with transparency and data attracting better supply than exclusivity.
Responsibilities
- Own content supply strategy across professional-generated content from Chinese studios and AI studios, overseas platform catalogs, and US creators, as well as user-generated content; be accountable for catalog scale, quality, and return.
- Define selection criteria and content-tagging taxonomy, and co-build a title-selection system with the data team using scoring, testing, and feedback calibrated by performance data including click-through rate, completion, paid conversion, and per-title return.
- Build and manage relationships with more than 50 suppliers and rights holders; lead acquisition negotiations, contracts, and launches; secure premiere and exclusivity windows; and avoid over-exposed catalog titles.
- After the first wave of China-side supply is live, work with the US Creator Relations lead to design a creator fund, partnership models, and revenue-share rules for US-based creators.
- Track US, China, and global charts and audience trends, and publish insights for internal teams and creators about what performs with the audience.
- Partner with Growth on scaling strategies for titles that perform well in testing, and conduct post-mortems on hits and misses.
- Hire and lead content operations, supplier business development, and creator relations.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with a creator fund, creator program, or multi-channel network.
- Familiarity with AI short-drama production and leading AI studios, including the ability to judge AI-drama quality and cost.
- Connections to US film schools, independent production, or writer communities.
- Experience operating TikTok or YouTube short-drama channels or revenue-share programs.
- At least 2 years of team-management experience.
- Deep familiarity with US mainstream audience tastes and cultural context.
About the company
NewsBreak runs a free app and website that gather local and national news for readers across the United States and sort it by ZIP code and by each reader's interests. In 2022, it launched a national network of independent local writers to cover communities that get little attention from traditional media. Its software pulls articles from local outlets, national publishers, and its own contributors into a single feed, and the app sends nearby alerts about crime, weather, and traffic. NewsBreak makes money by selling ads, including to local businesses, and shares ad revenue with partner publishers. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Mountain View, California.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$139.8M
Headquarters
Mountain View, California
Founded
2015
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Work reaches a national audience: NewsBreak serves 40 million monthly US users and runs 100,000 ad campaigns a month.
- New businesses create room to grow: 11 of NewsBreak's 58 openings in October 2026 staff new AI and video ventures.
- Its article linking won on appeal: an August 2026 ruling cleared it of copyright display claims, though one claim continues.
What critics are saying
- Neighborhood app Nextdoor competes for local readers: it carried news from over 4,000 local publishers by February 2026.
- Stock options lack a recent price: NewsBreak's last announced funding was a $115 million round in January 2021.
- Expect office-based work: only 2 of NewsBreak's 58 open jobs in October 2026 allow remote work.
What makes NewsBreak unique
- Email is a second front door: about 30 million people get NewsBreak's personalized newsletters, with 50 million sent daily.
- It opens its tech to publishers: Weather.com cut ad review work 80% using ClearStream, NewsBreak's AI screener, by December 2025.
- Its playbook comes from China: its CEO modeled NewsBreak on Yidian Zixun, the Beijing news app he started after Yahoo.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- 401(k) Company Match
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
- Commuter Benefits
- Team Activity Budget