Strategy and Innovation

• Build and implement new, scalable workflows for both promotional and non-promotional licensing out of clips/stills from Netflix’s growing content and asset libraries.
• Establish and own strategic roadmap for the new initiative, prioritizing most impactful areas to the business.
• Proactively identify workflow/operational pain-points and opportunities; spearhead and socialize innovation and continuous improvements.
• Liaise with broad set of cross-functional partners like Business & Legal Affairs, Content, PR, Marketing, Operations, Knowledge Management, Rights Management, Finance and others on i) identifying/prioritizing clip/still licensing opportunities and workflows ii) implementing solutions and iii) processing requests efficiently and effectively.
• Create, socialize and implement rate cards, license terms, and policies for clip and still licensing.

Management of Clip/Still Requests

• Field a high volume of internal and external clip/still licensing requests, partnering with internal teams to negotiate terms, obtain necessary approvals and flow assets to licensees efficiently and effectively.
• Develop and refine clip/still licensing form agreements to ensure enterprise-wide consistency.
• Draft and negotiate bespoke license requests as required by the business.
• Identify and implement automated solutions, leveraging pre-approved assets, forms and rates.
• Ensure proper license management, upload and tagging into our contracts database.
• Potentially source, evaluate and oversee vendors as needed to support the strategy and operations of the department.

Tracking, Data & Insights

• Collaborate with the Marketing & IP Legal Operations team to configure systems, business processes, and build reports and dashboards based on business requirements.  
• Develop insights, including financial insights, from licensing data sets to help inform future strategies.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Deep clip and still licensing experience in a film entertainment studio, production company, or media agency.  
• Established relationships and experience working with archival libraries (Getty, Shutterstock, etc.)
• High level of proficiency building complex databases in Airtable, Google Suite Enterprise.
• Experience negotiating license-out agreements, setting rate cards, and managing large sets of transactions.  
• Experience developing, launching and managing complex and sometimes ambiguous projects, with a broad set of stakeholders.
• Proven track record of successful project management from inception to launch.
• Substantial experience in the entertainment or related content-creation industry.
• At least 7 years of related work experience.
• Fluency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Slack, Airtable, rights management databases, and Google Suite. 

ABOUT YOU

• High level of organization, detail orientation and ability to time-manage across multiple deadlines
• Ability to respond positively to change and be receptive to new ideas
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively cross-functionally, think practically and be solution-oriented
• Ability to work across borders with multicultural EQ
• Advocate for inclusion and diversity 
• Demonstrated good judgment and strong critical thinking skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work proactively, independently and reliably under tight timeframes in a fast-paced environment