Responsibilities :
Supplier Engagement & Catalogue Management:
- Proactively reach out to all suppliers to collect their latest content catalogues for upcoming acquisitions.
- Review: Conduct detailed evaluations of all received titles, assessing relevance, appeal, and alignment with platform strategy.
- Shortlist titles based on platform needs, genre balance, and performance trends.
- Compile the recommended titles and submit them to your manager for review and approval.
Deal Finalization & Legal Coordination:
Planning & Scheduling:
- Lead weekly alignment meetings with planners on monthly content plans and publishing timelines.
- Input all confirmed titles into Airtable to support planning and Media Delivery workflows.
- Work with planners to determine optimal release dates, ensuring a well‑balanced and strategic publishing schedule.
Marketing Coordination:
- Flag high impact or key titles that require marketing support.
- Collaborate with the Marketing Team to shape curation strategies and share upcoming marketing plans.
- Ensure marketing campaigns and release schedules are fully aligned for maximum visibility and reach.
Budget & Financial Tracking:
- Provide deal numbers and title costs to the Shahid Budget Team every two weeks.
- Maintain a detailed Excel sheet tracking all fees, verifying accuracy against contracts.
- Request house and deal numbers from Rights Management to enable Media Delivery processes.
Delivery & Release Management:
- Introduce the Media Delivery Team to suppliers once deals are approved to facilitate coordination.
- Track delivery timelines closely to avoid delays and ensure timely publication.
- Issue Resolution: Address delivery related issues promptly to keep release plans on schedule.
Arabic Content Management:
- Manage Arabic content through the same acquisition and publishing workflow as international content.
- Prepare and review CMS legal drafts for Arabic titles to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Invoice Handling: Process Arabic title invoices then log, receipt and initiate invoices for Finance.
Performance Analysis & Reporting:
- Conduct monthly performance reviews of published titles with your manager.
- Generate performance insights related to audience engagement, viewership, and ROI.
- Use data findings to guide acquisition decision and refine content strategy.
Requirements:
• 2–3 years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
• Proven ability to read and understand contracts
• Strong attention to detail
• Responsible, reliable, and proactive
• Confident and able to take initiative
• Excellent communication skills
• Patient, understanding, and supportive
• Able to be firm when needed
• Fluent in English
MBC GROUP is the largest and leading media company in the Middle East and North Africa, dedicated towards enriching lives through information, interaction, and entertainment.
With a rich history of growth and expansion, MBC GROUP’s first presence came to London in 1991 in the form of the private satellite TV channel, MBC1. A decade later, MBC GROUP relocated its headquarters to Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates, in 2002.
Building on its immense success in recent times, MBC GROUP proudly inaugurated its new headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in September 2022.
With a commitment to serving audiences worldwide and featuring in key markets, MBC GROUP is home to a plethora of iconic brands, departments, and entities that include TV and radio offerings, a streaming platform, production and talent houses, and more.
Today, MBC GROUP operates over 13 free-to-air TV channels and 3 radio stations, such as the flagship MBC1, as well as MBC2, MBC3, MBC4, MBC5, MBC MASR, MBC IRAQ, and MBC LOUD FM.
The Group also operates Shahid, the world’s leading Arabic streaming platform that’s home to highly rated original productions from the Arab world, a wide range of exclusive series, movies and other premieres, as well as live TV channels, sports, kids offering, international content, and more.
MBC GROUP is also home to MBC STUDIOS, a global production powerhouse, born to realize the unrivalled, untapped storytelling potential of the Middle East.
With a mission to mentor, educate, and nurture the talent of tomorrow, MBC GROUP runs MBC ACADEMY, an educational and training platform with the mission to discover, upskill, and nurture Saudi talent in the media and production space. Since its launch in 2020, MBC ACADEMY has successfully gone on to train over 18,000 individuals.