Senior Manager, Acquisitions

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**You New Role**

This is a 6-month maternity cover starting ideally at the end of August. Supporting the Lead, Content Acquisitions, Partnerships and Co-Productions, this role manages Warner Bros. Discover’s EMEA Kids teams’ efforts to identify and secure 3rd party acquisitions, co-productions and pre-buys that will complement WBD’s owned content pipeline and drive kids and family viewing across EMEA platforms, specifically Max, Cartoon Network, Cartoonito, Boomerang and Boing.

**Your Role Accountabilities**
- Support the Lead, Content Acquisitions, Partnerships and Co-Productions, and local kids editorial leads, in defining and executing the 3rd party content strategy for EMEA kids with a specific focus on Max, Cartoon Network and Cartoonito.
- Primary point of contact within the Kids EMEA Content Strategy & Acquisitions team for agreed 3rd party distributors and producers. Responsible for sourcing avails, taking pitches, reviewing and feeding back on creative materials.
- Manage WBD Kids EMEA’s working relationships with 3rd party content creators and content providers.
- Editorial input across editorial views across EMEA
- Supervision and mentoring of 2 acquisition coordinators.
- Lead the internal production process for select 3rd party co-productions, liaising with compliance, legal and relevant editorial leads and providing production notes and guidance to ensure content meets expected editorial standards.
- Leading 2-3 co-productions a year through WBD’s internal production process, ensuring that final deliveries are of the required editorial standard.
- Manage the acquisition and co-production of up to 100 hours of kids and family content each year for Cartoon Network, Cartoonito and Max.
- Support the Lead to work with international acquisitions and co-production teams aligning priorities globally and regionally wherever possible.
- Regularly represent WBD Kids EMEA at events and markets (e.g. Mip, Mipcom, Kidscreen, Annecy, Cartoon Forum) as required.
- Support in managing deal negotiations with managed distributors (PAAFs, deal proposals, contract, payments), in collaboration with legal and finance teams.

**Skills and Experience**
- 10+ years of proven experience within the kids content industry with a strong list of contacts amongst distributors and producers worldwide with excellent knowledge of kids content and global kids platforms.
- Experience in people management/ leading a team.
- Demonstrable experience of working in content production, with good knowledge and understanding of the production process, specifically with kids animation.
- Proven experience, and professional training, in negotiating and executing deals within designated budgets

**Additional Information**
- European travel required 2-3 times across contract duration.

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