The Acquisition Specialist leads the acquisition of content for specific segments. He/She identifies opportunities to acquire content and manages all aspects of the acquisition process. He/She evaluates content from both creative and commercial perspectives and recommends their acquisition. He/She also leads a team that delivers acquisition opportunities.

Roles & responsibilities

• Analyse content consumption patterns to identify key trends across genres or customer segments.
• Build an understanding of audience needs and expectations.
• Engage industry bodies, content producers and other key industry players.
• Execute the contracting process following successful licensing negotiations.
• Focus on acquisitions based on stock fulfilment requirements for specific genres or time slots.
• Identify content acquisition opportunities.
• Inspect content acquisition contracts for adherence to licensing terms and overall risk management.
• Manage research projects to identify potential content concepts and types.
• Oversee accurate recording of rights agreements in the rights management systems.
• Perform analysis and valuation of new deals to support decision making.
• Provide input and assist in content licensing negotiations for financial analysis and technical requirements