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WONDERY is looking for a full-time Account Manager to join the Ad Sales team. As an Account Manager you will play a key role in the success of our team by strategically building sales plans, accurately processing orders, and optimizing ongoing campaigns in a fast paced sales environment. You will use your excellent communication skills and solution-oriented critical thinking to interact with clients and podcast hosts to find beneficial alignments. Your attention to detail will ensure that information shared internally and externally is accurate and polished. As part of a leading company in a quickly evolving industry, you will take part in setting new standards and processes for the future of podcasting.

Key job responsibilities

• Work closely with Account Executives to assist in all aspects of the pre-sale cycle
• Build client presentations, media schedules, RFPs, and post-campaign recaps
• Input planning details and process insertion orders in order management system
• Understand company best practices and policies and ensure orders adhere to them
• Partner with Ad Operations to ensure successful campaign execution
• Monitor campaign performance and work with client and internal teams to optimize
• Work with Finance team to resolve invoicing questions
• Manage pre-sale communication with podcast hosts
• Take ownership on sales operations projects

A day in the life
This role reports to the Sr. Account Manager and supports the Sales Team with planning, research, presentations and recaps, account management and document maintenance. We are looking for a highly organized, capable self-starter who is passionate about the medium, learns quickly, thinks critically and wants to work with a quickly-growing global brand.

About the team
Wondery, an Amazon company, is a premium podcast studio known for character-driven, binge-worthy stories including Dr. Death, The Shrink Next Door, Even the Rich and Business Wars, and distribution of hit partner shows SmartLess, My Favorite Murder, and How I Built This. Wondery is behind seven of the “Top 10 New Shows of 2021”, according to Podtrac, including #1 (The Apology Line) and #2 (Suspect). Forty shows from Wondery have hit #1 on Apple Podcasts including Harsh Reality and Operator. Many Wondery shows have been adapted for scripted television or streaming series, including Dr. Death on Peacock, The Shrink Next Door on Apple TV+, the upcoming WeCrashed on Apple TV+ and Joe vs Carole on Peacock. Wondery has gained critical acclaim and commercial success for its immersive approach to sonic, emotionally driven storytelling, which helps listeners to “Feel the Story.” The Wondery app offers a unique, personalized podcast listening experience with over 15,000 episodes, including access to its premium ad-free offering Wondery+. With Wondery+, fans experience early access, exclusive episodes, and ad-free listening.

Wondery is looking for a Sr. Account Executive, Performance to support our rapidly growing business. This is an exciting time to join a fast-growing company in an emerging new media space and in a role with broad scope and the potential to make a real impact. This person will work closely with the Head of Podcast Ad Revenue and other Wondery team members to establish Wondery as the leading global podcast ad network. This role is a critical member of the Sales Team, focused on using data to make decision that will help us scale, achieve operational efficiency, optimize margins, recruit, onboard and train new Account Executives and Account Managers, and strive for operational excellence and customer-driven innovation in a global growth environment.

The ideal candidate will have previously held a similar role in a quickly scaling sales organization, ideally at an entertainment company or digital brand, and have a passion for selling advertising solutions to the Fortune 500 C-Level and their ad agencies to successfully grow and scale the team's category’s domestic revenues. With their broad and long-standing client-side and agency relationships within the digital audio space, and consultative approach and deep understanding of the podcasting landscape, they will act as a strategic partner to their assigned clients and agencies to ensure that their business goals are met.

Key job responsibilities

• Owns key performance-based client and agency relationships and builds accounts by establishing trust and ensuring the delivery of high-quality work
• Leads calls and meetings to uncover needs, provide updates, negotiate contracts, and receive project feedback
• Continually develop quality and quantity of opportunities needed to achieve territory goals, providing regular funnel activity/updates
• Achieve monthly KPIs including, but not limited to pre-determined number of face-to -face customer presentations, quotes and wins
• Supports the gathering of any required assets, documentation, and data from clients and other sources
• Manages client projects from beginning to end and works with internal teams on timelines, internal and external communication, resources, and deliverables; delivers project timelines to clients and proactively keeps documentation and project management software updated
• Successfully maximize revenue through rate negotiation and have a complete understanding of Wondery’s inventory conditions
• Remain up to date with client strategies and campaigns, current with competitive networks and the overall Direct Response marketplace
• Attend client functions, industry events and travel to key markets.
• Creates quotes and proposals for new projects; Builds project budgets and statements of work
• Cultivates and seeks new opportunities within current clients and agencies; prospects new clients and assists in the creation and delivery of pitches
• Reviews all assigned work to ensure quality control and the achievement of the finalized goal
• Manages project finances ensuring accountant has all necessary information for billing and invoicing

A day in the life
You’d like this job if:

• You know how to earn trust and build relationships.
• You can influence and motivate people at all levels across a variety of job functions. You like to work cross-functionally.
• You like ownership and moving fast. You have a bias towards action, an ownership mentality and are able to thrive in a fast-paced, constantly changing work environment.
• You like to dive deep and deliver results. You’re willing to roll up your sleeves and do the work. You like to dig into the data to make the right call.
• You like to invent and simplify. You always look for ways to innovate and improve, constantly looking toward solving the next scaling challenge.
• You are a self-directed problem-solver. You can independently translate high-level goals into actionable plans

About the team
Wondery, an Amazon company, is a premium podcast studio known for character-driven, binge-worthy stories including Dr. Death, British Scandal, Even the Rich and Business Wars, and distribution of hit partner shows SmartLess, My Favorite Murder, Morbid and How I Built This. Wondery was behind eight of the “Top 25 New Shows of 2022”, according to Podtrac, including Twin Flames, Fed Up and Will be Wild. Over 50 shows from Wondery have hit #1 on Apple Podcasts including Scamfluencers and Twin Flames. Many Wondery podcasts have been adapted for scripted television or streaming series, including Dr. Death and Joe vs Carole on Peacock and The Shrink Next Door and WeCrashed on Apple TV+. Wondery has gained critical acclaim and commercial success for its immersive approach to sonic, emotionally driven storytelling. The Wondery app offers a unique, personalized podcast listening experience, including access to its premium ad-free offering Wondery+. With Wondery+, fans experience early access, exclusive episodes, and ad-free listening.  https://wondery.com/

Wondery is looking for a Sr. Account Executive to support our rapidly growing business. This is an exciting time to join a fast-growing company in an emerging new media space and in a role with broad scope and the potential to make a real impact. This person will work closely with the Head of Podcast Ad Revenue and other Wondery team members to establish Wondery as the leading global podcast ad network. This role is a critical member of the Sales Team, focused on using data to make decision that will help us scale, achieve operational efficiency, optimize margins, recruit, onboard and train new Account Executives and Account Managers, and strive for operational excellence and customer-driven innovation in a global growth environment.

The ideal candidate will have previously held a similar role in a quickly scaling sales organization, ideally at an entertainment company or digital brand, and have a passion for selling advertising solutions to the Fortune 500 C-Level and their ad agencies to successfully grow and scale the team's category’s domestic revenues. With their broad and long-standing client-side and agency relationships within the digital audio space, and consultative approach and deep understanding of the podcasting landscape, they will act as a strategic partner to their assigned clients and agencies to ensure that their business goals are met.

Key job responsibilities
• Owns key client and agency relationships and builds accounts by establishing trust and ensuring the delivery of high-quality work
• Leads calls and meetings to uncover needs, provide updates, negotiate contracts, and receive project feedback
• Continually develop quality and quantity of opportunities needed to achieve territory goals, providing regular funnel activity/updates
• Achieve monthly KPIs including, but not limited to pre-determined number of face-to -face customer presentations, quotes and wins
• Supports the gathering of any required assets, documentation, and data from clients and other sources
• Manages client projects from beginning to end and works with internal teams on timelines, internal and external communication, resources, and deliverables; delivers project timelines to clients and proactively keeps documentation and project management software updated
• Creates quotes and proposals for new projects; Builds project budgets and statements of work
• Cultivates and seeks new opportunities within current clients and agencies; prospects new clients and assists in the creation and delivery of pitches
• Reviews all assigned work to ensure quality control and the achievement of the finalized goal
• Manages project finances ensuring accountant has all necessary information for billing and invoicing

A day in the life
You’d like this job if:

• You know how to earn trust and build relationships. You can influence and motivate people at all levels across a variety of job functions. You like to work cross-functionally.
• You like ownership and moving fast. You have a bias towards action, an ownership mentality and are able to thrive in a fast-paced, constantly changing work environment. You’d rather be busy than bored.
• You like to dive deep and deliver results. You’re willing to roll up your sleeves and do the work. You like to dig into the data to make the right call.
• You like to invent and simplify. You always look for ways to innovate and improve, constantly looking toward solving the next scaling challenge.
• You are a self-directed problem-solver. You can independently translate high-level goals into actionable plans

About the team
Wondery, an Amazon company, is a premium podcast studio known for character-driven, binge-worthy stories including Dr. Death, British Scandal, Even the Rich and Business Wars, and distribution of hit partner shows SmartLess, My Favorite Murder, Morbid and How I Built This. Wondery was behind eight of the “Top 25 New Shows of 2022”, according to Podtrac, including Twin Flames, Fed Up and Will be Wild. Over 50 shows from Wondery have hit #1 on Apple Podcasts including Scamfluencers and Twin Flames. Many Wondery podcasts have been adapted for scripted television or streaming series, including Dr. Death and Joe vs Carole on Peacock and The Shrink Next Door and WeCrashed on Apple TV+. Wondery has gained critical acclaim and commercial success for its immersive approach to sonic, emotionally driven storytelling. The Wondery app offers a unique, personalized podcast listening experience, including access to its premium ad-free offering Wondery+. With Wondery+, fans experience early access, exclusive episodes, and ad-free listening. https://wondery.com/

Good storytelling starts with great listening. At Audible, that means each role, and every project, has our audience in mind. Because the same people who design, develop, and deploy our products also happen to use them. To us, that speaks volumes.

ABOUT THIS ROLE
As a Senior Technical Program Manager, it’s up to you to partner and lead the cross-functional program of inter-related projects that support ongoing business and/or technology goals from design to delivery of fully-developed technology related products that are ready for use. Role is to create cohesion to ensure solutions delivered function properly end-to-end. Monitors performance and recommends schedule changes, cost adjustments or resource additions. Investigates facts and develops solutions to problems during the design and planning phases. Provides timely and accurate information and status updates to functional leaders. Require strong project management, analytical, and process optimization skills.

ABOUT THE TEAM
This is an opportunity to join a growing team in a brand new Audible hub in Los Angeles. Audible’s Creator Marketplace customers are talented storytellers, voice actors, producers, publishers and our internal content teams. We build innovative tools that let these creators focus on creation while helping them bring their art to millions of listeners by building tools that are valuable, easy to use, and ensuring their success with their audience. By focusing on our creators, we also create value to Audible’s global consumers by helping them to discover new content, talent and stories they love and share.

True to Audible's People Principles, we are committed to the success of our people. We define success as not only career advancement but also personal growth and well-being. We actively support our employees through various programs, including mentoring and coaching opportunities, training initiatives, and flexible work arrangements that promote a healthy work-life balance. At Audible, we cherish the diverse backgrounds and perspectives within our team, recognizing that they are essential for fostering robust conversations and finding the right solutions for our customers. We encourage each individual to bring their unique experiences to the table, knowing that diversity fuels our creativity, enriches our collaborative efforts, and leads to better outcomes. By embracing differing viewpoints, we unlock the full potential of our team and create a culture of inclusion and respect.

As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will...

• Partner with the manager and other engineering teams to deliver complex/cross-functional projects
• Interface and communicate with Software Engineering and QA teams, Product Managers and customer support teams on a daily basis
• Play a key, hands-on role in defining the technical architecture of solutions for services
• Collaborate to define core business objectives in order to deliver the best product, program or project with the most efficient use of company resources
• Consistently and transparently communicate project risks, progress, launches and retrospectives across all stakeholders and teams
• Work with cross-functional teams, i.e. technology, business and operations, in order to manage multiple projects that have conflicting needs and priorities from concept to launch, spanning teams and divisions in Audible and Amazon
• Manage the visibility and transparency of dates, upcoming milestones and release dates throughout the Sprint development process
• Monitor Apps Production Analytics dashboards to ensure roll-outs and ramp-ups are occurring as expected, with no abnormalities, crashes, or install failures
• Build relationships with partner groups in Audible and Amazon and leverage those relationships to integrate your team's priorities within Amazon teams and understand how Amazon's projects impact our own work in this highly decentralized organization

ABOUT AUDIBLE
At Audible, we innovate and inspire through the power of voice. We're changing the narrative on storytelling. As a leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, we've redefined the ways people access, discover, and share stories. The stories we tell have the ability to transport and transform everyday moments into meaningful experiences and it's our people who make Audible's service possible. We're listeners, storytellers, and problem-solvers. Our perspectives and experiences power our ideas and come together in our mission to unleash the power of the spoken word. Audible offers a Hub+Home hybrid workplace model that gives employees flexibility between gathering in an Audible workspace (work from hub) and remote work (work from home). For more information, please visit adbl.co/hybrid.

Good storytelling starts with great listening. At Audible, that means each role and every project has our audience in mind. Because the same people who design, develop, and deploy our products also happen to use them. To us, that speaks volumes.

ABOUT THIS ROLE
The Director, Inclusive Programming drives Audible’s inclusive content programming strategy, which works to highlight and amplify traditionally marginalized and underrepresented voices across the portfolio. While all team members are responsible for ensuring our catalog reflects a variety of voices and lived experiences, the Director, Inclusive Programming leads the overarching strategic approach. As Director, Inclusive Programming, you will ensure audience appeal to meet acquisition or engagement goals through a variety of formats, lengths, and content opportunities. You will apply a combination of strategic thinking, commitment to celebrating the full spectrum of human experience, operational excellence, and a passion for results. This is a people manager role.

ABOUT THE TEAM
Audible’s programming team is the cornerstone between creative development, content acquisition, production, post-production, marketing, PR, and product, working to drive the most customer-obsessed content portfolio and experience. We help define and execute content strategy by tracking the competitive marketplace. We use data analytics, customer insights, and research to monitor performance and iterate the strategic approach as needed. We focus on audience priorities and content portfolio needs over the short, medium, and long-term. Output directs our development and creative pipeline to service the gaps and maximize future trend opportunities.

As Director, Inclusive Programming, you will...

• Define the goals and objectives of inclusive programming in a clear, strategic vision, providing data, research, and insights that address audience needs, cultural and consumer trends, and outline creative opportunities and identify portfolio gaps
• Facilitate brainstorms to fill vertical gaps; provide perspective for projects/groups of projects on the path to approval
• Ensure anchor/tentpole content is created, acquired, and/or curated in time for seasonal opportunities (e.g. Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Black History Month, Pride Month, Latino and Hispanic Heritage, Neurodiversity Awareness, and more) as well as ensuring consistent releases throughout the year from a diverse range of voices and experiences
• Work with a cross-section of content/marketing/PR partners on the customer-facing ‘Hear My Story’ campaigns, as well as additional high-impact, curated events and partnerships – and the ongoing programming of them – to maximize audience engagement and retention
• Support existing – and create new, as needed – programs to identify and support emerging creators (for example, the Podcast Development Program)
• Empower a positive, success-oriented environment that promotes creativity, inclusion, and innovation; offer feedback on content performance and lessons learned to maximize successes; serve as an internal and external representative of the brand and our content

ABOUT AUDIBLE
At Audible, we innovate and inspire through the power of voice. We're changing the narrative on storytelling. As a leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, we've redefined the ways people access, discover, and share stories. The stories we tell have the ability to transport and transform everyday moments into meaningful experiences and it's our people who make Audible's service possible. We're listeners, storytellers, and problem-solvers. Our perspectives and experiences power our ideas and come together in our mission to unleash the power of the spoken word. Audible offers a Hub+Home hybrid workplace model that gives employees flexibility between gathering in an Audible workspace (work from hub) and remote work (work from home). For more information, please visit adbl.co/hybrid.

Good storytelling starts with great listening. At Audible, that means each role, and every project, has our audience in mind. Because the same people who design, develop, and deploy our products also happen to use them. To us, that speaks volumes.

ABOUT THIS ROLE
As a lead Software Development Engineer, it’s up to you to research, define, design and refine the tech that keeps us one step ahead of listeners. Anticipate. Innovate. Bring challenging ideas and we’ll support you with the latest tech, tools and systems that you need to succeed. You’ll be essential in ensuring the team can reach their potential by working closely with them, reviewing their work, mentoring, and supporting their career development. Together, you’ll build and maintain our platform to bring thousands of stories to millions of listeners and unleash the power of the human voice.

ABOUT THE TEAM
This is an opportunity to join a growing team in a brand new Audible hub in Los Angeles. Audible’s Creator Marketplace customers are talented storytellers, voice actors, producers, publishers and our internal content teams. We build innovative tools that let these creators focus on creation while helping them bring their art to millions of listeners by building tools that are valuable, easy to use, and ensuring their success with their audience. By focusing on our creators, we also create value to Audible’s global consumers by helping them to discover new content, talent and stories they love and share.

True to Audible's People Principles, we are committed to the success of our people. We define success as not only career advancement but also personal growth and well-being. We actively support our employees through various programs, including mentoring and coaching opportunities, training initiatives, and flexible work arrangements that promote a healthy work-life balance. At Audible, we cherish the diverse backgrounds and perspectives within our team, recognizing that they are essential for fostering robust conversations and finding the right solutions for our customers. We encourage each individual to bring their unique experiences to the table, knowing that diversity fuels our creativity, enriches our collaborative efforts, and leads to better outcomes. By embracing differing viewpoints, we unlock the full potential of our team and create a culture of inclusion and respect.

ABOUT YOU
You feel pride in every step forward, however big or small. We look for individuals who take ownership of their work, show initiative, and set high standards. Setting high standards means consistently striving for excellence, pushing the boundaries of what is possible, and delivering exceptional results. At Audible, we believe that every failure is an opportunity to learn and grow. We foster an environment that encourages individuals to embrace failure as a natural part of the learning process. We see it as an opportunity to analyze, adapt, and improve, ultimately driving innovation and personal development.

We have exciting opportunities that will challenge you to leverage your technical expertise and make a significant impact. As a technical role model and high-impact contributor, you will have the change to work alongside a team of exceptionally talented individuals who share your passion for innovation and success. Together, you will create transformative experiences for our audience.

As a lead Software Development Engineer, you will...

• Independently lead complex technical initiatives within your team
• Mentor and lead others by cultivating curiosity and deep technical understanding
• Set the technical strategy for your team
• Drive clarify technical around requirements, assessing development estimates and apply a broad range of design approaches
• Collaborate with stakeholders to imagine, design, develop, test, and launch scalable and maintainable software that impacts our customers and inspires your peers
• Drive continuous improvement of software quality, customer experience, and maintainability of products/features
• Stay on top of technology trends, tools, and approaches

ABOUT AUDIBLE
At Audible, we innovate and inspire through the power of voice. We're changing the narrative on storytelling. As a leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, we've redefined the ways people access, discover, and share stories. The stories we tell have the ability to transport and transform everyday moments into meaningful experiences and it's our people who make Audible's service possible. We're listeners, storytellers, and problem-solvers. Our perspectives and experiences power our ideas and come together in our mission to unleash the power of the spoken word. Audible offers a Hub+Home hybrid workplace model that gives employees flexibility between gathering in an Audible workspace (work from hub) and remote work (work from home). For more information, please visit adbl.co/hybrid.

How often have you had an opportunity to be at ground zero of a disruptive, fast-growing, and evolutionary global Amazon service? How frequently do you get to start from the foundation and solve customer needs at a global scale in a fast-growing entertainment streaming industry? At Prime Video, we are pioneering a new generation of digital supply chain at a remarkable speed to accelerate our market position and global reach. If this sounds interesting, come build the future of streaming entertainment with us!

Prime Video is a global premium streaming service that offers customers a vast collection of TV shows and movies - all with the ease of finding what they love to watch in one place. Prime Video is a fast-paced, growth business - available in over 240 countries and territories worldwide. The team works in a dynamic and global environment where innovating on behalf of our customers is at the heart of everything we do.


Key job responsibilities
The Content Publishing Technology and Operations (PUBTECH) defines and ensures Prime Video meets the highest standards for content publishing. This includes owning future-proofing the digital supply chain, setting spec requirement roadmaps, improving partner delivery experience, and delivering programs that drive innovation and efficiency that enhance the global customer experience.

The Partner Operations Organization within Prime Video is looking for a Digital Supply Chain Manager to join the Strategic Ops, Studio Delivery, Enhancement (SSODE) team. This role will be a key leader interfacing with Amazon Studios, MGM and MGM+ on the delivery process and publishing to Prime Video. As a Digital Supply Chain Manager, you will be responsible for owning programs and driving with cross functional teams, defining and distributing new workflows, and partner with product and technology teams to deliver value for the customer.

The successful candidate should have experience within the digital supply chain, with a passion to innovate, and tackle complex problems. They will successfully deliver and drive updates through their team within Prime Video workflows while being able to deal with ambiguity, manage multiple stakeholders and processes to deadlines, with an aptitude for calculated risk taking. They must possess strong verbal and written communication skills, be self-driven and deliver high quality results in a fast-paced environment.

A day in the life
You Will:
Drive innovation in delivery and publishing capabilities by influencing and partnering with the engineering and tech teams.

Define the digital supply chain road map, gain alignment across multiple key stakeholders, and execute on goals.

Design workflow strategies for accelerated content delivery in multiple languages, formats, and platforms, while simplifying and eliminating redundant practices.

Streamline business and technology solutions that strengthen our partnerships while advancing our services.

Work effectively in a team environment and cross-functionally with Prime Video Catalog technology teams, engineers, Studio Productions, Analytics, Product, and Video Content Services.


About the team
Our mission is to make available to Prime Video customers the largest and highest quality, and most enriched catalog of video content anywhere in the world. We aim to create a friction-free self-service delivery experience that meets the needs of all studio partners regardless of size, budget, location, language, or technical capability. By doing so, we remove distribution limitations and level the playing field across studios, so every title is available to every customer worldwide and the best content wins.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Culver City, CA, USA

Good storytelling starts with great listening. At Audible, that means each role and every project has our audience in mind. Because the same people who design, develop, and deploy our products also happen to use them. To us, that speaks volumes.

ABOUT THIS ROLE
As Senior Product Manager, Creator Product at Audible, you will be responsible for supporting the Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX), one of the largest spoken word audio marketplaces in the world.

ABOUT YOU
You are an entrepreneurial product thinker, with proven experience building and launching creator or consumer-facing products at scale. You are a data-driven leader, with experience establishing and measuring impactful KPIs. You are a natural collaborator, with experience aligning multidisciplinary, cross-functional teams. You are an independent, problem-solver that can confidently lead teams through ambiguity. You are customer obsessed and excited to build products for the creative community.

As a Senior Product Manager, you will...

• Write and communicate functional requirements, partnering with various product, marketing, UX and insights stakeholders
• Use lean development tools, like experimentation and rapid prototyping, to drive teams towards strategic product decisions
• Develop and own a product roadmap, demonstrating a strong focus on KPIs and measurement
• Frame and lead discussions with key business and technical stakeholder to assess opportunities, make data-driven recommendations, and build consensus ahead of important investment decisions
• Be the authority on the creator experience that you manage
• Understand your product’s strengths and weaknesses
• Find the right opportunities to innovate and enhance the experience with the right combination of essential and magical
• Manage dependencies and unblock your teams to optimize discovery and delivery work
• Proactively communicate product metrics and insights, showcasing a deep understanding of how your features are benefiting customers and the business
• Support building the long-term strategy and roadmap for Creator Products, helping to set the vision and guidance
• Identify new Creator Product opportunities in the creation, growth and monetization space
• Drive alignment by leading tradeoff discussions that produce actionable decisions
• Be the authority on the customer experiences that you manage
• Find the right opportunities to innovate and skillfully balance big ideas with incremental impact for your customers
• Continually monitor creator tools and trends to ensure Audible is delivering value for creators

ABOUT AUDIBLE
At Audible, we innovate and inspire through the power of voice. We're changing the narrative on storytelling. As a leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling, we've redefined the ways people access, discover, and share stories. The stories we tell have the ability to transport and transform everyday moments into meaningful experiences and it's our people who make Audible's service possible. We're listeners, storytellers, and problem-solvers. Our perspectives and experiences power our ideas and come together in our mission to unleash the power of the spoken word. Audible offers a Hub+Home hybrid workplace model that gives employees flexibility between gathering in an Audible workspace (work from hub) and remote work (work from home). For more information, please visit adbl.co/hybrid.

We are seeking a Head of WW Production Facilities and Services to lead our growing Production Facilities Management and Operations needs. This position will be responsible for managing the various production and post production facilities infrastructure globally.

The Opportunity
Are you interested in shaping the future of movies and television? Do you want to define the next generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching? Prime Video is one of the leading digital video services on the Internet today, and we’re just getting started changing the way millions of people around the world enjoy content. Now available in more than 240 countries and territories, Prime Video offers customers the broadest selection of any on-demand video service, including our critically-acclaimed Amazon Originals Series such as the multi-award-winning The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, The Boys; and locally-produced Amazon Originals from around the world including India’s Four More Shots Please!, the UK’s The Grand Tour, Mexico’s De Viaje Con Los Derbez, Italy’s Celebrity Hunted, and Spain’s El Cid, plus live sport including ATP and WTA Tour and US Open Tennis and Premier League football.

Amazon Studios is the movies and television development and production arm of Amazon. It is our role to produce original content worldwide in exclusive service of Amazon’s Prime Video customers. We need your passion, innovative ideas, and creativity to help take us to new heights.
The Role
The facilities leader will help build a new department in the WW Production organization. We seek a candidate with experience building and launching new initiatives and demonstrated track record of working with cross-functional studios and corporate partners successfully. A successful candidate will be passionate, self-motivated, proactive, quick-thinking, flexible, able to pivot when necessary, thorough and able to juggle multiple and diverse responsibilities with a strong emphasis on organization and an unwavering attention to detail. This is a position that requires someone who is a proactive and positive thinker, and able to exercise good judgment and strong communication skills.

Responsibilities
- Build operational and headcount plan to manage Studios facilities infrastructure and staff
- Create and oversee billing processes of facilities usage coordinating with production finance
- Oversee the maintenance programs for production and non-production
- Project manage studio infrastructure capital improvement projects
- Manage third-party contractors/vendors engaged in operating and maintaining properties, including third party studio operations partners at company’s various studio leaseholds
- Comfortable with legal terms and structures for standard commercial contracts and leases
- Develop strong relationships with key business stakeholders by monitoring and listening to feedback, delivering reporting for business-critical elements
- Accustomed to working in a fast-paced environment, able to multitask, and meet multiple tight deadlines
- Work with Production Real Estate on potential new projects and launch those projects into operation
- Work with Amazon Procurement on equipment and supplies purchasing

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Culver City, CA, USA

We are looking for a Senior Business Affairs Executive to add to the business affairs team for Amazon Freevee. This role will also provide deal-making services across all of the scripted and unscripted series deals. This role will be located in Culver City and will report to the Head of Business Affairs, Freevee.

Key job responsibilities
• The Sr. Business Affairs Executive will own the negotiation of writer, producer, cast, production company and other related deals and will work closely with Studio legal affairs to assist in finalizing agreements and dealing with production issues as they arise.
• Effectively negotiate and interact with agents, managers and outside attorneys and be able to efficiently communicate status and tradeoffs with other members of the Amazon Studios team including Creative, Production, Marketing, Accounting, Finance, and Legal, as well as Amazon executives outside of Amazon Studios.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues in this department and across the studio, build strong internal client relationships, effectively advise senior-level executives under time-sensitive conditions and generate client satisfaction through strategic thinking and risk analysis.
• Must be able to manage a varied, high-volume workload efficiently and smoothly, operate autonomously within corporate parameters, and remain cool and levelheaded in pressurized situations.

As a Senior Post Production Executive for the Freevee Unscripted Post Production team, you will support the definition and implementation of processes, protocols, and best practices for this department. As part of your show responsibilities, you will track progress and manage the delivery of all assets from series and pilot productions to Freevee. This will include maintaining schedules, following up on outstanding deliverables, and organizing finished creative assets for delivery to the Freevee platform. You will coordinate with third-party vendors on work related to the editing and versioning of assets, ensuring the highest quality standards, tracking expenditures for all post-production work orders, and distributing assets for Public Relations, Marketing, and International Localization needs. You will work directly with internal partners, including Production, Business Affairs, and Creative Development. You will also be responsible for evaluating new post-related products and providing thoughtful advice on potential risks and issues in a wide range of asset management areas, including potential vendors, archival solutions, and new technologies.

Key job responsibilities
• Oversee and approve post-production budgets, bids, and schedules
• Vet series staff and vendors
• Negotiate and finalize deals for post services
• Oversee on-time delivery and on-budget post-production execution
• Liaise between producers and Freevee teams
• Coordinate with Production and Development departments to assess scope and challenges of projects
• Collaborate closely with internal Localization, Mastering, and Technology teams in preparing releases
• Engage with Marketing, Public Relations, and Freevee team members to deliver assets
• Evaluate technical workflows
• Travel as required in support of show planning and execution

We are seeking a Music Coordinator to join the dynamic music team supporting the Studios Film and TV productions for Latin America.

The Music Coordinator will work closely with the Head of Music and be an integral part to the music team. The successful candidate will be highly organized and motivated to create streamlined processes to ensure efficiency. You will be expected to leverage strong communication and interpersonal skills in order to partner effectively across divisions and with external partners.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to broaden their entertainment experience at a growing studio. Our team culture is goal orientated and fast paced. We are motivated by the challenge and success to produce premium content in the ever changing digital entertainment business.

Responsibilities:


creating policies and systems to manage music assets

tracking and reporting music budgets

tracking and reporting music licensing

collecting cue sheets and ensuring third party publishing information is accurate

implementing cues sheets on Rapid Cue

assisting in the coordination of other music operations as needed

providing administrative support to the Head of Music

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Culver City, CA, USA