Content Curator

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The MultiChoice Group is a multinational media and entertainment group headquartered in South Africa with presence in amongst others the Netherlands, Dubai and the UK with principal operations in pay television (pay-TV), Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD), advertising and content security. Brands within the MultiChoice Group include DStv, GOtv, SuperSport, M-Net, DStv Media Sales, Showmax and European-based content security leader Irdeto. We’re proud to say we serve 20 million subscribers across more than 50 African markets, with a successful history of identifying and adapting to industry trends, allowing us to continuously deliver the best in entertainment.

By joining our passionate and creative team, you can help us achieve our objectives of expanding our pay-TV and SVOD (Subscription Video On demand) subscriber bases, improving advertising sales, spearheading cutting-edge technology, supporting local content and providing an exceptional customer experience.

Join Africa’s most loved storyteller!

Reports to: VOD and Catch Up Manager

Direct Reports: No

Division: General Entertainment

Department: Channel Operations

Key Customers: Internal: VOD Scheduling, General Entertainment Channels (M-Net, kykNET, LEC and MAH Channels), MAH Strategy Team, Streaming Product Team, MAH Marketing

Purpose of the Position:

• To structure and deliver on the content strategy for the DStv Stream Diaspora product, by facilitating a creative, accurate and consistent content curation process with a focus on optimal content discovery and excellent, world-class customer experience.

Key Performance:

• Inventory Management: Maintain the DStv Catch Up inventory for DStv Stream Diaspora product.
• Strategically mine the commissioned local inventory to identify the best VOD content selection to include to Diaspora customers.
• Ensure that the linear linked content scheduled for Diaspora is aligned with the Linear highlights received from channel.

Content Curation:

• Drive content discovery through the creation of themes based on public/external events, current trends and industry activity.
• Analyse content discovery metric performance (promo rows, billboards, asset weights) and manage updates in line with content strategies and analytics.
• Curate titles for Diaspora product that centre on similar attributes – Language, Region, content genre, seasonality, cast member, theme etc.
• Ensure that all selected content complies with distribution, legal and regulatory requirements, including country specific channel distribution, MAH regional censorship guidelines, age ratings, and regional content restrictions.

Operations:

• Distribute consolidated Diaspora Inventory plan to all relevant stakeholders on a monthly basis.
• Track linear schedule changes and communicate any changes to the VOD Scheduling team.
• Ensure that all new and returning shows and movies are scheduled in Pagebuilder and published on the appropriate platform.
• Ensure that billboards and screensavers are published on the platform.

Stakeholder Management:

• Maintain a customer centric approach to problem resolution by reaching out to other departments to ensure optimal solutions and customer satisfaction.
• Work closely with scheduling, marketing, and promotional teams to create cohesive and effective curation strategies.

Qualifications Essential:

• A National Diploma in Business Management/ Broadcast/ Media Studies or equivalent NQF Level 5 qualification Advantageous or a Degree.

Experience:

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in broadcast or similar position.
• A “mastermind” knowledge of local content, current and past.
• Passion for User Experience (UX).
• Practical industry experience (content consumption and viewing trends, content protection/security, VOD).
• Knowledge of the broadcast value chain (Linear).
• Strong understanding and experience of the VOD market.
• Ability to work under pressure, quickly and accurately.
• Knowledge and passion for content.
• VOD Workflow.
• Content Discovery.
• Quality Control.
• Content Selection.
• Attention to Detail.
• Relationship Building.
• Decision Making.
• Holistic Thinking.
• Agility.
• Critical Appraisal.
• Persuading & Influence.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Art/Creative, Information Technology, and Other

Industries

Broadcast Media Production and Distribution, Entertainment Providers, and Technology, Information and Media