Responsible for the third party video strategy, and managing and securing partnerships for AP Video Hub and AP Newsroom (AP’s market-leading digital delivery platforms, offering the latest breaking news from around the world, and AP’s vast archive of over 100 years of video content). Core Responsibilities include:• Identifying content requirements, and signing new content partners to ensure the widest choice of premium content in the industry is offered. • Defining, modelling, executing against, and analysing key performance metrics for content partners. • Establishing promotional strategy for AP’s video platforms, key content partners and premium content. • Working closely with the analytics and product teams to identify content opportunities across AP’s distribution platforms. • Reviewing existing Business and pricing models, and scoping/launching new models• Assessing video platform performance/functions/UI, and content ingestion methods, and scoping/ planning required improvements.Achievements:• Signing and launching over 20 new distribution partners (including Storyful, Latin America News Agency, Sipa USA), and managing over 35 partners (including Agencia EFE, PA Media, Jukin Media).• Constructing, managing the strategy, and launching a new transactional / a-la-carte pricing model “Buy Now”• Scoping and planning the launch for new delivery/ingestion methods (MRSS), and improving onboarding processes

Developing and executing TalkTalk TV’s Content Strategy, including signing and managing Pay TV (linear and catch up, SVOD, Transactional (TVoD and EST) deals, Achievements:- Adding deal value to support upcoming service launches and campaigns, improving deal margins to align with wider TV’s targeted savings, including: -- Managing 8 Transactional accounts (such as Lionsgate, eOne, Artificial Eye). Reducing the WSP, and/or securing transactional rights exploitation on the STB at no additional cost -- Managing 3 Pay TV Accounts (Turner, Zee TV, Eros) expanding the scope of TalkTalk TV’s rights (Catch-Up, Streaming, SVOD, Chromecast). Negotiating CPS reduction, adding channels, on-boarding into more enticing service packages.- Integral role driving the integration of legacy Blinkbox service into the TalkTalk TV setup, devising pricing, comms and engagement strategies. Commercial project lead managing the launch of TV EST on TalkTalk STB.- Project lead for identifying essential deals in order to achieve KPI of 100% Transactional Chart Coverage, whilst reducing costs and required resource, and driving necessary actions.- Business Planning and Development: Building competitor Analysis and identifying potential areas for growth and development (including content/channels coverage, functionalities, and devices), reviewing revenue and viewership performance, devising various savings scenarios, and recommending alternative content

Identifying, negotiating, papering and delivering multiple key acquisitions deals, with new content partners for blinkbox movies (EST and VoD Rights across all devices) and Clubcard TV (AVoD Rights) in addition to managing existing accounts.Responsibilities and Achievements included:- Leading negotiations and managing over 25 accounts, also supporting role across further Major Studio deals and negotiations. - Negotiating and signing over 15 new distribution partners.- Integral involvement in service proposition and content strategy for new/potential services: including the launch of Clubcard TV and scoping for SVOD/Kids service.- working with Content Editorial & Sales team on pricing, marketing, and monetisation strategies to maximise revenue and profit.- Reviewing, developing and implementing improved cross-departmental processes.

Supporting the Content Acquisition Team in executing all aspects of its strategy, including managing departmental administration. Responsibilities included:- Managing Admin support – pipelines, slides, ad hoc reports, contracts administration and Database maintenance- Assessing Film and TV content against blinkbox’s strategy and selection criteria, reviewing gaps in content offering, content analysis and selections/recommendations.- Active collaboration with key internal departments (including Finance/Accounting, Content Editorial/Sales, and Content Ops/Ingestion departments).

Acquisitions support for all Viasat's Free TV East and Scandi channels by administrating new and on-going deals, and managing the relevant administration teams.Responsibilities included:- Training and managing a solid administration team of 5 members, and driving deal processing, distributing workload and managing the smooth running of the team.- Developing and implementing improved admin processes (including delivery of materials, flow of information for scheduling and programming, database updates). Including in the early stages for Viasat 1 Ghana, Viasat's first African channel launch. - Assisting in deal negotiation and drafting deal memos.- Organising and driving internal Auditing process- Managing cross-departmental spreadsheets.

Supporting the Acquisitions Managers for all Viasat's Free TV East and Scandi channels by administrating new and on-going deals, entering finalised deals on to the database and co-ordinating all relevant paperwork associated with these deals. Responsibilities included:- Liaising with studios and independent distributors worldwide, and various internal and external departments of the company (including acquisitions, accounts, traffic, programming and scheduling teams) including international teams in Europe, Russia and Ghana, as to ensure timely delivery of ratings, deal approval requests, contracts, invoices and payments, delivery of materials and thus timely TX of content.- Processing and analysing contracts and deal memos- Data entry (including rights, payment terms, adult content and sport events) and using scheduling (Broadcaster Master) systems, and creating reports (Microsoft Excel)- Query solving for Finance, Programming, Content and Traffic teams- Organising diaries for Markets such as Mipcom, Discop and internal meetings.