Melanie Kahn Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

I lead the US content merchandising strategy team across HBO Max; ideating and managing editorial stunts and cross-platform campaigns while balancing current events and an evolving landscape. I partner with Product & Tooling teams to develop new strategies and workflows based on new product features, personalization, and automation capabilities. I test.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Promoted to lead the in-app merchandising strategy for the newly launched AVOD service. While retaining my responsibilities with HBO platforms & partnerships, I also oversaw the strategy of the Limited Free Experience encouraging acquisition and conversion for new users. In this new "multi-sku" role I hired 2 team members to help create a differentiated.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Part of the founding editorial team of HBO Max where I initially managed the editorial strategy across legacy HBO services (GO & Now), helping to transition the HBO brand seamlessly onto the HBO Max service at launch. I oversaw strategy and maintained the editorial calendar and daily content curation of the HBO Brand Hub on HBO Max, overseeing key.

Greater Los Angeles Area

I launched, grew and managed Tastemade's Travel business across Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, growing Facebook to 1.5M+ and Instagram to 300k+ followers in 2 years with over 100M monthly cross-platform views. I oversaw the editorial content strategy, operational workflows and program planning from short-form social video content to long-form series.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Playa Vista, CA

In this role I sourced, identified and licensed 200+ hours of video content for the launch of Fullscreen’s SVOD service. From the pre-launch stage, I established and managed key relationships with industry partners, with a focus on the digital studio acquisition business, i.e. Conde Nast Entertainment, Discovery Digital Networks, Studio 71, Maker Studios..

San Francisco Bay Area

• Worked with studios, networks, and post-production houses throughout North America to facilitate content ingestion, processing, and publishing to the Google Play and YouTube transactional film and TV services.
• Managed the end-to-end operational workflow for major television content partnerships, including Warner Brothers, Starz Media, AMC, Showtime, Smithsonian, Hasbro, Tricon Film & Television
• Introduced partners to industry-wide initiatives in order to streamline avails, asset delivery and new territory launches
• Oversaw project management, avail management, xml/ingestion support, asset delivery, troubleshooting and relationship building across all partners.
• Liaised and organized launch of partner TV channels in multiple territories.
• Maintained strategic initiatives and promotions across Business Development, Product, and Merchandising teams.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Served as the primary editorial contact for and maintained relationships with over 70 key producer and distributor accounts in order to source content to meet strategic programming needs.
• Sourced acquisitions and negotiated commercial deal terms for all territories worldwide and across all Nat Geo networks (Core, Wild, Mundo, People).
• Provided creative critique of finished films and ensured projects presented conformed to programming priorities.
• Represented the National Geographic Channel at international television distribution markets worldwide (MIPDOC, MIPCOM, MIPTV, Realscreen).
• Managed the program renewals process for all channels worldwide.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Acted as the point of contact and initial screener for all unsolicited acquisition submissions
• Supported the department in the sourcing and buying of acquisitions across entire NG global portfolio
• Handled all database entry and database management on behalf of the department

• Conducted comprehensive financial and operational audits of asbestos and product liability trusts through large-scale document review, which assists clients in identifying product exposure for companies seeking.

• Performed a variety of administrative tasks for the Admissions and Financial Aid department of the Semester at Sea program, such as processing student applications, answering phones and researching marketing techniques.
• Used personal and academic travel experiences to provide valuable insight and customer service to incoming students