Graduate Content Curator: Sports

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Category: Showmax SA
Level: Junior
Closing date: 17 Dec 2024
Position Type: Fixed Term Contract
Location: MultiChoice City

Job Description:
The Organization

The MultiChoice Group is a multinational media and entertainment group headquartered in South Africa, Dubai and the Netherlands with principal operations in pay television, video entertainment, advertising and content security. Brands within the 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!

Position Name

Graduate Content Curator: Sports
Key Customers

Supersport Content, Showmax Ops, Showmax Product, Media Technology, Marketing
Location

Johannesburg
Purpose of the Position

To curate sport content on the Showmax product for the Premier League, PSL and additional events to enable content discovery
Planning, scheduling & managing the end-to-end content delivery process with multiple stakeholders to ensure content is delivered on time and promoted optimal within the product
Key Performance Objectives

Tasks

Content management

Work with the sport curator on weekly, monthly & quarterly editorial plans aligned to the sporting calendar, key talking points and key business objectives
Sourcing and scheduling Premier League, PSL and other sporting content for delivery to Showmax using internal systems
Daily curation of live & VOD sport content on the Showmax platform across sport & entertainment inline with the editorial plan
Briefing in creative elements for key assets
Working with marketing & CVM teams on the promotional calendar for sport content to drive consumption
Drive content discovery by using key platform features
Operations

Daily management and monitoring of the content delivery process to ensure content lands on the platform in accordance with SLAs
Daily communication with the scheduling & operations teams on the content schedule & workflow completion
Work with the incident management team to escalate and resolve content delivery issues for live & VOD
Test new product & CMS features ahead of launch
Reporting

Prepare content delivery reports against operational SLAs
Prepare weekly content ops report for live & VOD operations and delivery
General

Keep abreast of new developments and industry trends in the OTT space
Seek opportunities to continuously improve on delivery/processes/procedures to ensure success of business processes
Qualifications

Relevant degree in marketing, media, sports management
Experience & Skills

Must love sport and have a passion for local & interational football
Must be able to work on weekends and after-hours in-line with the sporting calendar
Interest in the media & streaming industry
Excellent communication, analytical and organisation skills
Ability to work under pressure, quickly and accurately
Assertiveness, attention to detail, performance driven, goal orientated, ability to build relationships
Flexibility and adaptability to change
Behavioral Competencies

Attention to detail
Problem solver
Relationship Building
Decision Making
Critical Appraisal
Conflict Resolution
Decision Making

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All the best with your applications

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