Children Content Acquisition Expert/Advisor

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the content acquisition strategy for children's and family programming.
• Identify, evaluate, and acquire high-quality animation, educational, entertainment, and live-action children's content from global and regional content owners.
• Build and maintain relationships with studios, distributors, broadcasters, independent producers, creators, and licensing agencies.
• Research market trends, audience preferences, and competitor libraries to identify content opportunities and gaps.
• Lead commercial negotiations for licensing agreements, including rights, territories, languages, exclusivity, duration, pricing, and renewal terms.
• Ensure all acquired content complies with legal, regulatory, child safety, and platform content standards.
• Evaluate content quality, educational value, cultural relevance, age appropriateness, and commercial potential.
• Work closely with legal teams on licensing agreements, intellectual property, and rights management.
• Coordinate with content operations to ensure timely delivery of masters, metadata, subtitles, dubbing materials, artwork, and promotional assets.
• Collaborate with editorial, marketing, and product teams to optimize content launch, merchandising, and discoverability.
• Monitor content performance using viewership, engagement, retention, and revenue metrics, and recommend renewals or removals.
• Develop relationships with Arabic and international children's content creators to expand exclusive and original programming.
• Attend international content markets, animation festivals, and licensing events to identify acquisition opportunities and strategic partnerships.
• Support co-production, commissioning, and investment opportunities for original children's content.
• Manage acquisition budgets and ensure optimal return on content investment.
• Maintain accurate licensing, rights, and contract records.