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Executive - Content Commissioning

The Executive - Content Commissioning supports the commissioning of content production, specific to a genre and/or segment. He/She is responsible for supporting all stages of content commissioning operations. This includes research to identify content ideas and concepts, preliminary creative evaluation of content ideas as well as financial modeling to inform decision making. The work involves coordination with multiple teams and stakeholders as well as desk research to support commissioning processes. He attends meetings with internal and external stakeholders on a regular basis as part of the commissioning process as well as during ongoing projects. He should be comfortable with analysis and critical evaluation. He is well-organized and is able to plan own work effectively. He should also be effective at communicating with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills and Competencies

Technical Skills & Competencies

Concept Creation
Proficiency Level
"Create original concepts using different techniques. "
3
Content Commissioning
Proficiency Level
"Coordinate the content commissioning process by monitoring content production and ensuring adherence to commissioning contracts. "
3
Content Rating and Compliance
Proficiency Level
"Assign content ratings for the organisation's media content and offerings based on regulatory guidelines for classification of content ratings "
3
Contract and Vendor Management
Proficiency Level
"Support the drafting of contracts by researching industry norms while coordinating the documentation and storage of digital and physical records, filing and archival of physical contracts"
2
Project Management
Proficiency Level
"Implement project plans for small projects or project modules. "
3

Generic Skills & Competencies

Decision Making
Proficiency Level
Make decision of a simple or routine nature to achieve intended goals using given information and guidelines.
Basic
Teamwork
Proficiency Level
Facilitate work team activities, provide assistance and support needed by team members and promote ownership and commitment among team members to work goals to improve team performance.
Intermediate
Problem Solving
Proficiency Level
Identify easily perceivable problems and follow given guidelines and procedures to solve the problems.
Basic
Resource Management
Proficiency Level
Use resources to ensure optimum and efficient use of resources.
Basic
Communication
Proficiency Level
"Articulate and discuss ideas and persuade others to achieve common outcomes "
Intermediate

Critical Work Functions and Key Tasks

Research customer trends and content ideas

• Identify trends and patterns from audience content consumption data for the genres and/or segments
• Report research results and audience trends
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative research to validate the appeal of different concepts and genres and/or segments across various 
target audience demographics
• Reference popular content concepts from other genres to gauge their applicability to own genre 

Evaluate proposals from content producers

• Draft content briefs in alignment with organizational requirements of the organization and the genre for sharing with prospective 
content creators
• Conduct basic screening for submitted proposals in alignment with the content evaluation guidelines
• Participate in the proposal review process

Manage content commissioning operations

• Coordinate the logistics of business meetings with production houses
• Provide relevant support for content commissioning negotiations
• Assist in the drafting of commissioning contracts by coordinating with the legal department
• Create the project plan for monitoring the progress of the commissioned projects
• Track the technical compliance of content commissioned to ensure compliance with the organization's established guidelines and 
requirements 

Build industry relationships and networks

• Conduct research on content creators and freelance media professionals
• Maintain a database of content creators and freelance media professionals
• Coordinate meetings with industry bodies, content producers and other key industry players

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