Manager, Business Development - Bloomberg TV Latin America Job - Bloomberg - New York, NY

The Role:
The Media Licensing Manager – Latin America will perform a wide variety of marketing, partnership and deal management functions on behalf of Bloomberg’s Media’s Content Service team, with a particular focus on Latin America. This position is based in our New York office, but also open to the Miami office location as well. The individual in this position will be a self starter and team orientated.

Responsibilities:

• Support joint venture (JV) partners (i.e. El Financiero / Bloomberg) in the territory with marketing, programming and business development support. Work with Executive Producer and various internal Bloomberg teams on various JV related projects.


• Lead person and project manager responsible for conversion of Bloomberg Television’s Latam and Brazil feeds from Standard Definition to High Definition. Will have close contact with operations, marketing and broadcast team internally, as well as technical contacts for all current Bloomberg TV distribution partners.


• Attend and participate in various sales conferences throughout the region. Identify potential new affiliate clients, negotiate contracts and launch Bloomberg TV Latam and/or Brazil feed.


• Manage relationship with new and current pay-tv partners.


• Renew agreements with small/medium Pay-TV systems, Video On Demand and OTT content providers for Bloomberg TV content.


• Work with Market Insights team to adapt sales collateral materials for Bloomberg TV pan-regionally.


• Generate strong relationships with internal departments to ensure optimal implementation of projects


• Oversee all forms and compliance records for local Brazilian authorities/ANCINE and similar requirement for Argentina on ongoing monthly basis.


• Create or maintain data base of regional Pay-TV, VOD, OTT companies in the region; Bloomberg TV affiliates, prospects, contracts, contacts.


• Work with finance team on quarterly budget assessments and forecasting projections for each country in the region.


• Responsible for relationship with internal accounting department. Oversee and resolve billing issues with small and medium size operators.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• BA/BS degree and/or 3-5+ years’ relevant experience with a global media company.


• Able to work effectively across cultures, and to communicate business goals.


• Independent thinker able to work across multiple business units and multiple projects.


• Experience working in Latin American markets.


• Fluent Spanish language required; Portuguese desirable.


• Proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint a must.

The Company:
Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company’s strength – delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately – is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 315,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg’s enterprise solutions build on the company’s core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Bloomberg BNA, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through the Bloomberg Professional service, television, radio, mobile, the Internet and three magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets and Bloomberg Pursuits, covers the world with more than 2,400 news and multimedia professionals at more than 150 bureaus in 73 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 15,000 people in 192 locations around the world.