Publicity Manager - Series, India

Job Description

Netflix aspires to provide great entertainment for people everywhere from the world's best creators across TV series, films, documentaries, comedy, and more. Our members have control over what they watch, when, and where, all with no commercials. It's an amazing time to join the Netflix team as we continue to transform entertainment. If you are a talented public relations executive with a passion for content and entertainment, keep reading.

About the Role

We are looking to hire a creative self-starter who loves, lives, and breathes entertainment, to be our Series Publicity Manager. It's an advantage if you have deep experience working on long-form storytelling and running influencer campaigns for entertainment brands. Based in Mumbai you will run your campaigns with autonomy, independently formulate and drive creative and executable ideas, communicate priorities and present clear goals to stakeholders. You will use sound judgement to make wise decisions, think strategically and drive stakeholders to do the same. You understand the entertainment industry and have experience working on films or television and want to develop impactful and strategic publicity campaigns. You are inspired by the creative single title and multi-title storytelling, and outside-the-box campaigns that spark conversations. You'll need to build and maintain great relationships with internal and external partners. You're scrappy, unafraid to jump in and handle tasks at all levels and you thrive in an environment devoid of bureaucracy and layers. Read our culture memo to learn more about how we work at Netflix. Reporting to the Series Publicity Lead for India, the role will serve as a great partner to cross-functional teams.

To succeed in this role you will need:
• An entrepreneurial mindset, given the pace at which we operate;
• Have proven experience in an entertainment PR setting - either agency, studio or TV network
• Have a firm understanding of the Indian entertainment industry with deep experience working on films/television
• Know how to manage agencies and be effective in dealing with talent, talent reps, journalists and other media influencers
• Be able to build creative campaigns around titles and be skilled at knowing how to
• pitch a story, secure opportunities, cover set visits, organise screenings and help plan
• and work junkets and talent tours
• Excel as a communicator: Should be a great writer and clear talker who can organize, summarize, clarify and communicate ideas simply, succinctly, and accurately.
• Be able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously under deadline and thrive in high energy, fast-paced environment while working well across disciplines to execute campaigns
• To be a role model of inclusion and candor (per our cultural values);
• Integrity. Has sound judgment, and will question actions inconsistent with company values.

Role
• Drive innovative publicity campaigns and collaborate with cross-functional partners for our original series
• Help create the title and multi-title film publicity strategy for campaigns that tie our titles and talent to our brand
• Independently formulate, and drive creative and executable ideas, influencer and fan engagement plans, communicate priorities and present clear goals to stakeholders.
• Act as a strategic thought partner to cross-functional teams, including establishing strong relationships with content leads and teams;
• Act as a point of contact for the series slate for internal content stakeholders as well as key filmmaker and talent relationships to ensure best in class talent relations
• Contribute outside the immediate scope, including in forums and memos, in an impactful manner and encourage, mentor, and inspire the agency team to do the same

Qualifications
• 10+ years experience in communications, publicity, media and/ or agency, studio, or TV network
• Deep knowledge of the entertainment industry and familiarity with the media landscape in India
• Experience developing, overseeing, and executing high profile publicity campaigns and
• have stellar talent and showrunner relations
• Ability to work proactively, independently, and juggle multiple tasks at once

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d5e76z-18-221-15-15-42 in your application.