Analyst, Distribution Planning & Analysis

This person will provide distribution planning and analysis support for content sales to U.S accounts and for TWDC’s direct-to-consumer services worldwide (media and territory responsibilities will vary depending on skills and experience).

Support U.S deal analysis and post-sale deal management for SVOD, AVOD, and FAST deals:

• Support TWDC’s Content Sales team, Business Operations, Legal, Finance and Accounting in all licenses of TWDC content to SVOD, AVOD, and FAST clients, both pre-sale and post-sale. 
• Assist in financial analysis and content valuation for all content licensing deals, in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Provide accurate and timely availability of all content (long form feature films, Disney+ originals, episodic content, promos, bonus, interstitials, etc.), respecting complex rights holdbacks and restrictions stemming from existing licenses, underlying rights and/or music issues, various MVPD restrictions, first-party channel programming priorities and availability of assets.
• Assist team prepare deal summaries for senior executive decision support.
• Administer and manage deals in the rights management system (Rightsline); manage all post-entry workstreams, e.g., draft and send notices (start dates, new seasons, etc.), license fee calculations, preparing invoice backups, asset delivery, etc.
• Track deal options, MFNs, and expirations.
• Assist in critical UAT testing functions

Support management of TWDC’s direct-to-consumer (DTC) services:

• Provide accurate and timely availability of all content (long form feature films, DTC originals, episodic content, promos, bonus, interstitials, etc.) for our DTC services, respecting complex holdbacks and restrictions stemming from existing licenses, underlying rights and/or music issues, various MVPD/BDU restrictions, and availability of assets.
• Assist in executing global and regional content windows and guidelines, coordinating between DTC and Content Sales teams, and enter and maintain such guidelines, by territory, in Disney Platform Distribution’s rights management system (Rightsline).
• Review and adjust rights entries with regional DTC and Content Sales teams on a quarterly basis to support preparation of DTC quarter-end accounting statements.  
• Support ongoing content valuation of DTC by providing global market data and comps.
• Assist in critical rights management support for DTC territory launches, new features, and emerging business models.

Strategic Projects:

• Develop and enhance analytical tools leveraging metadata and aggregated transactional and streaming data to drive title-level insights and support content distribution strategies
• Maintain and enhance the title recommender tool, including troubleshooting, testing, and performance optimization to ensure consistent and scalable operation
• Create analysis and presentation materials in response to ad hoc senior executive and client requests that may include new distribution strategies, sales reporting for audits and finance, market trends and best practices.
• Assist legal with guild and participation audits.
• Liaise with asset delivery teams and business operations on servicing issues.

Required Qualifications:

• 1 year of relevant experience or equivalent experience (including internships, academic coursework, or project work)
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience with financial modeling and analyzing large amounts of data
• Strong facility with interpretation and analysis of contracts, and basic contractual drafting (e.g.,notices).
• Strong facility with Powerpoint
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with cross-functional stakeholders (including through internships or academic collaborations)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Some experience with media distribution or the entertainment industry
• Experience developing data-driven tools or dashboards to support decision-making 
• Familiarity with metadata-driven analysis or content performance insights 
• Experience with Power Query, Excel BI, Power Pivot
• Knowledge of Tableau

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The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $70,300 to $114,100 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.