AMC Networks is home to many of the greatest stories and characters in TV and film and the premier destination for passionate and engaged fan communities around the world.
We create and curate celebrated series and films across distinct brands and make them available to audiences everywhere. Our portfolio includes targeted streaming services AMC+, Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now, ALLBLK and HIDIVE; cable networks AMC, BBC AMERICA, IFC, Sundance TV and WE tv; and film distribution labels IFC Films and RLJE Films. The company also operates AMC Studios, our in-house studio, production, and distribution operation behind acclaimed and fan-favorite originals including The Walking Dead Universe and the Anne Rice Immortal Universe, and AMC Networks International, our international programming business.
We are currently seeking a Director, Content Sales, Americas to join our sales team based in our New York, New York headquarters.
JOB SUMMARY
AMC Networks is the ultimate destination for groundbreaking, genre defying, and premier storytelling. Operating in over 125 countries worldwide, we’re the global leader in targeted subscription streaming and home to iconic and fan-favourite brands across television, independent film, production, distribution, gaming, and publishing.
We’re behind some of the most celebrated and acclaimed original content in television and film history, from pantheon-level TV series Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul to Academy Award-winning independent dramas like Boyhood, to the biggest thing on cable for over ten years, The Walking Dead, and so much more.
We have a long history of building loyal and engaged fan communities, creating new formats, delivering new experiences, generating buzz, and we work hard every day to bring new and innovative stories and ideas to life.
Today, AMC is in search of a new Director of Content Sales, Americas, to aggressively drive strategic content licensing of AMC television and feature in the territory. The successful candidate will be a creative, results-driven individual, and team player, who can aggressively seek new international sales opportunities and markets, while balancing sales opportunities and windows against internal programming priorities.
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