MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. To make this possible, we create, curate, acquire and champion visionary films, bringing them to audiences all over the world. We have a team of brilliant, dedicated and passionate people to help bring our mission to life. From London to New York, Istanbul to Paris, and Berlin to Mexico - we work together to realize MUBI’s vision.
That’s where you come in! Join our global team and help us make great cinema accessible to everyone, everywhere.
About the roleThis is a fixed-term maternity cover for the Programming Manager, France / Benelux, with an anticipated duration of one year. The role will start at the earliest available date and will focus primarily on the Netherlands market.
We're at an exciting stage of growth, and are looking for someone to join our Programming team, to be a key player in shaping our content strategy in European markets. This is a combined role, where you’ll be working in both Programming and Licensing.
You'll work closely with our Content and Marketing teams, and you'll be central to bringing the best curation experience to our members in the Netherlands, and additional European territories (France, Benelux more widely).
Where you’ll have impact:Contribute to the design of MUBI’s Programming vision in the Netherlands and additional European territories (France, Benelux more widely) in alignment with key metrics and growth objectives.
Build and maintain relationships with rights holders across the Netherlands and additional territories, ranging from local distributors, filmmakers and producers but also international sales agents to secure library deals and earlier window licensing opportunities.
Help shape overall curation and licensing strategies, constantly improve methodology and tool efficiency, and maintain an up-to-date market knowledge to share with the wider business
Source, negotiate, and draft license deals for library titles and platform exclusives for the Netherlands and additional territories.
Assess scouted and submitted films for suitability for France and additional territories programming.
Optimise content in accordance with MUBI curatorial values and objectives, gauging programming possibilities and activating local licensing initiatives
Collaborate with the analytics team to make data-informed decisions about curation, valuations and investment decisions, to better understand customer viewing, sharing insight into performance and subscriber engagement with the wider team
Conduct research as needed and general tracking of industry players, overall deals, trends and the competitive landscape.
Compose editorial to introduce and contextualise programming for subscribers in the Netherlands.
You have proven experience in the film industry, and digital acquisition or sales
You have strong cinema knowledge -- domestic and international, past and present.
You have a solid understanding of the arthouse and independent film market and digital distribution landscape in the Netherlands and other European territories.
You have excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally, contextualise programming efforts, and match MUBI's high-standard relationships with external partners
Candidates speaking Dutch at a native level will be given priority (Desired)
You are able analyse data to make informed decisions (Desired)
You have the ability to think creatively / outside the box (Desired)
If working on a wide range of interesting, impactful projects with a world class team excites you, then we want to hear from you!
We want to make cinema accessible to everyone. We believe people from different backgrounds bring different ideas that foster innovation and engagement, allowing us to attract great people to develop the best experience for our users.
MUBI is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer. That means it's our responsibility to ensure that all candidates are not discriminated against in our hiring processes and our employment decisions based on their race, color, religion, nationality or ethnic origin, age, gender identity or expression, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic background, sexual orientation, family or parental status, or any other applicable characteristic.
Skills Required
- Proven experience in the film industry, and digital acquisition or sales
- Strong cinema knowledge, domestic and international
- Solid understanding of arthouse and independent film market
- Excellent communication skills and cross-functional collaboration
- Candidate speaking Dutch at a native level
- Ability to analyze data for informed decisions
- Creative thinking capabilities
What We Do
MUBI is a global streaming service, production company and film distributor dedicated to elevating great cinema. MUBI creates, curates, acquires and champions visionary films, bringing them to audiences all over the world. MUBI is a place to discover ambitious films, from both iconic directors and emerging auteurs. All carefully chosen by MUBI’s curators. With MUBI GO, members in select countries can get a free ticket every week to see the best new films in cinemas. And Notebook explores all sides of cinema culture — both in print and online. Some recent and upcoming MUBI Releases include: Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance, Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla, Ira Sachs’ Passages, Pedro Almodóvar’s Strange Way of Life, Molly Manning Walker’s How to Have Sex, Aki Kaurismäki's Fallen Leaves, Rodrigo Moreno’s The Delinquents, Felipe Gálvez’s The Settlers, Aftersun from Charlotte Wells, Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave, Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World, Lukas Dhont’s Close, and Céline Sciamma’s Petite Maman. MUBI Productions include Karim Aïnouz’s Rosebushpruning starring Kristen Stewart, Josh O’Connor and Elle Fanning, Christopher Andrews' Bring Them Down starring Christopher Abbott and Barry Keoghan, Elizabeth Sankey’s Witches, Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross’ Gasoline Rainbow, and Zia Anger’s My First Film starring Odessa Young and Devon Ross. MUBI Co-productions include Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother starring Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Tom Waits, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Indya Moore and Luka Sabbat, Michel Franco’s Memory starring Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard, Mia Hansen-Løve’s One Fine Morning starring Léa Seydoux, Ekwa Msangi’s Sundance prize-winner Farewell Amor and Rachel Lang’s Our Men. Founded in 2007 by Efe Cakarel, MUBI is the biggest community of film lovers, anywhere. Available across 190 countries, with more than 16 million members around the world.
