Head of Scripted Series and Movies, South Africa
7 days ago
Experience overseeing all creative aspects of development, production, and post production of Scripted TV and/or Movies at a senior level (e.g. Series or Film Producer, Executive Producer, Head of Scripted or Film, Senior Commissioning Editor or above, or equivalent)
- Track record of developing, producing/executive producing, or creatively overseeing series
- Ability to interface directly with producers/filmmakers, represent the studio on individual projects with significant day to day autonomy
- Excellent story skills
- Fluency in English
Job summary
Are you interested in shaping the future of movies and television? Do you want to help define the next generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching? Prime Video is one of the leading digital video services on the Internet today, and we’re just getting started changing the way millions of people around the world enjoy content. Now available in more than 240 countries and territories, Prime Video offers customers the broadest selection of any on-demand video service, including our critically-acclaimed Amazon Original Series and Movies such as Coming 2 America, Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty, The Boys, Wheel of Time, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Underground Railroad, and Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse and Jack Ryan; hit Local Originals from around the world including Made in Heaven, Mirzapur and The Family Man from India; The Grand Tour from the UK; and LOL: Last One Laughing (now available in Italy, India, France, Germany, Mexico, and more); plus exclusives and live sports.
Amazon Studios is the movies and television development and production arm of Amazon. It is our role to produce original content and license studio programs worldwide in exclusive service of Amazon’s Prime Video customers. We need your passion, innovative ideas, and creativity to help take us to new heights.
We are currently seeking an experienced senior creative development executive to work with the South Africa Originals team. In this Cape Town-based position, you will look after the creative, talent-related, and strategic aspects of Amazon Prime Video’s slate of local original scripted series and movies from South Africa. You will leverage your hands-on development/production experience, high judgment, collaborative spirit, and deep industry knowledge to bring a slate of projects to life to delight Prime Video customers everywhere.
You will work to create a welcoming “Home for Talent” to include creators and artists who represent the best of South Africa from all walks of life. You will cultivate talent of all levels and backgrounds and elevate South African voices and stories for the enjoyment of audiences in South Africa, Africa, and the world. You will ensure that Originals, and the teams working on them, include and reflect South Africa’s diversity across gender, age, spoken language, ethnicity/tribal affiliation, class, and more.
You will be joining a dynamic, hands-on, and growing Amazon Studios team, bringing an in-depth knowledge of the South African entertainment landscape. You will work alongside other creative executives based around the world to help identify material, attract the best talent, and give creative guidance and feedback to writers on outlines, scripts and cuts, ensuring that we are always raising the bar on storytelling. You will be working in a self-motivated, entrepreneurial, passionate and deeply collaborative environment.
Key job responsibilities
- Oversee Prime Video’s slate of commissioned South African originals across Scripted series and Movies
- Act as a key interface for the South African creative community with Amazon in all aspects, including sourcing potential new projects and assisting with talent relations
- Ensure originals meet the Studio’s global bar for excellence in originality and quality
- Provide visibility and feedback to senior leaders contributing to and executing Amazon Prime Video’s overall content strategy for South Africa and Africa
- Assess proposals/pitches in line with the Studio leadership's strategy for South Africa; provide bar-raising creative feedback to writers/producers on treatments, outlines, scripts, and cuts to develop stories
- Serve as a central point of contact for all Studios stakeholders supporting South African originals and content (Content Licensing, Marketing, PR, Business Affairs, Production Legal, Physical Production, Post Production, Finance, Customer Insights)
- Proven creative instincts with track record of developing successful series and/or movies within South Africa for a South African audience
- Broad network of working relationships with top South African directors, writers, producers and other on and off-screen talent
- Experience developing or producing higher budget, premium series and/or movies across the genre spectrum
- Experience in literary and other IP adaptations, and/or franchise development
- Have exceptional artistic vision and creative skills
- Excellen
-
Cape Town, South Africa Amazon Dev Centre South Africa Full timeExperience in creative marketing strategy development, ideally in the entertainment industry. - Experience working with large cross-functional teams and external partners, including creative and media agencies. - Proven ability to develop and execute high-performing marketing campaigns on time and within budget. - Track record of combining data analysis and...
-
Head of Pr, Africa
1 day ago
Cape Town, South Africa Amazon Commercial Services (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd Full timeSenior PR experience in TV / entertainment - Delivery of major launch campaigns - Events experience Come build the future of entertainment with us. Are you interested in shaping the future of movies and television? Do you want to help define the next generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching? Prime Video is a premium streaming service that...
-
Head of Legal
2 days ago
Cape Town, South Africa Amazon Commercial Services (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd - N09 Full time10+ years of post-qualification experience working at a leading international law firm, top-tier regional firm, or in-house at a multinational company, with a significant portion of the time working in or primarily focused on South Africa or Sub-Saharan Africa; - Membership in good standing in the South African bar association; - Ability to deal autonomously...
-
Cape Town, South Africa Amazon Dev Centre South Africa Full timeBackground in data-driven marketing. - Experience working with large cross-functional teams and external partners. - Track record of developing and executing high-performing data-driven marketing programs on time and within budget. - Track record of combining data analysis and insights to deliver results. Job summary Come build the future of entertainment...
-
Senior Recruiter, Amazon Prime Video
2 weeks ago
Cape Town, South Africa Amazon Dev Centre South Africa Full timeSolid experience of corporate and/or agency technical recruiting experience including sourcing and full life cycle recruiting - Experiencing managing and prioritizing multiple searches, projects and client relationships - Experience building and driving talent sourcing initiatives - Experience working with recruiting and people-related tools and systems,...
-
Procurement Specialist
2 days ago
Cape Town, South Africa Teleperformance South Africa Full time**The Opportunity** The Procurement Specialist for South Africa is a hands-on member of the TPUK Group Procurement team and will additional take direction and have support from the local business lead - Head of Finance South Africa. He/She will deliver value by strategically and tactically purchasing goods and services, with appropriate quality, at the...
-
Sourcing Recruiter, Amazon Prime Video
2 weeks ago
Cape Town, South Africa Amazon Dev Centre South Africa Full timeStrong knowledge of Boolean, x-ray searches and additional sourcing software/tools - Experiencing managing and prioritizing multiple searches, projects and client relationships - Experience building and driving talent sourcing initiatives - Experience working with recruiting and people-related tools and systems, including applicant tracking systems, resume...
-
Head of Finance South Africa
4 days ago
Cape Town, South Africa Nordex SE Full time**ABOUT THE NORDEX GROUP**: The manufacture of wind energy plants in the on-shore segment has been our core competence and passion for around 35 years. With more than 46 GW installed capacity worldwide, our turbines supply sustainable energy to more than 80% of the global energy market and we are one of the largest companies in the wind industry. National...
-
Strategy Manager South Africa
1 week ago
Cape Town, South Africa HyperionDev Full time**ABOUT US**: HyperionDev is the largest provider of software development education in Southern Africa, and one of the largest globally. Counted among the top education technology startups in EMEA with headquarters in Cape Town and London, we support learners from over 40 countries in changing into fulfilling tech careers. We are dedicated to closing the...
-
Creative Director, Prime Video Africa
2 weeks ago
Cape Town, South Africa Amazon Dev Centre South Africa Full timeExperience working in or with creative services - Experience building relationships with stakeholders, including communicating and collaborating across teams and functions - Experience leading process improvements and/or operations tool implementations (e.g. digital asset management tool) - Proven global creative experience that encompasses 360 marketing...
-
Head of Power
3 days ago
Cape Town, South Africa Mass Staffing Projects Full time**Job Information** - Location- Cape Town- Salary- TBC- Job Type- Permanent- Education- BEng/BSc Electrical Engineering- Experience- 10+ years- Reference- RA310123RB- - engineering.jobs(at)staffingprojects.co.za- Fax- 0867182241A world-leading Consulting firm with offices around the globe are looking to recruit a Head of Power for South Africa and...
-
Head of Finance: South Africa Location
15 hours ago
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa TB HIV Care Full timeTB HIV Care seeks a talented Head of Finance to drive our financial operations in South Africa. Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, this role offers a unique opportunity for a seasoned finance professional to lead our financial management and reporting functions.About the PositionThe Head of Finance will be responsible for managing our...
-
Senior Research Manager, Prime Video Africa
2 weeks ago
Cape Town, South Africa Amazon Dev Centre South Africa Full timeMultiple years of professional non-internship marketing research experience. - Experience working with large cross-functional teams and external partners. - Experience using data and metrics to measure impact and determine improvements - Track record of combining data analysis and high judgement to deliver results. - Experience presenting metrics and...
-
Group Manager
2 weeks ago
Cape Town, South Africa WNS South Africa Full timeCompany Description **WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS) i**s a global Business Process Management (BPM) leader. WNS offers business value to 400+ global clients by combining operational excellence with deep domain expertise in key industry verticals, including Banking and Financial Services, Consulting and Professional Services, Healthcare, Insurance,...
-
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa IAIA South Africa Full timeWe are IAIA South Africa, a dynamic team passionate about conservation and environmental sustainability. Our mission is to protect and preserve the natural world through innovative solutions and collaborative efforts.Job DescriptionAs a Faunal Specialist, you will be responsible for conducting faunal surveys and providing expert advice on wildlife management...
-
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa IAIA South Africa Full timeJob Description:Environmental Assessment Practitioner WantedWe are looking for a highly experienced Senior Environmental Scientist to join our team in Cape Town.The successful candidate will be responsible for leading environmental assessment projects, developing and implementing new ideas, and collaborating with colleagues to achieve project goals.This is...
-
Recruitment Manager, Amazon Prime Video
2 weeks ago
Cape Town, South Africa Amazon Dev Centre South Africa Full timeSolid recruitment and leadership experience - Track record of success in owning and executing the process to identify and attract talent for immediate business needs, as well as for critical long-term talent pipelines. - Experience working with essential tools of the trade, including ATS, resume databases, and internet sourcing tools, along with coaching a...
-
Copywriter (South Africa, Cape Town)
2 weeks ago
Cape Town, South Africa Team5pm Full time**TEAM5PM GOES CAPE TOWN** - And we are looking for you!_ Team5PM is expanding to South Africa! ‘_Lekker, lekker man’ _are our first South African words, but many more to come. This full-serviced YouTube agency based in The Netherlands has recently settled down in Sweden and Germany. Dreaming BIG is in our DNA which will result in more international...
-
Cape Town, South Africa Amazon Web Services South Africa Pvt Ltd Full timeWe are looking for a very specific leadership profile to help us achieve our goals. On top of specific qualifications listed below, we are seeking the following skills and experiences: - Executive GM-level experience and track record in leading a large-scale complex organization across multiple functions, including strategy, execution, organizational...
-
Head of Enterprise Banking Solutions
20 hours ago
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Standard Bank of South Africa Limited Full timeJob RoleAs a Head of Enterprise Banking Solutions at Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, you will be responsible for leading and managing the Enterprise Direct capability in a Province, delivering the Provincial Enterprise Direct capability value proposition for Enterprise Direct. You will also support the Head, Enterprise Direct to drive and deliver...