Specialist, Editorial Strategy & Planning

Company Description

We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we’ll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.

Job Description

At Peacock, we know life is complicated but believe entertainment shouldn’t be. We envision a more human streaming experience that embraces the entertainment you love. Backed by 100+ years of NBCUniversal legacy, we know how to entertain. We combine this legacy with an insatiable itch for innovation, embracing the data and technologies that challenge the status quo. Our team is never done obsessing over how best to deliver excellence across television, film, sports, news, and more.  

This ambition is a group effort. As challengers at heart, our secret weapon is our talented team of big thinkers, data-driven drivers of growth and innovation. We start by putting people first, embracing empathy and compassion to create a more dynamic, more fulfilling workplace and a better, more enjoyable product. As a company, we embrace the power of transparency and inclusion. We know the best idea can come from anywhere, so we’re committed to creating an organization where we act as one and put ego aside. We are determined to forge the next frontier of streaming through trust, teamwork, and talent.

NBC Universal is hiring a Specialist to join the Editorial Strategy & Planning team in support of our direct-to-consumer streaming service, Peacock. This is a highly cross-functional role that will help drive the ideation and execution of Peacock’s growth, retention, and engagement plans and shape on-product merchandising tactics to maximize performance of our priority content. We are seeking an organized self-starter who is adept at managing multiple projects at once while being able to prioritize among various tasks, especially in a fast-moving and ever-evolving climate.  

The Editorial Strategy & Planning team is tasked with overseeing human-driven merchandising approaches that maximize exposure and reach for priority content (including TV series, movies and live events) in support of overall customer engagement. The team builds and shares campaign and content calendars with internal and external stakeholders, closely tracks performance and optimizes merchandising continuously. 

The ideal candidate will be comfortable working with many different personalities and speaking on behalf of the Editorial team in both small and large group settings. This role requires a strong eye for detail, excellent relationship management skills and an interest in working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment! 

Responsibilities 

• Help develop and maintain strategy and planning documentation, including campaign calendars, merchandising plans and performance reporting 

• Support and contribute to title-level and campaign-level merchandising strategies, powered by both human curation and algorithmic recommendations 

• Communicate Editorial campaign plans to internal partners (including marketing and programming colleagues) 

• Collect and synthesize research on upcoming priorities for dissemination for the wider Editorial team 

• Help manage team meetings, including creation of agendas and capturing of comprehensive meeting notes 

• Maintain multiple Airtable databases that provide guidance to the larger editorial team on how to merchandise content coming to Peacock 

• Provide insights via competitive research across the streaming landscape 

• Monitor social media for trends related to Peacock content and competitors  

• Audit the platform da