Netflix Hiring for Content Analyst – India at Mumbai Metropolitan Region Full Time

The Opportunity

From “Small Town Scares” to “Irreverent Comedies,” the system that powers Netflix’s multitudes of personalized row recommendations is the result of years of painstaking content analysis, intricate taxonomical work, data science, and pure movie and television geekery.

If you are an avid fan and a serious consumer of visual entertainment, the Product Metadata & Ratings team at Netflix is seeking a unique candidate who can capture the essence of films, series, and specials — and turn that into metadata and insights. This starts with digging deep into every title, researching, analyzing, tagging, rating, reviewing and understanding the nuances of the content to help connect our members to the content they’ll love.

This role will join a team of classification experts: people who can identify, collect and transform the artistic qualities of films and series into the data that powers personalization for more than 260 million people (and counting) around the world. This hire innately understands the facets, tropes, and themes that allow audiences around the world to laugh, think, escape, cry, and tell their friends, “You have to watch this.”

The Ideal Candidate

Has a deep and broad knowledge and experience of visual media and is passionate about global entertainment. They can succinctly and broadly communicate what’s important about a piece of content, and why. They are comfortable working in a high-volume, high-quality, deadline- and data-driven environment. They are an excellent cross-functional partner who can speak to how each title in their slate reflects market strategy. They can also represent the guidelines and decision-making that influenced their work to key stakeholders including Product, Creative Services, Marketing, Content, and Merchandising teams. Finally, they are flexible, adaptive and curious in an ever-evolving organizational landscape.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, tag, research, and write detailed insights for all titles produced in or licensed for your market. This includes quality assurance on titles analyzed by externalized sources.
• Represent the slate for your given market, collaborating with other teams on Product Discovery and Promotion
• Build strong cross functional partnerships with Product, Merchandising, Creative, Content, and Marketing at all levels across the business.
• Possess a deep understanding of your market, successfully able to interpret and speak to the business strategy for the region.
• Have your finger on the pulse with regard to current affairs and cultural moments, while also being aware of historical, political, social and/or sensitive issues from across the region.
• Represent, educate on and advocate for Content Understanding at the correct altitude and partner with Ratings and Partnerships to help stakeholders understand Ratings implications.

Qualifications

• Prior experience in media as a writer or editor or experience as a Content Specialist, Insights Strategist, Metadata Analyst or Platform Editor
• Passionate about films and series with a deep knowledge of your market’s entertainment industry and the global streaming landscape
• Ability to distinguish nuances within different content genres and distill the essence of a film/series, including sharing findings in an objective, concise manner
• Excellent communication, presentation and cross-functional skills within a highly matrixed org structure
• Ability to master internal tools and systems successfully
• Fluency in Airtable, Google Sheets, or other data trackers and data management systems
• Experience working with large data catalogs is a plus
• Fluency in English, Hindi, Tamil or Telugu (requires English and Hindi, either Tamil or Telugu expertise)

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.