Millennium Media Services is seeking a well-qualified candidate to serve as its Brand Director.

Millennium Media Services is an end-to-end supply chain solution that maximizes the market potential of all titles by leveraging a superior sales force, experienced marketing department, full VMI capabilities and back office support with the core competencies of Sony DADC, the world’s largest optical disc manufacturer, which provides the best in class end-to-end logistics, duplication and experienced inventory management. MMS has direct selling relationships with top DVD retailers nationwide and distributes over twelve lines representing over $200 million at retail.

Brand Director

The Brand Director will support both MMS' and Sony DADC's sales teams to cultivate new content suppliers, assist with pitching prospective suppliers on MMS, work with MMS' finance team to determine whether a new line is viable and evaluate specific deal structure to determine a mutually beneficial agreement between supplier and MMS. Once a line has been acquired, the Brand Director's responsibilities include finalizing the long form agreement, managing and monitoring the line through our company from end to end, introducing the line to the sales team and transitioning the line to day-to-day management. Additionally, you will be managing the line's lifecycle of scheduling, market planning, manufacturing, sales solicitation, retail marketing and accounting.

You will work with and understand our company's sales, marketing, finance, manufacturing and distribution functions so products are scheduled, solicited, manufactured, delivered and reported on time. Additionally, w will rely on you to understand marketplace trends and retail sales opportunities to ensure our brands are maximized for sales with effective marketing support from the supplier and our company. By serving as the key contact for all lines, you will be ensuring a healthy working relationship between retailers, product lines and MMS.

By cooperatively working with the Finance and Legal teams, you will help to create a profitable, mutually beneficial agreement, understand the payment terms and be sensitive to any payment issues that the company or supplier may have. Additionally, you will review financial statements for accuracy and understand how and when the line is paid and respond to questions or concerns regarding statements and create profitability projections for the line in total and for specific releases.

Responsibilities:
• Assist our partners' understanding of performance of their product in the marketplace.
• Communicate the need to meet customer compliance requirements and the liabilities of non-compliance in a positive way to reinforce the timeline commitments
• Obtain the lines' support for our sales and marketing plans
• Maintain daily communication with the studio / producer or its representative, Marketing, Sales and Finance teams to manage and address day-to-day opportunities and issues
• Create marketing plans and budgets
• Assist in creating the press releases, packaging, ads and sales plan to develop the project for retail sales
• Ensure that the line's consumer and retail marketing is set-up, communicated and executed in a timely manner to all appropriate parties
• Ensure that all solicitation materials (set-up sheets, screeners, merchandise, consumer and trade ads) are developed, proofed, delivered, booked and executed on schedule
• Present line to our sales team and support the solicitation process to position the product in the retail market place, and ensuring that the marketing and sales teams have a clear understanding of the line's target markets, account base, audience, sell points and goals
• Monitor inventory levels to avoid over and under manufacturing of the products, monitor the delivery of components and solicitation process to ensure correct quantity is manufactured and delivered according to schedule

Benefits:
We offer unprecedented benefits to our employees. In addition to joining a fantastic movie business and competitive compensation starting at $75K (based on experience), we offer an excellent career path. We offer one of the best available benefit programs for small businesses, including healthcare plan, 401(k), long-term and short-term disability, holidays and life insurance.

We work to maintain the best possible environment for our employees, where people can learn and grow with the company. We strive to provide a collaborative, creative environment where each person feels encouraged to contribute to our processes, decisions, planning and culture.
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Job Requirements

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will possess the following knowledge and skills:
• Bachelor’s degree.
• 10 years experience with marketing / branding in the entertainment industry.
• Strong aptitude for quantitative work.
• Customer Service experience a plus.
• Excellent written and proof-reading skills and good problem-solving skills required.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships, both internally and externally.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and work to strict deadlines.