The Account Planning Manager is a unique role in the Sales Planning & Analysis department offering the opportunity to partner with the senior Account and Sales Executives to drive top-line volume and revenue across the largest national accounts. The role also offers the opportunity to work with and learn about consumer product goods in the media and entertainment industry. This role offers significant opportunity to introduce new ideas, define new procedures, and build collaborative relationships to influence change.
Details on job responsibilities and requirements can be viewed here. Timing is uncertain, but interested candidates can send their resumes to tracy.eng@warnerbros.com
November 27th, 2008
The M&E Club is co-sponsoring a visit to Comcast Interactive Media on Friday, Dec. 5. The visit will be from 1-3pm approximately. This will provide a great opportunity to meet more people from the division as well as check out the new office space, including CIM City. CIM is targeting this visit toward M&E students specifically, so you will get a chance to ask more in-depth industry questions. Sign-ups now closed.
November 15th, 2008
Sign-ups now closed.
Visit NBC Universal, MTV, Time Inc. and other major media firms on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14. Learn from industry insiders while networking with executives and Wharton alumni!
An evening reception will be hosted at CNN’s New York headquarters and those who sign up early will have the opportunity to watch “Nancy Grace” tape live from CNN’s control room.
Please contact either Naomi Goldstein (ngold@wharton.upenn.edu) or Arie Barendrecht (abar@wharton.upenn.edu) with questions.
November 9th, 2008
From Ed Rivera
PE Internship Opportunity
Acting Associate, PE Fund, New York City
A New York based PE fund is looking for an associate to study and invest in one of the following industries:
• Traditional Media and Entertainment
• New Media
• Communication
The ideal candidate will possess prior experience as an analyst with a PE firm or investment bank covering one of the above industries.
Requirements
• MBA student
• 2 to 3 years experience as an analyst in financial services
• Strong verbal and written skills
• Knowledge in Private Equity: Growth Equity Fund
About the PE Firm: The firm is a new PE venture based in New York City and focused on identifying attractive investments in middle-market companies with values between $50 million and $500 million. The firm targets to invest from $25 million to $75 million of equity per company either at the initial acquisition or over time through add-on investments.
Venture Capital / New Media / Entrepreneurship Internship Opportunity
Acting Associate, New York City
A New York based operator group is looking for an associate to support studying the traditional and Internet TV broadcasting market for a new network.
The ideal candidate will possess prior experience as an analyst with a top-tier venture capital or management consulting firm covering the media and entertainment industries.
Requirements
• MBA student
• Very knowledgeable about the current Internet content plays and consumer behavior programming trends across demos
• 2 to 3 years experience as an analyst
• Strong verbal and written skills
• Entrepreneurial, strategic thinker
• Must sign a confidentiality agreement
About Ed Rivera
Over 15 years of Media, Entertainment and Investment management experience and, most recently, an advisor to the CEO and President of SONY Music Entertainment (formerly SONY BMG Music Entertainment), several new ventures, venture capital and private equity firms. Previously, I was the Vice President of marketing and operations for RCA Music Group, responsible for operational oversight. Earlier in my career, I founded ArtandCulture.com in San Francisco and was a Director of Adelphia Capital in New York, and a board member of Latino.com. I began my career as a magazine publishing executive at Time, Inc. following my graduation from Ithaca College and hold an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Contact Information:
Ed Rivera
550 Madison Avenue
Rm. 15-14
New York, NY 10021
(212) 833-7881
Email resumes to EdRivera707@aim.com
September 30th, 2008
The Strategic Planning Department of the New York Times Media Group (The New York Times newspaper, NYTimes.com, The International Herald Tribune and WQXR radio) seeks two summer interns to provide analysis and modeling for print and online media projects. Candidates will be integral members of two to three project teams working closely with staff in the Strategic Planning Department and operations staff at the New York Times Media Group. We work closely with the senior management team to provide analysis and research that informs their decision-making in various capacities. Projects typically touch numerous functional teams, affording insights into the different dynamics and operations within the organization.
The Strategic Planning department assists The New York Times Media Group in creating overall strategy, evaluating new business opportunities, developing new products, and identifying potential partners and acquisition candidates. The summer interns will participate as integral members of Strategic Planning project teams and have these areas of responsibilities:
– Collect, analyze and synthesize information and data to develop strategies for a variety of online and print media products and businesses. Conduct in-depth analyses of economics, sales, financial and operating data from primary and secondary resources. Build analytical models and spreadsheets that aid in market analysis and decision-making. Draw conclusions from data and formulating actionable business solutions. Apply strategic frameworks to analyze and present data.
– Participate in strategy formulation.
– Work closely with internal clients and team members to identify and develop appropriate action plans and alternatives.
– Communicate ideas, objectives and results to team members and to internal clients, as appropriate.
– Some examples of past projects completed by our MBA interns include:
o Constructing P&L projections for proposed product enhancements to select verticals of the NYTimes.com website
o Examining the current revenue models in the marketplace for online video advertising
o Creating a competitive landscape of top competitor sites and their relevant performance metrics for various digital verticals
Please send your resume to Rohanna Thomas: rohanna.thomas@nytimes.com
We have received no firm deadline on applications, however by the end of December is advisable.
September 15th, 2008
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