Job Details: Content Licensing Manager

Job Title: Content Licensing Manager
Job ID: 934
Company: Library Associates Companies
Position Type: Permanent
Pay Rate: 65,000-80,000
Skills: Advanced Excel, Access
Date Posted: Apr-21-08

Library Associates Companies (LAC) seeks an experienced Content Licensing Manager for dynamic media company based in Chicago, IL. This is an exceptional opportunity for an enthusiastic professional who has experience acquiring, refining and merchandising content for subscription based online library to create a world-class researching experience.


Responsibilities:
Manage existing publisher and aggregator relationships
Uncover and evaluate content sources for acquisition
Forge new relationships and negotiate for new content acquisitions
Perform content inventories and analysis
Synthesize analysis into opportunities and strategies
Innovate ways to utilize content to drive traffic and subscriptions (taxonomies and categorization, entity extraction, blogging, SEO, and current event vs. archived news, etc)
Monitor, maintain/manage inventory of more than 5,000 publications across multiple web properties
Qualifications:


3-5 years experience in online field
Ability to understand the publishing industry's business models, practices and trends
Strong negotiating skills
Excellent communication skills and the ability to write well
Ability to gather and interpret data from online analytics tools
Basic understanding of XML, HTML, & SEO
Awareness of taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, or some other formal classification scheme is desired
Familiarity with social networking and Web2.0 techniques including blogging, customer-driven content, RSS, etc, is a plus
Comfortable in a fast-paced and fluid environment, which demands a high level of energy, commitment and professionalism
Bachelor's degree preferably in a related field (Journalism, Library Sciences or Communications).
To Apply:

For immediate consideration please email your resume to jobs@libraryassociates.com
Please reference position title AND the position ID #934 as the subject line of your email.
Library Associates Companies is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that values diversity in the workforce.

Location: [rss] US-IL-Chicago
Telecommute: No (Onsite Position)
Contact Name: Kathleen Schmidt
Contact Phone: 240-292-0496
Contact Email: jobs@libraryassociates.com
URL: http://www.libraryassociates.com
Contact Comments:

This position is really an exceptional opportunity! Candidate must have advanced knowledge of Excel and Access. Qualified candidates please forward resume in Word. Thank you!


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