Coordinator, Content Strategy and Acquisitions

Job Position(s): Coordinator, Content Strategy and Acquisitions

AMC Networks is hiring a Coordinator, Content Strategy and Acquisitions to join its Linear and Streaming Operations team in New York, NY. This role sits at the intersection of scheduling and acquisitions, supporting the programming decisions that determine what airs across AMC Networks’ cable and streaming portfolio, including AMC+, Shudder, Acorn TV, and ALLBLK. It’s a strong fit for an early-career professional with a genuine grip on the television landscape who wants to build a career in content strategy or linear and streaming programming.

About the Role

The Coordinator, Content Strategy and Acquisitions works within the scheduling function of a major multi-network programmer, touching both day-to-day schedule operations and the evaluation of potential acquired content. A typical day involves maintaining network schedules in rights and scheduling software, pulling Nielsen data into performance trackers, and contributing research that feeds acquisition decisions. The work is detail-heavy and deadline-driven, with direct visibility into how programming stunts and theatrical inventory are built and executed across episodic television and film.

Key Responsibilities

• Input and maintain network schedules and supporting metadata across companywide scheduling and rights management software, including What’s On.
• Run quality control checks to confirm that all weekly and monthly schedules are accurately entered and consistent across platforms.
• Update Nielsen ratings performance trackers daily and manage competitive programming documentation across all AMC Networks properties.
• Pull and organize data supporting the evaluation of potential acquired content for linear and streaming distribution.
• Contribute to programming and acquisition presentation decks, including monthly theatrical inventory updates and schedule conflict reporting.
• Participate in scheduling team brainstorms and support the execution of monthly programming stunts across the cable and streaming portfolio.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree and one to three years of relevant experience in entertainment, media, or television programming.
• Hands-on proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint, with experience in media scheduling software, preferably What’s On.
• Comfort managing large volumes of detailed scheduling and rights data under tight deadlines.
• Working knowledge of the film and television landscape across both linear and streaming distribution models.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting information to multiple levels of management.

Why This Role

AMC Networks operates one of the more varied programming portfolios in the industry, spanning prestige originals like The Walking Dead Universe and the Anne Rice Immortal Universe, genre streaming services, and international distribution through AMC Networks International. The Coordinator, Content Strategy and Acquisitions role offers real exposure to acquisition workflows and scheduling strategy, not just administrative support. The base compensation for this position is $50,000 to $53,500 commensurate with experience, and the company offers medical, dental, vision, 401k, tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave, and a one-day-per-week remote work arrangement.

Apply now for the Coordinator, Content Strategy and Acquisitions position at AMC Networks and take a direct step into the programming side of the television industry.