Business Development Manager, 8th Note Press

Job Description

Founded in 2012, ByteDance’s mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok and Helo as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join Us
Creation is the core of ByteDance’s purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life – a mission we aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That’s how we drive impact – for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve.
Join us.

About the Team
The 8th Note Press team aims to empower authors and bring great books to a worldwide audience. We use not only our data strength but also our promotional advantages to help writers find their target readers and make their books viral both online and offline.

The Business Development team identifies content with sales potential and works with internal and external partners to broker publishing and distribution agreements.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Help drive the growth of our new book publishing business with an innovative, entrepreneurial approach
• Develop and implement content acquisition strategy in collaboration with cross-functional teams, directly owning acquisition goals with visibility throughout 8th Note Press and our larger organization
• Identify and negotiate with rights holders to acquire licenses for great books along priority genres with high sales potential
• Develop and maintain business relationships with external partners such as authors, agents, and publishers
• Review and negotiate legal agreements to ensure they meet corporate guidelines and business goals
• Measure, analyze, and report on content acquisition efforts to innovate and improve systems, providing insights to cross-functional teams
• Collaborate with both internal and external teams to ensure that all content is optimized for distribution
• Represent 8th Note Press within the publishing industry to broker deals and develop new business

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in business development, content acquisition, or distribution role at US book publishing house or comparable consumer-facing content business
• Exceptional abilities in negotiation and business affairs
• Passion for the business of commercial storytelling with an awareness of industry trends and top charts
• Self-starter who can foster new partner relationships to negotiate business terms and legal agreements
• Understanding of industry standard formats and technical specifications for digital content

Preferred Qualifications

• Energized by the start-up mentality and willing to learn new systems and collaborate on new projects
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, interpersonal, and communication skills with global team
• Capable of independently tackling and organizing challenges, projects, and team inquiries, bringing clarity and structure to ambiguous situations

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

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