Senior Specialist - Disney+ Marketing

Disneyland Hong Kong; Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment company is seeking a Senior Professional responsible for Partner Marketing in KSA and Kuwait. This role focuses on partner campaigns for Disney+, ensuring compliance with brand guidelines and fostering strong relationships with local markets. A successful candidate will have over 5 years of marketing experience, particularly in KSA or UAE, and proficiency in Arabic is mandatory. The position combines creative strategy with project management, aiming to enhance Disney+ brand visibility.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in supporting end to end marketing campaigns.
• Extensive experience managing partner/client marketing teams on campaigns.
• Marketing experience in KSA and/or UAE is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support partner marketing and campaign activation for Disney+.
• Ensure campaigns align with global guidelines and brand strategy.
• Build long-term relationships with strategic partners.

Skills

End to end marketing campaign management

Arabic language proficiency

Client relationship management

Creative asset management

Job description

We are looking for Senior Professional, responsible for Partner Marketing, specifically in KSA and Kuwait.

The Disney+ team is responsible for the launch and day to day operation of Disney+ across Europe and Africa, specifically focused on customer acquisition and retention, marketing, partnerships and synergy, content programming, research and analytics.

This role sits within the team spearheading the MENA roll out of Disney’s new streaming platform, Disney+. Working alongside Commercial teams, this marketing role focuses on delivering best in class Disney+ partnership campaigns.

The role is intensively collaborative in nature - working with multiple Disney+ stakeholders, wider TWDC business units as well as a host of external partners and agencies. The role will be responsible for ensuring our partners are effectively driving awareness of Disney+ through their marketing campaigns and initiatives as well as effective CTA and delivery of subscribers.

Day to day the role will work with partners/markets to ensure:

Guidelines, IP usage, timelines, approvals processes and ways of working are clearly set out

Campaigns are thoroughly planned, well executed in line with global IP guidelines and reviewed.

Innovative creative thinking and idea generation, working with global teams to drive out-of-the-box thinking with our partners

The role will help to support the end to end activation of partnership delivery including customer redemption journeys, marketing and customer services.

This role will require you to be working 4 days a week in our office and 1 day from home.

What You Will Do

Project Management:

A key member of the team, this role will support partner marketing and campaign activation for Disney+. Working with existing TWDC processes and developing new ones to enable Partners to efficiently produce through the line campaigns; Leading meetings with local markets, clients and agencies, and ensuring all projects are as impactful as possible and delivered on time.

Managing Creative Assets:

Working with the global/EMEA brand, creative and legal teams to ensure promotional guidelines and approved assets are developed and delivered to partners across EMEA. Establishing processes and systems to best deliver these to our partners.

Client Servicing:

Excellence in client servicing, helping build long term relationships with our largest strategic partners and delivering a seamless partner experience. This role requires someone who can work hand in hand with relevant teams, for example commercial, product, content and creative to ensure the partnership(s) are successful and delivering against terms.

Brand guardian, creative and detail:

This role requires a keen eye for detail, strong process and budget management to deliver professional, innovative and high‑quality campaigns. The candidate will ultimately become a brand guardian for Disney+ and its respective Originals, ensuring all campaigns deliver on the brand strategy.

Systems and Approvals:

Intimate working knowledge of the various systems and campaign submission using tools such as; PAS, CBM guidelines, topline Legal policies, SAG fee participation.

Relationships:

Strong external relationships (clients and agencies) and strong internal relationships; all marketing departments, legal, CBM, Technical Account Management, Affiliates.

Partner with EMEA & US teams to ensure MENA partnership marketing needs are understood and met. Strong communication/alignment is a must.

Other:

Be the expert in cultural nuances, competitors and TWDC ecosystem in all MENA markets

Promote a test‑and‑learn culture to constantly find exciting new opportunities for growth and optimization

Flexible working style to work with the cadence of different partners

Drive prioritisation and focus to achieve Disney+ marketing success

Localise global/international plans and strategies for local success.

Work with the insights team to deeply understand the performance of partner campaigns as an acquisition tool, in order to refine approach and drive improvement.

Areas of Accountability

Driving external partner marketing campaigns to build awareness of Disney+ and the films/series launching on the platform

Disney+ and Originals brand awareness in multiple markets

Delivery of sign‑ups from partnership campaigns

Creating marketing efficiency, establishing high impact but low‑cost acquisition opportunities

Managing various trackers, including campaign, asset and action trackers, to ensure activity is kept up to date for visibility across team.

Day‑to‑day support and point of contact for local partner teams, from pitch phase to implementation

Facilitate communication flow with the MENA local market teams – including distributing materials and information, organising and documenting regular calls, meetings and updates

Training partner teams on the process and Disney+ IPs and campaign usage.

Effective communication of Disney+ brand and partnership strategy to local MENA markets

Create high‑level documents to showcase Disney+ output to internal stakeholders.

Required Qualifications & Skills

At least 5+ years work experience

Experience in supporting end to end marketing campaigns at both ATL & BTL level (5 years+)

Extensive experience managing and working with partner/client marketing teams on campaigns

Proficient Arabic required for this role

Marketing Experience in KSA &/or UAE is a must

Experience working within the Entertainment industry (TV, Studios or SVOD)

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided the necessary accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive all benefits of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.