David Somkuwar

About David Somkuwar

JOB PROFILE- • Responsible for planning and delivering content on various platforms like YouTube, OTT – ShemarooMe • Planning and delivering for content to partners integrated with ShemarooMe OTT platforms like – MITV, Ixigo, Oneplus TV, Flipkart, MX Player, Vodafone, Airtel, JIO, Amazon Fire TV. • Co-Ordinating partners for ShemarooMe API integration. • Managing SVOD-AVOD strategy across all categories for OTT – ShemarooMe. • Planning weekly/monthly refresh plan for OTT – ShemarooMe and YouTube Channels • Maintaining masters for all the content deliver on ShemarooMe. • Planning digital marketing campaigns for promoting ShemarooMe and YouTube content to generate traffic and revenue on YouTube and ShemarooMe • Creating monthly planner for content promotion for ShemarooMe and YouTube App – Festival • events, Star birthdays etc. • Getting best artworks and metadata created for content uploaded on YouTube and ShemarooMe OTT platforms for increasing views. • To Manage YouTube Channel growth for Revenue, Views and Subscriber for and Bollywood and Entertainment channels such as Indian Comedy, Fashion Platter, Bollygoogly, Shemaroo Movies Etc. • Coordinating with video editors for promo and content creation for YouTube Channels and OTT - ShemarooMe • Managing YouTube CMS for Claims and Dispute related issues. • Ensure stringent QC of data and Content for error free deployment of content on Various platforms. • Coordinating with legal team for Digital rights check of the Content

Experience

1. Rights and Catalog Protection Senior Leader

   Believe

   Apr 2023 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Day to Day Responsibilities -> Follow up the Video/Audio Rights Legal Claims assigned to Believe • Ensuring Customer care, support and troubleshooting with our Sales team, Believe clients, and DSPs on operational & rights issues regarding video • Resolving any infringement/conflict situations of Videos/Audios with the DSP stores, legal team and other internal team involved there in • Process streamlining and industrialisation related to video/audio rights infringement tasks • Handle legal claims and conflict situations effectively. • Provide support and troubleshooting to our sales team, clients and the stores on operational and video rights related issues • Review or ensure that catalog is compliant with store guidelines which is having direct impact on copyright infringement and Preferred partnership with DSP • Act as expert or reference related to any Video DSP (in particular on YT) • Bring expertise to the enhancement of our process and policies • Actively participate in projects deployments • Manage Labels CMS wit regards to music, entertainment and publishing Team Management Responsibilities: • Manage the Rights infringement team, allocate and delegate tasks in order of priority and ensuring the tasks are completed as per the prescribed guidelines • Adhere to the prescribed SLA and do a proper KPI adherence about the team and task to the Head of Operations • Effective coordination with the Rights Ops Manager based in Paris Headquarters for the day to day tasks and proper integration with the team members. • Organize and follow-ups of the team’s task and ensure the efficiency of the teamwork flow and the accomplishment of the tasks

Education

• Swami Vivekananda Subharti University, Meerut

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Production and Operations Management and Marketing

  2020 — 2022

• St Francis De Sales

  SSC, Business/Commerce, General

  2003 — 2004

• Jodhpur University

  Graduate, Business/Commerce, General

  2012 — 2013