{"id":102210,"date":"2015-10-26T08:26:47","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T06:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=102210"},"modified":"2015-10-26T16:06:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T14:06:31","slug":"netflix-hiring-for-africa-and-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/102210\/netflix-hiring-for-africa-and-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix hiring for Africa and the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix is hiring two managers to help look after Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), according to job listings on its website.<\/p>\n<p>Two jobs for \u201cAfrica\u201d in the streaming service\u2019s financial planning and analysis department, and marketing department \u2013 both based in the Netherlands \u2013 are advertised.<\/p>\n<p>The first is a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jobs.netflix.com\/jobs\/2533\/apply\" target=\"_blank\">Manager, Marketing Planning &amp; Analysis \u2013 EMEA<\/a><\/strong>, and the second a\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jobs.netflix.com\/jobs\/2402\/apply\" target=\"_blank\">Senior Manager \u2013 EMEA Marketing Insights<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The two EMEA jobs join a listing for a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jobs.netflix.com\/jobs\/2355\/apply\" target=\"_blank\">Social Media Manager for the Middle East<\/a><\/strong>, which was first spotted online two months ago.<\/p>\n<p>This fuelled speculation that Netflix would launch in countries like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/me.ign.com\/en\/pc-pc\/112373\/news\/netflix-is-coming-to-the-middle-east\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix told IGN Middle East<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cWe plan to complete our global expansion by the end of 2016. 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