Executive - Program Planning and Scheduling
The Executive - Programmer Planning and Scheduling creates daily, weekly and monthly programmer schedules to support broadcast operations. He/ She is also responsible for the execution of programmer schedules by engaging in constant communication with the linear media operations team. He coordinates the placement of network content promotions in collaboration with other teams. The work involves coordination with multiple teams and stakeholders to deliver programming requirements effectively. He spends significant time in interacting with the content and sales teams as well as in meetings to plan for programming requirements. He is expected to be proficient at planning and organizing in an individual capacity to be able to deliver effectively. He should also be an effective communicator and comfortable in coordinating with multiple teams and stakeholders.
Skills and Competencies
Technical Skills & Competencies
Generic Skills & Competencies
Critical Work Functions and Key Tasks
• Maintain a database of fillers and interstitial material to plan for meeting contingent requirements
• Assist in optimizing scheduling workflow to improve efficiency of channel operation
• Plan for incorporating regulatory compliance changes in the scheduling workflow
• Create daily playlists for playout and transmission
• Ensure playout and transmission are in accordance with daily playlist by coordinating with the linear media operations team
• Create the monthly programming grids, electronic program guides (EPGs), highlights for all channels
• Create commercial placement schedule by collaborating with the ad sales team
• Execute schedule changes in scheduling database
• Develop monthly schedules for non-linear channels, including the scheduling of special events for non-linear channels
• Review on-air promotional material for compliance with regulations and channel branding
• Optimise advertisement scheduling to ensure all sales obligations are met
• Create commercials transmission report from on-air 'as-is' logs for sales teams to bill customers
• Identify opportunities to enhance the monetization potential of specific content by increasing the number of advertising slots where
possible
• Generate customer analysis reports for the purpose of evaluating performance of content and scheduling
• Circulate transmission reports within and outside department for the purpose of performance monitoring
• Draw trends from content performance data for the purpose of management reporting