Chief Executive Content Review

Role Overview

The Chief Executive Content Review is tasked with leading advanced content scrutinies and guiding classification choices for a wide range of regulated media formats including books, films, documentaries, television, OTT platforms, radio, podcasts, video games, digital and social media content, AI-generated works, synthetic media, and other emerging formats. This senior-most technical reviewer within the Content Review division ensures that complex and high-risk content is evaluated with expert regulatory judgment, fostering collaboration within the team to adhere to company policies and procedures.

Core Duties

• Execute operational mandates aligned with the Content Review strategy, vision, and objectives.
• Collaborate with the Content Review team to guarantee timely and efficient content assessment across multiple platforms and channels.
• Report metrics and documentation to the Head of Content Review to assist with monthly KPI tracking.

Advanced Content Classification and Handling of Escalated Cases

• Evaluate complex, sensitive or escalated submissions across various content formats to assure compliance with regulatory standards and classification frameworks.
• Apply accurate and consistent content classification, ensuring appropriate ratings and descriptors are used.
• Advise on borderline or unprecedented content issues, facilitating necessary escalation and regulatory measures.
• Interpret classification guidelines to standardize review processes across the team.
• Maintain transparent and documented classification decisions supported by clear rationales.
• Consider medium-specific nuances when reviewing written, audiovisual, audio, interactive, and digital contents ensuring regulatory context and audience risk are factored in.
• Offer advisory insights to the Head of Content Review regarding regulatory interpretations or policy-level determinations.

AI and Emerging Media Evaluation

• Assess AI-generated, synthetic, interactive, and novel media formats to maintain appropriateness of review methods for advancing media types.
• Detect phenomena such as deepfakes, synthetic vocalizations, and manipulated materials, aiding regulatory judgments.
• Report unclear or unprecedented content for additional policy consultation or specialist analysis.
• Participate in pilot projects implementing AI-assisted review tools to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of content assessments.
• Contribute to understanding emerging trends in media content, supporting continual update of review frameworks aligned with industry progress.

Quality Assurance and Documentation

• Oversee classification decisions made by Executive Content Review staff to uphold quality and uniformity.
• Conduct peer reviews and quality audits to detect mistakes and training needs.
• Support audit processes ensuring decisions remain defensible and align with regulatory demands.
• Identify patterns in classification challenges to bolster continuous improvement and team development.
• Help develop reviewer guidelines, illustrative examples, and supporting documentation.

Workflow and Operational Management

• Track workload and submission numbers to meet review deadlines and maintain service level agreements.
• Assist in distributing assignments among reviewers to optimize efficiency and balance workload.
• Escalate operational hurdles and resource constraints promptly to enable solutions.
• Contribute to performance metric monitoring and reporting alongside the Head of Content Review.
• Promote workflow and process enhancements to heighten review effectiveness.

Reviewer Mentoring and Stakeholder Engagement

• Offer technical direction to Executive Content Reviewers to ensure consistent classification application.
• Facilitate onboarding and training for new reviewers to boost capability and readiness.
• Address classification-related queries to support accurate decision-making.
• Engage with content submitters to clarify submissions and ensure thorough evaluations.
• Cultivate a professional, consistent, and learning-driven culture in the Content Review team.

Interactions and Stakeholder Collaboration

• Internal: Act as senior technical liaison for Executive Content Review team and coordinate with Compliance, Archives, Legal Oversight, and Policy Development teams on cross-functional cases.
• External: Interface with content creators, broadcasters, publishers, and production companies on escalated content as directed. Collaborate with international classification bodies for benchmarking and framework enhancement.

Technical Expertise

• Mastery of media classification regulations (local and federal), gaming, and digital content standards.
• Advanced skills in content tagging, logging, quality assurance, and system integrity.
• Thorough understanding of UAE cultural sensitivities and regulatory landscape.
• Expert in content analysis, rationale composition, and documentation of precedents.
• Proficient in AI content detection, metadata analysis, and identification of synthetic media.
• Fluency in Arabic and English, both written and verbal.

Behavioral Competencies

• Promotes positive energy and collaboration.
• Responsive to community needs.
• Effectively manages time and priorities.
• Exhibits excellence in execution of duties.
• Committed to continuous learning and improvement.

Qualifications and Experience

• A Bachelor's degree in Media, Communication, Journalism, Law, or a related discipline.
• Preferred certifications in content classification, digital governance, or editorial compliance.
• Minimum five years’ experience in content review, editorial compliance, media regulation, or related areas.
• Proven handling of complex and sensitive content cases.

Key Performance Indicators

• Increased percentage of content pieces reviewed each year to ensure legal compliance.
• Growth in AI and synthetic media content review volumes under approved frameworks.
• Timely completion of content reviews according to service-level agreements.
• Successful enforcement actions against non-compliant content.
• Effective resolution rate of identified non-compliance cases.
• Average resolution time for compliance violations.

Additional Information

• Position is within the Dubai Media Council, which governs media regulation and development to reinforce Dubai’s status as a leading media hub.
• Employment is exclusive to UAE nationals.
• Monthly salary range: 10,001 to 20,000 AED.
• Work schedule is full-time onsite.
• Job was posted on 08/09/2026 and will be open until 08/10/2026.