Senior Scheduling Executive

Role Overview

The Senior Scheduling Executive plays a crucial role in managing the quarterly and daily detailed broadcast schedules for the company's free-to-air TV channels. This role focuses on strategically positioning programmes, trailers, interstitials, and fillers to enhance promotional effectiveness, viewer engagement, and overall channel performance.

Primary Duties

• Create, manage, and implement broadcast schedules on a quarterly and daily basis for designated channels, ensuring schedules are timely and accurate.
• Optimize placement of promotional content, trailers, and fillers to maximize audience reach and programme visibility.
• Adhere to established Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and strategic plans while collaborating with internal departments such as Playout, On-Air Promotions, Marketing, Content Standards, Subtitling, Commercials, and Media Exchange to ensure deadlines are met.
• Partner with management in developing SOPs and operational strategies for live events, providing standby support as necessary.
• Coordinate the planning and scheduling of secondary on-screen elements like banners and channel bugs, ensuring sponsorship commitments are accurately fulfilled.
• Support troubleshooting and resolve scheduling and operational challenges with managerial consultation to minimize broadcast disruptions.
• Exhibit flexibility when handling last-minute scheduling alterations and maintain rigorous attention to detail.
• Conduct complete reconciliation of schedules verifying all data, content metadata, and sponsorship compliance.
• Produce and analyze reports monitoring sponsorship performance to guarantee contractual adherence.
• Manage electronic programme guide (EPG) schedules by ensuring timely and accurate delivery of programme information, metadata, and synopses across platforms.

Key Competencies & Personal Attributes

• Strong sense of responsibility towards schedule ownership and content precision.
• Exemplifies adaptability, effective teamwork, and proactive communication skills.
• Maintains professionalism and calmness in pressure situations with tight deadlines.

Educational and Professional Requirements

• Diploma or equivalent in Mass Communication, Media and Communication, or related fields in media production, broadcasting, or digital media technologies.
• Ideally 1 to 2 years’ experience in television broadcasting or media industries preferred;
• Experience in scheduling, traffic management, or media operations is an advantage.
• Applicants without prior experience, including fresh graduates, are welcome as full training will be provided.
• Basic familiarity with broadcast scheduling systems and processes.
• Strong enthusiasm and interest in local and international television content.
• Exceptional attention to detail, ability to juggle multiple priorities efficiently.
• Good problem-solving aptitude and capacity to independently manage tasks with minimal oversight.