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Job description / Role
Brief Description Detailed Description
• To manage and track materials for broadcast (e.g.production,short form, acquisition and live broadcast).
• Coordinate with Planning Team, Acquisitions Departments (Western, Arabic and Non-Western department) on the monthly channel grids.
• Liaise with BM (Promotions and Continuity) for material and grid timings.
• Coordinate with the digital team on all content delivery and make sure digital have access to the required content for the online platform.
• Act as information conduit for all support departments (including Brand Management, Digital, etc.)
• Coordinate with Editors, Planning, Scheduling, MCR and TCR team to ensure smooth broadcast of the channel
• Coordinate with production/third-party companies for technical specifications, file format and delivery deadlines of programs.
• Insert all series and programs’ meta data at the time of deal creation and pass all entries through the meta data team to ensure their accuracy.
• Update BCM notes with all details, for reliable referencing for the entire Group.
• Coordinating with acquisitions and Ingesting all media into Dalet while preforming a 3-point check to validate the media suitability before it has been published to other departments.
• Request replacements for corrupted and damaged files from the supplier.
• Ensure workflow of materials are strictly monitored
• Set the annual operational budget and keep track of it(budget includes subtitling,dubbing,file delivery charges,shipment charges, etc.)
• Liaise with distributors,subtitling & dubbing companies on supply of materials in time for transmission
• Handle all relationships with vendors, dubbing and subtitling companies.
• Make sure all material goes through Editorial review before it goes on air.
• Receive the ordered subtitling/audio files and place them in their appropriate folders, notify Editorial to create a TX copy using ERM giving them a deadline ahead of its scheduled day.
• Create and update a daily missing list for the transmission schedules of the Channel.
• Ensure all produced and acquired content available for transmission in advance as per the required timeline
• Coordinate with transmission for the missing items and always be available to answer questions
• Track the process with finance/procurement of any payables/receivables to third parties.
• Assist in preparation of actual and projected costs for quarter review presentation of the Channel Manager.
• Review and Summarize Channel budget and payments.
• Monitor Finance Write-off/Rejected programs.
• Create and process Commissioning Agreements, Deal Memos & Agreement Contracts.
• Assist Editorial and requests related to other channels and coordinate with other channels coordinators to manage the respective channels while either is on leave.
Requirements
Job Requirements
• Bachelor Degree in Mass Communication & Media
• Responsible and reliable
• Able to work long shift hours and weekends
• Able to work accurately and reliably in a high-volume environment
• Have a strong service ethic along with good communication skills
• Strong IT skills
• Good command in Hindi & English
• Ability to function in a team
• Multitask between different job responsibilities
• Apt planning skills to ensure tasks are covered ahead of deadlines
• Good problem solving capabilities
About the Company
MBC GROUP is the largest media company in the Middle East & North Africa region that enriches people’s lives through information, interaction and entertainment. In 2002, nearly a decade after the launch of MBC1 in London, in 1991, MBC GROUP moved its headquarters to Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates.
Today, MBC GROUP includes over 17 leading TV channels: MBC1 (general family entertainment); MBC2 & MBC MAX (24-hour western movies); MBC3 (children’s edutainment with a mix of both local productions and western acquisitions); MBC4 (entertainment for young families with a female-focus); MBC ACTION (an indigenous adrenaline-packed channel targeting young males with local and homegrown productions); MBC VARIETY (Western films and general entertainment with uninterrupted broadcasting); MBC DRAMA (24/7 Arabic drama) & MBC+ DRAMA (a joint pay-TV channel between MBC and OSN); MBC PERSIA (general family entertainment dubbed and subtitled in Farsi); WANASAH (24-hour Arabic music channel); MBC MASR & MBC MASR2 (general family entertainment geared towards the Egyptian family); MBC BOLLYWOOD (delivering the freshest in Bollywood content geared towards the region via an Arabized interface); MBC USA (on “Dish Network” in the US); MBC IRAQ (a premium channel aimed at the entire Iraqi family), MBC5 (new satellite channel dedicated to the Maghreb); all of them benefit from MBC STUDIOS which produces the region’s most compelling premium content for cinema, television and on-demand platforms. MBC GROUP also includes two FM radio stations: MBC FM (Gulf music) and Panorama FM (contemporary Arabic hit music).
Furthermore, part of MBC GROUP is Shahid and its premium subscription-based service Shahid VIP, the world’s leading Arabic streaming platform, home to highly rated original productions from the Arab world, a wide range of exclusive movies and premieres, as well as the top watched live Arab TV channels.