Channel Manager

Master Human Resource Services; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media services provider in Midrand is searching for a seasoned broadcasting professional. This role focuses on building and managing a self-produced channel, ensuring audience engagement and strategic alignment with company objectives. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in production and broadcasting, with proven decision-making abilities and strong communication skills. This position offers the opportunity to drive the channel's brand and maximize viewer satisfaction through effective content strategy implementation.

Qualifications

• Five to ten years experience in the broadcasting industry, with a focus on production.
• At least three years in production and five years in various aspects of broadcasting.
• Two to three years supervisory or managerial experience in broadcasting.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage the identity and positioning of the channel.
• Implement the channel strategy to ensure competitive advantage.
• Draft long and medium term plans aligned to the channel's brand promise.
• Manage internal stakeholder relationships regarding channel awareness.
• Ensure viewer satisfaction through effective program scheduling.

Skills

Sound insightful decision making

Communication skills

Education

Media Law as a subject

Job description

To build and manage the identity and positioning of an in house self-produced-channel, ensuring resonance with target audiences as per the market intelligence research, thereby meeting the strategic business objectives of the company.

Requirements

• Align the channels positioning to the Company and Content Strategy and ensure that the channels strategy is visually realised through content selection, planning and scheduling.
• Implement the channel strategy as per the department and business objectives thereby ensuring competitive advantage as well as maintaining and increasing viewer numbers.
• Develop and grow the channels brand internally and externally
• Draft the channels long and medium term plans aligned to the channels editorial and brand promise, and ensure that the plans are approved and implemented.
• To continuously review and improve the channels editorial positioning, aligning it to the channels target audience in order to ensure relevance and interest.
• To liaise and manage internal stakeholder relationships to ensure awareness regarding Channels is in line with business objectives.
• To manage and grow the various channel awareness equally to ensure viewer satisfaction.
• To manage and ensure relevance with On Air elements to enable the viewer to identify with the content.
• To provide a needs analysis and framework for content requirement in order for Acquisitions to source and negotiate content.
• To ensure a clear commissioning brief in conjunction with the relevant stakeholders to ensure end-product is suitable for the platform.
• Oversee the production of internal content for the channels and approve all content for broadcast
• To ensure that the viewers have a satisfying viewing experience through scheduled programmes to create loyalty with subscribers.
• To manage the Channels content inventory, complying with contractual agreements.
• To ensure that all properties are utilised to the maximum as per the company's amortisation rule.
• To ensure the commercial viability and profitability of the channel

Qualification

• Desirable: Media Law as a subject

Experience

• Essential: Five (5) to Ten (10) Years experience in the Industry. At least 3 Years experience in the production sector and 5 years experience in various aspects of broadcasting including programming (commissioning and licensing), channel planning and marketing. 2 - 3 Years Supervisory/ managerial experience in broadcasting.
• Desirable: Exposure to financial processes and principles.

Knowledge

• Understanding of the Broadcast Value chain (Acquisition to broadcast)
• Scheduling practice and techniques
• Knowledge of the amortisation (optimum utilisation of the inventory)
• Knowledge of the Regulatory and Legislator environment pertaining to broadcast and other visual media
• Knowledge of the basics of marketing in the broadcast environment from consumer to on-air
• Knowledge of the television production process (i.e. Jargon, workflow, media value chain)
• Knowledge of viewer ratings and interpretation of industry research reports
• Knowledge of broadcast asset / inventory management
• Marketing principles and processes (sponsorship/ advertising)
• Knowledge and understanding of a multi-channel business environment
• Knowledge of converged (new) media and impact on local landscape
• Comfortable with working in the Sotho and Nguni languages, written and audio.
• Financial principles and processes

Skills

• Sound insightful decision making (Judgement skills)
• Communication skills (verbal and written)