Intern: Local Programming (Gauteng)

Job Outputs

Key Performance Area :

Interpersonal and Team Relationships

Build, support and maintain interpersonal and team relationships to ensure stable working environment and achievement of team objectives

Personal development

Completing Individual Development Plan. Attend learning and development courses. Participate in peer and team learning initiatives.

Budget Compliance

Complying with work rules, standards and methods. Take care to minimise waste.

Local Programming Team Support Functions

Screening and handling all telephone calls, emails and enquiries, inform with relevant department individual to attend to queries

Ensuring attendance at departmental meetings, taking minutes and distributing to the team in the following day

Booking boardrooms for meetings and ensure that catering and required technology is set up for meetings

Managing diaries of Executive Producers

Ensuring security passes for invited guests

Ensuring invited guests are welcomed at reception in time for the scheduled meeting

Initiating and finalize the production contracting process with sign off from the EP

Writing commission brief according channel strategy

Commission content briefs to industry and obtain approval from the EP

Reviewing and assessing programme proposals as assigned by EP

Inviting production houses to pitch proposals

Assisting in the selection of successful proposals in alignment with channel content strategy

Facilitating the providing of feedback to production companies

Compiling Local Programming SOP, Strat, etc. documents and checklists

Setting up Internal Presentations for new shows and movies and quarterly presentations for long running shows

Working closely with IT and LP Team to manage Proposal folders

Running the Local Programming share drive; checking that each EP’s folder has the correct and complete information for every worked on and are currently working on.

Tracking submission of deliverables to internal stakeholders (cast logs, contracts, sales decks, etc)

Editorial Planning

Supporting the Executive Producers in the development of innovative new programmes taking into consideration the Channels positioning and strategy

Spotting new trends in scripted content, new territories and approaches to contemporary programmes

Supporting Executive Producer to ensure assigned commissioned content achieves set ratings

Working closely with Executive Producer in ensuring that assigned programming meets targets for audience ratings and is commercially viable

Working closely with Executive Producer on up-coming story lines and attend viewings and feedback to Executive Producers

Local Content Execution

Viewing and giving editorial input on all programmes at online and offline stage

Ensuring producers deliver programs and promotional material as per agreed schedule presenting at all crucial meetings where content is discussed and viewed.

Ensuring timeous programme packages are delivered according to on air requirements, technical specifications with supporting library and record keeping material.

Communication

Establishing and maintaining healthy working relationships with EP’s

Assuming critical liaison between the channel and content supplier.

Demonstrating company values and foster a culture of creativity amongst peers.

Ensuring supporting teams are sufficiently informed to maximize on sales and marketing potential of shows.

Compliance

Familiarise broadcasting codes and regulatory frameworks.

Monitoring compliance by independent production companies with the terms outlined in commissioning agreements .

 A National Diploma within Media / Film & Television