Scheduling Coordinator

Univision•Miami, FL

10d

About The Position

The Scheduling Coordinator will be responsible for organizing, detailing, and driving deadlines for program scheduling and playout systems, both on-site and remotely. As this is a 24-hour news service, the candidate must be available on-call to support breaking news or off-hour playlist changes as needed. This role involves managing all long-form programming for a streaming news service based on strategic direction, developing fluency in scheduling software, and ensuring a flawless on-air experience. The position also requires creating, capturing, and editing content metadata, generating and maintaining schedule grids, preparing and distributing programming notifications, and maintaining distribution lists. The coordinator will set program formats, review them quarterly for revisions, cut clips for reruns and social media, monitor network playout, and produce work orders for promotional materials. Additionally, they will schedule short-form elements, execute and track promotional campaigns, and partner with various internal departments. Ad-hoc assignments will also be part of the role.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a broadcast/cable television or digital environment.
Minimum 3 years of Program Scheduling, Playlist Management, Media Planning, Promo Scheduling or similar experience
Self-starter, resourceful, adaptable and able to work well under pressure and on multiple projects at the same time.
Ability to be on-call after regular business hours and weekends.

Responsibilities

Schedule all long-form programming for streaming news service based on strategic direction from supervisor.
Develop fluency in using the scheduling software and executing workflows for a flawless on-air experience.
Create, capture, and edit all content metadata in systems as needed.
Generate and maintain schedule grids (24 hour and weekly) for internal distribution and on Sharepoint.
Help prepare and distribute weekly programming notifications, such as premieres, TV listings and updates.
Maintain internal and external distribution lists for programming department.
Create, maintain, and set program formats on the grid level as well as live or server events.
Review formats on a quarterly basis and make recommendations for revisions as needed to support business objectives.
Cutting clips from the programs to create segments for program reruns and preparing clips for social media distribution.
Monitor the Network Playout and adjust as needed for breaking news and content issues.
Be available on call after hours and weekends as necessary to revise playlist, trigger breaking news or support News team needs.
Produce work orders for promotional materials that communicate strategy, objectives and deadlines.
Schedule all short form elements including promos, graphics, news briefs and crawls.
Execute and track promotional and advertising campaigns for internal and external clients and generate reports (AS-RUNS).
Partner with News Production, Art Department, Ad Sales, Marketing, Business Affairs and Content Management.
Perform ad-hoc assignments as needed.