Project Lead, Scheduling & Ops

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Your Role Accountabilities: 

• Air Copy Creation: responsible for conducting research and analysis to resolve issues and provide necessary information to Content Customization to create the air copy.  Will follow up on outstanding issues related to the creation.  May need to view version with Content Customization regarding issues with files and act as a liaison between internal groups and Content Customization to ensure correct version gets to air. 

• Authorizing Orders, Utilizing/Updating trackers, and documents, along with adding notes and reconciling Xytech work orders.  

• Responsible for timely and accurate ordering, maintenance, and scheduling for air copy workflow. Verifying order data when imported into Inventory System. Follow-up on close-to-air and overdue deliveries 

• The project lead will support all systems utilized by scheduling & post operations for air copy creation and management including, effective communication (email, slack, teams, and or zoom platforms) with all partners including network programming teams, Content Customization, Content Operations, Broadcast Operations, and S&P.  

• Expected to provide training for new hires, recurrent training for staff, cross training opportunities within the Scheduling, & Post Ops team.  

• Support all operational needs by providing consistent standards to support maximum playout to air and department metrics.   

• Problem solving and communicating with internal partners to find resolutions on behalf of content customization air copy creation workflow. Making sure all parties are aware of any issues.  

• Schedule and Project Manage workflows for all post production edit/audio/graphic design sessions.  

• Schedule all edit, audio, & graphic design resources (including personnel). This includes all aspects of post-production process: providing Xytech job numbers, requesting editors/artists, audio mixers/sound designers, & graphic artists, confirming edit, audio, & graphic sessions, and updating session information. 

• Manage the post production work for promos and programs (i.e.on-air and off-air spots/promos, topical promos, promo menus, program compressions, reversions, repackages, reformats, special projects, upfronts, stunts, & corporate projects etc.) 

• Proactively build and nurture relationships with network marketing, production, and programming teams as well as Warner Bros. Discovery corporate business depts., including Ad Sales.  Act as primary contact for post-production needs across multiple client businesses and departments.   

• As point person, vet incoming special projects for feasibility, raise concerns, if applicable, and work with manager to create plan of execution for said project to meet client/partners objectives. 

• Maintain an updated postproduction calendar and edit tracker/documents for all on-going projects.