Programme Editor at eMedia Investments

Management, Interpersonal and Team Facilitation

• Recruit, develop, and allocate resources effectively to optimize skills and productivity.
• Monitor performance, ensuring alignment with company policies and values.
• Make sure that a checklist is completed before each show and implemented
• Oversee shift planning and execution per company standards and legislation.
• Pre-plan each show to align the output team with editorial objectives.

Stakeholder Interaction

• Build and maintain strong, diverse internal and external relationships to drive business goals.
• Balance personal and professional interactions, prioritizing organizational interests.
• Ensure pre-planning meetings occur before each show, with key management updates shared with teams weekly.

Functional Planning and Performance

• Translating the strategy into an operational plan, where targets and performance measures are clear and aligned to the overall strategic direction/focus of the business.
• Regularly monitoring the operational plan, ensuring that targets are consistently met/achieved and where necessary adapt and implement remedial steps to deliver results.

Strategic Contribution

• Drive market share growth by aligning programming with audience needs and strategic goals.
• Foster an agile, data-driven content approach that continuously improves audience engagement.
• Ensuring that the strategic priorities of the organisation are translated and implemented in the team to drive and deliver operational standards of excellence.

Team and Personal Development 

• Stay abreast of role and industry developments and ensure that skills and experience remain updated.
• Keep team skills and knowledge current, particularly in journalism and media trends.
• Proactively manage performance, addressing concerns with clear, timely actions.
• Identify and implement training programs to develop team capabilities, skills and experience.

Content Generation, Broadcast Delivery and Editorial Leadership

• Produce well-researched, balanced, and engaging content that aligns with editorial policies.
• Provide editorial guidance, ensuring thorough planning, research, and news coverage.
• Lead editorial meetings, brainstorm content ideas, and approve expert guest selections.
• Enhance storytelling with visuals, infographics, and other media elements.
• Manage live content, oversee on-air graphics, and ensure smooth broadcast execution.
• Take final accountability for editorial decisions and provide continuous feedback to improve performance.
• Continuously review and provide feedback to the value chain, including Anchors, to ensure optimal performance and delivery of the content strategy.
• Brief the production hub on specific relevant productions and manage the turnaround time.

Stakeholder Relationships

• Building, supporting and maintaining interpersonal and team relationships to ensure stable working environment and achievement of team objectives.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performance team environment.
• Ensure 100% compliance with productivity targets, shift rosters, and performance reviews.
• Promote company values daily and maintain low staff turnover.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree (3 years - 360 credits) - Television or Media Studies - Essential

Experience

• Broadcast Journalism- 8 years operational - Essential 
• Broadcast Journalism- 3 years supervisory - Essential