Head of Planning and Scheduling Department

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Head of Planning and Scheduling Department This role leads the Strategic Content Planning department within Al Jazeera 360's Content Strategy division. Responsibilities include leading the strategic and operational planning of the platform's content, developing a comprehensive content vision, identifying gaps in topics and genres, determining content acquisition needs, and organizing schedules for publishing, showcasing, and highlighting content on the platform. The incumbent ensures... The integration of editorial objectives, audience performance indicators, technical requirements, and shared content launch plans across departments enhances content reach and platform impact. Strategic content planning and alignment Developing and implementing short, medium and long-term content strategies and plans, in close coordination with the Content Strategy Department . Identifying thematic priorities, monitoring coverage gaps, and assessing the lack of content types within the platform's original productions . Proposing areas for content acquisition and priorities for obtaining materials that cannot be produced internally . Publishing and scheduling Preparing, managing, and overseeing comprehensive publishing schedules, content launch schedules, and plans for its release on the platform . Directing and adopting mechanisms for structuring, selecting, organizing, and highlighting content on the platform, including the homepage, content display rows, display contexts, and promotional positions . Making final decisions regarding content posting and display schedules on the platform . Coordination and integration between departments Coordinating content delivery and release dates with the Programs, Documentaries, and Docudrama departments . Coordination with the Content Localization Department to ensure that metadata, text formulation, and localization work are aligned with the platform’s overall strategy . Collaborating with audience engagement, marketing and promotion teams to align promotional campaigns and highlight special events with content release schedules . Working with the media materials management to coordinate the use of the archive and prepare visual material packages . Coordination with product and technology teams to meet content display requirements on the platform and technical requirements . Ensuring integration and alignment with other planning and content acquisition units in Al Jazeera channels and its digital platforms . Performance monitoring and analytics application Utilize performance reports, data, and analytics provided by the audience and data analysis department to evaluate content performance, identify consumption trends, and improve its placement on the platform . Transforming data analysis results and audience indicators into practical scheduling and planning decisions, ensuring that content maps respond to audience behavior and platform objectives . Monitoring media content consumption trends and the competitive landscape, and utilizing analytical inputs to continuously update and improve the short, medium and long-term content planning roadmap . Department leadership Leading, guiding, and developing the capabilities of the planning and scheduling team members Job requirements/qualifications . Academic qualification A bachelor's degree in media, journalism, communication, business administration, or a related field is required. A master's degree is a plus. A minimum of 5 years of experience in content planning, scheduling, or editorial management at digital platforms (OTT/ online streaming ) or major broadcast media networks, including at least 3–5 years in a supervisory or leadership role.