Media Distribution Center Scheduler / VOD Assistant

Job Description

Overview and Responsibilities

The Paramount Technology department supports our global content company through the delivery of a high-quality viewing experience, system infrastructure support, and creating innovative ways for our employees to collaborate. If you are interested in a strategy that has growth, transformation, and ongoing innovation where you can help ''reinvent the broadcasting wheel'' Paramount Tech has a role for you…

Primary Responsibilities:

Paramount Tech is hiring a resource & facility Scheduler/Video on Demand Assistant for our Media Distribution Center (MDC), which currently originates the CBS & CW Television Network while also creating and distributing assets for those Network's Video on Demand operations.

This position is responsible for Handling the schedules of 43 union IBEW/DGA technicians, in compliance with existing collective bargaining agreements, based on Broadcast and Operational needs.

Examples include:
• Preparing and carrying out Technician schedules (daily, weekly, & monthly), build vacation profiles, and monitor union payroll increases/adjustment/discrepancies as needed.
• Managing Illness, Personal Day, and Flex Day time off, Leave of absence and short-term disability requests. This position will be required to meet union deadlines as it pertains to posting technician schedules.
• Interfacing with Labor Relations as well as IBEW and DGA management when necessary.
• Collaborate with management to confirm Broadcast schedules and Special Event planning such as The Grammy's, The Tony Awards, NFL regular and post season requirements, etc.
• Assisting the Manager, Video on Demand (VOD), in creating, editing formats and metadata for Network daytime/primetime and late-night programming
• Works with VOD AD operations to ensure all commercial and promo inventory is distributed to our Multi-channel Video Programming Distributors (MVPD's).
• Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays (On-call capacity).

Basic Qualifications

The ideal candidate will possess the following knowledge, experience, and talents:
• Minimum of 2 years scheduling experience.
• Experience in a 24/7 Broadcasting / Master Control environment.
• Experience with scheduling software (i.e., Media pulse, schedule all, etc.)

Additional Qualifications:
• College degree preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
• Detail oriented (Air & Broadcast scheduling, etc.)
• Experience working with Union contracts (i.e., IBEW and DGA)

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d8z34k-18-188-252-23-42 in your application.