Senior Media Planner
Middle East Broadcasting Corp “MBC GROUP”
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :15 years, 10 أشهر
Prepares and updates weekly/monthly program schedule “Grid” and sends them to related divisions by establishing program availability and determining the best time to air
Participate in program acquisition by recommending suitable programs to purchase.
Create the House number for the materials of AL ARABEYA and MBC1.
Advise and assist on selecting various programs to be transmitted on various slots in the MBC1, MBC MASR, AL ARABIYA Grid.
Previews and evaluates local, unsolicited independent, regional and national television programs to determine its appropriateness for station usage.
Update Arabic Series Acquisition list on a regular basis of all TV series on “MBC1” and programs with regards to transmission dates, license expiry, number of episodes and seasons, any extra notes, etc.
Liaise with Acquisition department for tape material, Editors for any editing or other requirements, Marketing for plans to be supplied to P.R. as well as research material, Creative Services for creating correct promos to be transmitted on TV and grid changes, start and end dates of programs, requests for special promos, Library for any tapes needed from storage, MCR for feeds requested, Transmission for correct transmitted programs, Scheduling for any grid time conflicts.
Completed Assessments and training for new employees.
Write a synopsis for (MBC1, MBC2, MBC3, MBC4, Action, Max, Persia, Drama, North Africa and MBC USA) contents and insert them in BSS..
Check if the information in BSS for programs entered by acquisition department is correct to assure the accuracy.
Extract the EPG listings from BSS “TV guide output” for each channel and upload it on the MBC server.
Assure that all daily amendments are reflected on the EPG output files.
Monitor the MBC website for accurate schedules.
Assure that all daily amendments are reflected on the EPG output files.
Forward the MBC 2 & MAX movies synopses to the marketing team for TV guide purposes.
Enter weekly plans of MBC Action and MBC Max in BSS.
Maintain a running order document for all western series scheduled on any of the Group TV channels.
Assist in updating the movies license list.
Liaised with the broadcast application admin to overcome EPG system bugs and assisted in giving ideas to make it easier to extract and accommodate pebble beach systems in terms of txt formats, output file format, etc.
Provide technical support to a wide range of users.
Assisted in troubleshooting problems related to operating systems issues (WIN9X, NT, XP, VISTA AND WIN SEVEN), Network connectivity, TCP/IP configuration, Upgrades, MS Office Products and internet connectivity.
Technical fault analysis and troubleshooting
Deployed updates, service packs and hot fixes using windows update, automatic updates, and group policies.
Maintained a professional level of service at all time to clients.
Gathering data and preparing reports.
Installed logical printers on a print server and prepares print server to host clients. Troubleshoots hardware peripherals like printers modem ETC.
Configured all types of routers for Dynamic and Static Ips purposes
Assisted on Disable and enable accounts, file & folder permissions and configuring security templates as per need.
Assisted on site visits, Hardware troubleshooting and local system upgrades.
Provide assistance with computer networking problems
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE: Communications & Electronics, May 2008 Graduation Grade: Very good, 2008 Cumulative degree: Fair GPA: 2.58 Project title: (Q- Man) Queuing Manager & Rotating Message Grade: Excellent