Nicolas Rihan

Responsible for developing Distribution and Marketing departments, managing and motivating staff, coordinating company budget, creating policies/procedures, and formulating direction and marketing strategy of the organization.

leading a team of 35 persons

Provided programme scheduling and office administration support to the management team:
• Instrumental in generating positive feedback and growing audience numbers
• Monitored media publications, briefed management teams and prepared responses to stories
• Prepared, updated and briefed management on weekly and monthly schedules
• Assessed and approved content, and ensured compliance with MTV's code of ethics
• Produced and maintained departmental reports, including programme schedule evaluations
• Prepared audience research data, and created and responded to programme rating surveys
• Interviewed, hired, inducted, coached and performance managed channel personnel
• Formulated programming and broadcasting budgets, and tracked expenditures

As part of a team, provided programming and administrative support to Associate Producers and Producers of this privately-owned TV & Radio network, delivering multi-channel, multi-lingual, pay television services to worldwide audiences:
• Successfully re-launched all channels from Rome to Bahrain
• Sourced and acquired local and international shows for the channel
• Provided creative input into editorial and programming decision-making based on ratings and brand strategy
• Managed diaries, and organised events, meetings and conferences
• Prepared and updated the weekly/monthly grid
• Scheduled and co-ordinated broadcast traffic / logs and meetings
• Organised the shipment and receipt of materials to and from Licensors
• Contributed to development and achievement of station goals, policies and procedures

Assisted this largest Middle Eastern film distribution company with the translation and subtitling of movies from and to different languages, and provided creative input into video production and the newly-published movie entertainment guide

• Created the 'movies' quiz page and 'crossword' content; wrote the monthly horoscope page

Setting up Budget.
Schedule shooting
Finding suitable location for shooting