Programming Specialist

Technical Operations is seeking a Program Specialist to join a driven and highly motivated team to support NBCUniversal’s domestic broadcast networks. The Specialist will be responsible for various areas of onboarding, ingest, and fulfillment of content. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively with the rest of Media Fulfillment, Product and Engineering teams across multiple site locations. Responsibilities: Act as the primary contact for the network’s Programming Groups, representing them on their behalf within the Media Ops organization. Responsible for all network edit sessions. Work with the editor to validate all content is edited to the network’s specifications. Responsible for materials management of programs and re-airs. This includes onboarding and coordination of program delivery, fixes and replacements. Responsible for coordinating and assisting quality control screening, version control and file completion for on-air playout. Understand any and all additional technical services and applications required, including WebScheduler, OTTO , Translator and Translator Linear (TLL). Responsible for coordination of program format adjustments with the Ad Sales, On-Air Scheduling and the Network Programming Groups. Lead weekly calls with network programming and digital teams. Confirm schedule accuracy in WebScheduler, TLL and secondary distribution (VOD/C3) docs based on the programming grids. Work with the operations on secondary distribution needs for network and will be expected to learn and provide support for secondary distribution workflows. While assigned to a specific network, network assignment could change based on business needs. In addition to the assigned network, there could be requests to handle additional responsibilities based on available bandwidth.