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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Leading guiding and developing the capabilities of the planning and scheduling team members

• 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