Film Management Coordinator at The E.W. Scripps Company in Atlanta, Georgia

Job Description:

The Coordinator assists the Film Management Director and Specialist on various duties associated with managing licensed programming contracts in the Wide Orbit Program (WOP), processing Programming requisitions and invoices, and communicating with vendors, as needed; and duties associated with clearing and prepping Video-on-Demand (VOD) content. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

WOP Contracts

Assists Director with:

• Maintaining payout schedules and amortization, as instructed.




• Creating requisitions and process Programming contract invoices.




• Communicating with vendors, as needed.

Linear Networks

Assists Director with:

• Adding titles and exploitation windows and rights.




• Creating WOP titles and media; assign title codes and media house numbers.




• Set-up series; create series prefix and default parameters.




• Managing Original series; ensures titles are finalized with synopses, stars and ratings, before premiere airdate.




• Create, run and manage Reports and Queries, as needed.

VOD

Assists with the following, as directed by Specialist:

• Confirm title rights for digital platforms.




• Prep VOD titles for Avails list; add metadata - synopsis, ratings, genres, stars, directors, etc.




• Update Brown Sugar Avails list as titles are added or deleted.




• Distribute Avails lists to Brown Sugar team as updates are made, and to AVOD teams at the start of each month.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Self-starter; detail oriented; excellent judgment.




• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.




• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels in the organization.




• Excellent computer, spreadsheet and data base experience.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree and related experience, is preferred.




• Experience with Wide Orbit or another broadcast content management system, is preferred.

About Scripps

The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) is one of the nation’s leading media companies, focused on creating a better-informed world through a portfolio of news, information and entertainment brands. Scripps will become the nation’s largest television broadcaster, reaching 73% of U.S. television households through 108 stations in 76 markets, pending regulatory approval of its acquisition of ION Media. Committed to serving local audiences through objective journalism, Scripps operates 60 local TV stations in 42 markets. It is creating a national TV networks business that will include ION Media’s entertainment programming, Newsy’s straightforward headline and documentary news content and the five popular Katz broadcast networks including Bounce and Court TV. Scripps runs an award-winning investigative reporting newsroom in Washington, D.C., and is the longtime steward of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Founded in 1878, Scripps has held for decades to the motto, "Give light and the people will find their own way."

As an equal employment opportunity employer, The E.W. Scripps Company and its affiliates do not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis on race, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender, color, religion, age, genetic information, medical condition, disability, marital status, citizenship or national origin, and military membership or veteran status, or on any other basis which would be in violation of any applicable federal, state or local law. Furthermore, the company will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship for the company.