Channel Executive

Responsibilities:

• Verify that the content of tapes is correct.

  
  

• Communicate to the Library for making amendment entries in What’s On.

  
  

• Coordinate editorial review, promotional use, & subtitling.

  
  

• Logging tapes correctly in the system once received.

  
  

• Ensure all produced and acquired content available for transmission in advance as per the required timeline

  
  

• Following up content delivery with suppliers and following up in case of technical problems to get replacement materials in a timely manner.

  
  

• Deliver scheduled transmission tapes to the schedulers, transmission or library by ensuring materials are subtitled or dubbed in time.

  
  

• Sorting the tapes channel wise & date of transmission wise & providing it to Producers.

  
  

• Ensuring sub-titling or dubbing is done for the tapes if required.

  
  

• Liaise with distributors, subtitling & dubbing companies on supply of materials in time for transmission.

  
  

• Coordinate with the Rights Management department to obtain contract numbers and house numbers for programs and series, ensuring they are properly recorded in the system.

  
  

• Coordinate professionally with the Editing Department in preparing ARM versions of programs and series to support the censorship and compliance review process.

  
  

Requirements:

• Bachelor Degree in Mass Communication & Media

  
  

• Minimum 3 years experience in a similar position 

  
  

• Responsible and reliable 

  
  

• Able to work long shift hours and weekends

  
  

• Able to work accurately and reliably in a high-volume environment

  
  

• Have a  strong service ethic

  
  

• Good IT skills

  
  

• Excellent communication skills 

  
  

• Good command in English & Arabic

  
  

• Team player   

  
  

MBC GROUP is the largest and leading media company in the Middle East and North Africa, dedicated towards enriching lives through information, interaction, and entertainment.

With a rich history of growth and expansion, MBC GROUP’s first presence came to London in 1991 in the form of the private satellite TV channel, MBC1. A decade later, MBC GROUP relocated its headquarters to Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates, in 2002.

Building on its immense success in recent times, MBC GROUP proudly inaugurated its new headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in September 2022.
With a commitment to serving audiences worldwide and featuring in key markets, MBC GROUP is home to a plethora of iconic brands, departments, and entities that include TV and radio offerings, a streaming platform, production and talent houses, and more.

Today, MBC GROUP operates over 13 free-to-air TV channels and 3 radio stations, such as the flagship MBC1, as well as MBC2, MBC3, MBC4, MBC5, MBC MASR, MBC IRAQ, and MBC LOUD FM.

The Group also operates Shahid, the world’s leading Arabic streaming platform that’s home to highly rated original productions from the Arab world, a wide range of exclusive series, movies and other premieres, as well as live TV channels, sports, kids offering, international content, and more.

MBC GROUP is also home to MBC STUDIOS, a global production powerhouse, born to realize the unrivalled, untapped storytelling potential of the Middle East.

With a mission to mentor, educate, and nurture the talent of tomorrow, MBC GROUP runs MBC ACADEMY, an educational and training platform with the mission to discover, upskill, and nurture Saudi talent in the media and production space. Since its launch in 2020, MBC ACADEMY has successfully gone on to train over 18,000 individuals.