Programming Coordinator

The Weather Company is the world's largest private weather enterprise, helping people make informed decisions and take action in the face of weather. The company offers the most accurate, personalized and actionable weather data and insights to millions of consumers and thousands of businesses via Weather’s API, its business solutions division, and its own digital products from The Weather Channel (weather.com) and Weather Underground (wunderground.com).

Original Programming Coordinator will provide structure and organization to the OP team’s daily operations. S/he will be responsible for all administrative duties to support the OP department, as well as assist with production and asset management.

• Organize and manage OP digital masters and assets
• Supervise and organize promo clips for social and on-air broadcast. Work closely with Live and Marketing to create clips
• Log and track all shows that are targeting for acquisition, as well as search out new titles and distributers. Also track all new development submissions
• Log and track our vendor, contractor and staff lists in support of OP production
• Research and draft internal development/production ideas, department materials and perform additional special projects, including development research
• Help develop short-form digital content for social and OTT
• Work closely with other department assistants, coordinators and executives to ensure good communication and workflow between Original Programming and other divisions
• Be a general guru on the cable TV & digital/OTT landscape: know what's on what network, what's working, what's trending and what's not

Education, Experience, Certification Requirements

• Prefer 1-2 years of experience (or equivalent internships) working within studio, network or other television environment
• BA or equivalent required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent Written/Verbal communication skills
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Production experience a plus
• Solution oriented and able to problem-solve effectively and pro-actively.
• Strong writing, organizational, and Final Cut Pro, and Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel) skills required