Title - Creative Head-Gujarat

Purpose of the job : Manage the sound-scape of the station through appropriate process and system interventions and resource optimization.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

Primary responsibilities :

- RCS RELATED

- Selector Management

- Playlist Management

- (Weekly) Monitoring of Policies, Clocks, Rotational patterns, etc.

- Scheduling and Checking Log (includes all manual over-rides and insertions)

- Linker Management - Packaging elements such as program promos, channel promos, program bumpers, sweepers, liners, etc.

- Airwaves Integration

- Housekeeping

- Trouble Shooting

- PRODUCTION RELATED

- Supervising the creative and quality of Program Promos / Channel Promos and other packaging elements.

- Supervising the creative and quality of client jingles / ads / spots / promos, etc. as well as pre-emptive jingles / ads.

- Interfacing with Sales and Marketing everyday to receive and approve creative / client briefs for ads or promotions / contests, etc. and ensure execution of all that's discussed.

- Supervising the creative and quality of all event promotions / in-house brand promotions / on air contests etc.

- Complete quality check of all Program pilots and scratches.

- Total Contest management

- Interviews / Sound-bytes - Loading / Cleaning / Editing / Transferring / Uploading.

- New / Regular Pre-Produced Programs - Conception to Supervising Execution, Quality check, recommend changes, review, finalize.

- ADMN RELATED

- Correspondence - Inter Station / Corporate / Inter-departmental / Collegues & Staff / Outsiders (Celebs,etc.).

- Guest Relations & PR - Developing networking with local VIPs / CIPs / Socialites / Senior Government Officers / Bureaucrats / Celebs / Other related people.

- Meeting with Visitors - Talents / Celebs / Clients / Guests / etc.

- Preparing Rosters - For Studio time sharing / Production schedule / Promo producers duty chart / RJ duty roster / Staff activity chart / etc.

- Absenteeism management

- MIS and Reports (Mostly monthly)

- Conduct Team Meetings

- HR RELATED

- Creating a highly result oriented work environment and culture.

- Constantly motivating the team through regular meetings, one-on-ones, feedback, suggestions, rewards, etc.

- Check attrition

- Talent retention, encouragement and growth.

- Constantly have a pulse of the inter-personnel and group dynamics.

- Conflict Management - Inter-personnel trouble shooting.

- Discipline management and compliance to set guidelines

- Induction and Training - Training for the newly recruited, as well as refreshers for the old hands.

- Talent scouting and Recruitment

- QC RELATED AND IDEATION

- Air-Checks

- On-Air monitoring of own channel

- Monitoring / Reviewing Show Prep with each RJ

- Going through script pointers

- Discussing, value adds

- Allocate a show closing time

- Competition Monitoring

- Review / Analysis / Evaluation of Production pieces (promos / ads / scratches/ programs / interviews / sound-bytes / packaging elements / etc.). Recommend improvements and review / analyze / evaluate consequent changes and provide feedback.

- IDEATION - This is perhaps THE MOST CRITICAL function that the PH executes. All Station Programming Heads must therefore spend substantial part of their day in ideating on-

- New programmes / FPC

- BTM - Big Ticket of the Month

- New Promos / Stationality and their turnover

- On Air Specials

- New properties with quick turn over

- Contests & Game Shows

- Cume enhancing activities

- TSL enhancing activities

- Programming led ground events

- In this connection it must be remembered that just like, an actor is said to be only as good as his last film, a journalist is only as good as his last story, similarly, a PH is only as good as his last creative piece.

- BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT RELATED

- Focus on ad revenue generation through creative assistance

- Contributing to copywriting, selling and production of commercials

- Providing creative alternatives and innovative solutions that help generate and boost ad spend.

- Suggest alternate programming driven routes to bring in business from conservative clients or dissonant products (paints, photograph films) not conventionally advertising on radio.

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