The Head of Planning is responsible for managing and overseeing the AJ+
Planning Team and leading the assignment process, ensuring that our
long-term and immediate coverage of global and national trends, news
events and social and political developments expresses the unique values
of the AJ+ brand, and is consistently of a high quality, engaging and
thorough.
This position will also be required to develop and maintain effective
editorial workflows between various departments of AJ+, as well as with
other Newsgathering elements of the Al Jazeera Media Network. The Head
of Planning will report to the Editorial Lead, and will oversee the
process of developing, maintaining and implementing an agenda of
editorial priorities, directing editorial resources to ensure the most
effective, value-added, brand-building coverage of relevant national and
international news events.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead the daily assignment process
- Manage planning team in creating prospects (daily, weekly,
monthly, yearly) and special coverage strategies
- Provide editorial direction to editorial teams based on news
prospects and special events
- Finalize and approve all planning schedules, on a weekly, monthly
and annually basis
- Coordinate with editorial and engagement teams on finalization of
production schedules and special projects
- Manage relationships with external partners and vendors where
relevant
- Oversee collaboration and communication between Planning Department
and
- Attend various conferences and festivals as necessary
- Audience Development team on AJ+ coverage and prospects
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor Degree or demonstrated experience
- At least 7 years’ experience in editorial roles.
- At least 3 years’ experience in an editorial leadership role, i.e.
supervising a team of content creators.
- Proven experience in video production or online Journalism.