About the Role
The Coordinator, History Scheduling plays a critical role in building and maintaining programming schedules across linear and digital platforms while supporting content strategy, competitive analysis, and cross-functional initiatives. This position requires strong attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, and a passion for television programming, audience insights, and emerging technologies.
Responsibilities
- Entering linear schedule into What’s On (internal scheduling software), including creating air schedules, revisions, formats, piece number creation, etc.
- Entering multi-platform schedule that feeds key dates to FVOD, TVE and DTO
- Responsible for episodic scheduling of series across The History Channel, History Channel en Espanol and Military History
- Point person for various internal/external departments, including Ad Sales, Sponsorship, Programming/Production, Digital, Traffic, International, Finance, Content Distribution, Promos/Marketing, Social Media, Commercial Operations, and Listings
- Track competitive networks and programming trends, providing insights, and coordinating with Director/VP of Department, Marketing, and Research to inform scheduling and content strategy decisions
- Leverage AI and emerging technologies to identify efficiencies, streamline workflows, and support more effective decision-making across linear and digital operations.
- Ad-hoc projects including building presentations as needed
- Collaborate and contribute to new programming strategies for The History Channel linear and non-linear platforms.
Requirements
- General understanding of the media entertainment industry and competitive landscape, specifically of Programming or related business divisions.
- Relevant internship or other experience will also be considered.
- Excellent attention to detail, strong communication & organizational skills with ability to multitask and adapt quickly
- Knowledge of television programming and the pop culture competitive landscape is required
- Strong interest in data analysis and applying data-based solutions a plus
- Desire to learn and contribute to the content strategy
- Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and AI platforms.
Skills
- AI platforms
- Data analysis
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- Programming
- Scheduling
- Storytelling
Location
- New York City
- Los Angeles
- Chicago
- Stamford, CT
- Remote (eligible states: California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming)
Work Type
- Remote
- Hybrid
- Full-time in office
Experience Level
- 1-3 years of media industry experience highly desired
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is preferred.
Salary/Compensations
- $33.21 - $37.36 per hour
- 5% Annual Incentive Target
Benefits
- Healthcare coverage
- 401k matching
About the Company
- A+E Global Media is a joint venture of the Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company.
- A+E Global Media® is a collection of culture brands that includes A&E®, The HISTORY® Channel, Lifetime®, LMN®, FYI®, VICE TV and BIOGRAPHY®.
- We are in seven out of 10 American homes and have a cumulative reach of 342 million people worldwide.
- We also have 500+ million digital users across our sites and streaming apps, which include A&E Crime Central, HISTORY Vault and Lifetime Movie Club.
- We are in the story business, and just as the industry and art form have evolved, so have we.
- Since our founding in 1983 with just two cable channels, we have grown into a multiplatform, multimedia, multigenre content creator.
Equal Opportunity
- A+E Global Media proudly provides equal employment opportunity for all employees and job applicants, and makes employment decisions consistent with this principle.
- The company’s employment actions and decisions – including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, demotion, compensation, transfer, layoff, and termination – are made without regard to an employee’s race, color, religion, creed, age, national origin, ancestry, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, alienage or citizenship status, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, family and medical leave status, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- We are proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
