On-Air Planning Intern Review

Responsibilities were divided between two departments: Presentation and Continuity. The Presentation department included tasks such as serving as the Channel Manager for Crime and Investigation Pan Euro, overseeing channel administration, managing template applications, addressing inquiries, and maintaining effective communication with the programmer planner. Responsible for preparing and finalising daily broadcasting schedules, ensuring alignment with Ofcom regulations, and delivering these schedules to playout across two scheduling systems.
Continuity department responsible for reviewing weekly graphic plans for all UK channels to ensure that all strategic and schedule changes were updated. Other tasks include script checking for channels such as Blaze and Crime and Investigation, reviewing recordings, and ingesting voiceovers into the system while coordinating with our partners, including the Sky team. A monthly task is preparing the make-list detailing all images and graphics required for both international and UK feeds.

Yes - it was my responsibility to manage and ensure my channel administration as well as delivering on my weekly deadlines in a timely fashion. I also co-led a company-wide intern project, curating pub-quiz style Q&As to be aired on Blaze, ending with a quiz which myself and the other intern designed, organised and hosted.

I have developed both my hard skills - I have gained knowledge of specialist scheduling software and the self-op booths for voice recordings and I have developed my skills and knowledge in MS Office applications. I have also built my soft skills - honing my initiative and collaboration through fostering a strong connection with my colleagues.

A lot - I had monthly 1-2-1s with my managers throughout my internship, and I had a month of in-depth training when I first began, split between both teams. I also felt help was readily available from every member of my department.

The company had a very strong and personal culture - we had Thirsty Thursday drinks which was a good opportunity to network outside my team and lots of in-office activities to throw myself into, like Wii Sports Olympics!

I thoroughly enjoyed my placement not just jobwise but but also the social aspect and the ability to network with a wide range of people. I was also able to attend many different events outside my team, like on-site shoots and press events.

Yes