Rob Hooker Email & Phone Number

London

Working in the award winning Legal & Compliance Team providing advice and support for a range of programmes across the Channel 4 network, including the BAFTA Award winning 'We Are Lady Parts' and 'Great House Giveaway'Specialise in Sponsorship and Product Placements offering concise and timely advice ensuring commercial needs can be met without compromising requirements under the Ofcom Broadcasting Code.

Responsible for all aspects of compliance for this 24 speech radio station, including editorial content, sponsorship and competitions.A member of the Senior Management Team at LBC.Responsible for ensuring all programmes, competitions and Premium Rate mechanics are fully compliant with Ofcom and PhonepayPlus regulationsLiaising with Sponsorship & Promotion department to ensure all promotions are within Ofcom guidelinesDevising on air and online competitions to ensure commercial activity was fully compliant.Liaison between LBC and outside Premium Rate suppliers, including Million 21, Ekoh and Phone Greetings.Providing compliance advice and support to Programme Managers and ProducersHandling all complaints, including those from Ofcom, as well as direct listener complaintsResponsible for the day-to-day running of the station, includingo Overseeing stations budgets and introducing cost-saving measures to ensure budgets were adhered too Preparing and sending presenter contractso Development of a system to accurately monitor contractso Implementation of an efficient staff roster systemo Booking holiday/sick cover for all presenters and staffo Health & safetyo Payrollo Developing a system for contributor payments to provide accurate forecasts of outstanding paymentsPlanned and executed Live Stage shows for LBC, including sourcing venues, overseeing marketing and tickets sales, managing the production of each showUpdating the station website and Electronic Programme Guide on a daily basisOverseeing the introduction of the pay-to-download Podcast system, its ongoing maintenance and on-going enquiries

Points of View - Responsible for clip selection, letters featured on programme, producing viewers’ voices, producing VT inserts and deputising for Series Producer in her absence.Development - Responsible for developing programme ideas for BBC1 and BBC2, including the original idea for Flying Gardeners and Britain’s Toughest Jobs, both commissioned for BBC1Vanessa Show - Developed programme ideas, booked guests, scripted programmes and oversaw programming budget. Live studio output experience.

Lie detector - Responsible for overall output of the programme, and all stages of production. This included directing VT inserts on a regular basis.Sex Show - Responsible for all aspects of programme output (3 live and 2 pre-recorded shows a week)

Steve Allen Show – Responsible for booking of all guests, including regular contributors and celebrity interviews and selecting the news issues for the daily phone-in Robbie Vincent Show – Responsible for booking guests for the day’s news stories and selecting topical news stories for debateWeekday / Weekend Breakfast – Responsible for sourcing all news stories and setting the news agenda for the day, including forward planning and reacting to breaking news stories

Bulletin reader / writer Member of the on-air news team providing bulletins to client stations

Responsible for providing travel bulletins to client stations, as well as organising broadcast rotas and liaising with clients