• Serve as an integral part of the executive team accountable for budget planning & forecasting, and negotiation of all acquired content on 3 television channels.• Manage, coach and develop a team of 10• Spearheaded negotiation and acquisition of content with key partners such as Disney, NBCUniversal, Warner Bros., Lionsgate, MGM, Fremantle, and ViacomCBS.• Develop and execute programming strategy • Oversee program scheduling of linear channels, live stream schedule, and AVOD, ensuring compliance with CRTC conditions of license, CAB and CBSC standards and direct reporting to the CRTC• Championed and chair Channel Zero committee on culturally insensitive content to address racial and social discrimination and injustice in television programming; created censorship policy and an advisory for outdated content that is not censored.• Research new lines of business such as connected TV, streaming services, podcast technology and monetization, social media, and industry trends such as online platforms, TikTok content creation, and YouTube.• Use Numeris and Google Analytics for traditional and digital audience data and BroadView for asset management and scheduling; extract data on demographic, gender, household income, occupation, and geographical area; use platform to see minute-by-minute viewership.• Manage CRTC license applications, renewals, interventions, complaints, and attend and/or participate in hearings; enforce compliance through creating a weekly projection for the broadcast year and then tracking actuals each week.• Maintain key business relationships by attending industry events and representing Channel Zero at markets and festivals.• Use historical ratings plus raw data from Broadview and manipulate data for average sell out of commercial spots, number of minutes of commercial time available in a program, average unit cost, to use for forecasting similar programs’ revenue or the next seasons’ revenue for budgeting purposes.

• Managed programming for 6 channels, including acquisitions, scheduling, compliance, budgeting and staff supervision.• Evaluated programs and proposals for acquisition, screen content or read pilot/bible pitch and how content aligns with audience demographics, plus where show may have already aired or if it’s a first-run premiere• Maximized program rights to increase audience numbers by strategically scheduling repeats so audience can catch up before new season/episode; implement counterprogramming i.e. more female skewed programming during NHL playoffs.• Created reoccurring meetings and distribution groups to increase collaboration and communication between departments.• Prepared Canadian Media Fund applications for original productions, providing broadcaster commitment letter, and resulting in successful proposals and receipt of pre-development funds.• Submitted monthly program logs to the CRTC.• Performed programming schedule presentations, programming monthly marketing themes/stunts presentations.• Oversaw merger of programming with original programming and digital to one department; working through HR issues, P&L, role redundancies and efficiencies, closed websites and merged 2 original programs, optimizing resources.

• Oversaw programming, scheduling and compliance for 6 channels; accountable for executing programming strategy through dynamic schedules and event programming.• Prepared daily program logs, live streaming and on-demand schedules.• Managed programming database, ensuring information accuracy, including CRTC information, closed captioning and descriptive video information and licensing rights.

• Prepared monthly on air schedule for CHCH and Silver Screen Classics; performed data entry, generated reports and delivered daily administrative support.• In 2009 Channel Zero Inc. acquired CHCH from Canwest, leaving 6 weeks from agreement to channel transfer of ownership; assisted with every aspect of the new launch; sourcing content, creating schedules, working cross-departmentally to ingest content and edit for new CAB, CBSC standards, agreeing on format (i.e. commercial time and number of breaks), producing on-air promotions, and working with marketing on OAPs and advisories required, all within aggressive timelines.