Funemployment, Day Forty Five: Director is the new Manager

so i woke up this morning and sifted through my 27 daily job listing emails, and saw one job description that sounded oddly familiar: Director of Program Planning for Disney Channel.

yep, most of this is exactly what i was doing as a lowly manager. so apparently when you do that and you're on my boss' good side you're a director. when you do it and you're on her bad side, you're funemployed.

JOB SUMMARY
The Director of Program Planning handles day to day oversight of the Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney Program Planning and Program Scheduling departments including decision making, plus managing people and processes. This Director reports to the Executive Director of Program Planning, Scheduling & Acquisitions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategy:
Oversee the development and implementation of programming strategies (both long-form and short form) for Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney, ABC Kids blocks; Lead internal “work session/brainstorming” meetings for Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney programming; Oversee stunting/event strategies for all three kids programming blocks

General Management:
Supervise two program planning employees and one program scheduling employee on a day-to-day basis to help with implementation of program strategies and tactics; Liaise with internal departments such as Development, On-Air Promotions Production, Marketing, Digital Media and Brand Management to generate cohesive programming plans; Work closely with Director of Multi-Platform Programming to help ensure premiere dates work for content windowing and with Sr. Manager of Programming for Disney XD to help ensure balance between the platforms

Financial:
Work closely with Ad Sales and Research departments to ensure financial success of DC program sponsorship