Trust In The Media

Director Distribution - TV Network Operations and Engineering

2012-01-23T10:23:00.000-08:00

http://www.executivesearch.tv/html/director_broadcast_operations_and_engineering.html

Major TV Network
Broadcast Operations and Engineering Technology (BO&E)

New York City, NY - USA based
FMS OIC reporting to Vice President Network Operations Engineering, New York City, NY - USA

Client

A diversified U.S. based global media and entertainment conglomerate with major television network, sports, cable TV, radio, print, publishing, outdoor advertising, entertainment and media holdings. The firm operates media businesses globally and this search was relevant to all domestic and international distribution of their broadcast signals on multiple media platforms.

Search

Director Distribution - Network Operations and Engineering Technology

Client Situation

The Vice President of Network Operations and Engineering had been searching for a Director with exceptional IT skills for over six months through other resources and was unable to identify a candidate that met all the technology criterion required for the Network’s future plans for global distribution to stations, affiliates, MSO, SAT and wireless partners.

Filcro Media Staffing had conducted previous searches for Manager, Director and VP level technology and engineering staff in the past and made the Network aware of an opportunity at a competitor that could be to the Network’s advantage, while working on another engineering and information technology search.

Industry and Sector inclusion

Network Television Broadcasting - Engineering and IT
Cable Television Broadcasting - Engineering and IT
MSO Distribution - Engineering and IT
Radio Network Distribution - Engineering and IT
Satellite Network Broadcasting - Engineering and IT

Digital Editor in Chief (EIC)

2012-01-23T10:17:00.000-08:00

http://www.executivesearch.tv/html/editor-in-chief.html

Client Profile

Live Entertainment: which consists of live events and the sale of merchandise at live events
Television Entertainment: Television programming, pay-per-view, and video on demand programming.
Consumer Products: Consists of the sale of video games, toys, books and other consumer products through third party licensees, as well as sales of magazines and home video products.
Digital Media: Consisting of online advertising, E-Commerce, broadband and mobile services.
Motion Picture: Focused on the production of feature films, direct-to-consumer films, as well as other film and made for television projects.

Search - Digital Properties Editor-in-Chief – EIC

Client Situation - A search committee was formed consisting of the firm’s senior most HR executives. The GM of Media was looking to identify an executive with cross-platform TV and Interactive experience who could unify the two groups and compliment their other media holdings in this $300 Million USD division of the company.

Executive Search Committee (ESC) Member Industry and Sector inclusion:

Broadcast Television
Cable Television
Magazine Publishing
Merchandising
Sports
Motion Picture
Licensing and Merchandising

The (ESC) identified Filcro Media Staffing (FMS) and Tony Filson (TF) functioning as (OIC) Officer in Charge of Search. Human Resources conducted the identification effort to identify the proper search firm and also lead the search with the FMS OIC.

CSO Digital Media Sales - Social Networking

2012-01-23T10:12:00.000-08:00

http://www.executivesearch.tv/html/international-social-networking.html

Client A global media and entertainment conglomerate.

Search Chief Sales Officer – Executive Vice President

Client Situation An executive search committee was formed consisting of representation from each primary constituency to identify an executive search firm to conduct the national search to identify a new global CSO/EVP.

Executive Search Committee Member Industry and Sector inclusion

Television Broadcasting
Telecommunications
Motion Picture
Media Ratings Analysis
Music Publishing and Production
Social Networking
The executive search committee (ESC) unanimously voted to retain Filcro Media Staffing (FMS).

FMS was retained

FMS Officer in Charge of Search (OIC), met with the ESC and commenced with the search by first reestablishing a consensus of the committee based on Filcro Media Staffing’s experience with similar searches for senior level media sales executives.

FMS was provided a strategic overview of where the board would like to see the firm from a structural and revenue perspective within the next 1-3-5 year increments.

The diversity of the business, technical and creative constituency on the executive search committee caused little debate as to who the ideal CSO would be.

Some of the challenges facing the new CSO / Executive Vice President

Establishing offices in New York. Los Angeles, Chicago, Mexico, South America and Europe
Hiring sales staff and leadership for all offices
Creating a domestic and international sales operations infrastructure
Initiating domestic and global revenue share agreements
Setup digital ad network relationships
Streamline costs associated with business, technical and creative asset
Vender Partnerships - Relationships

CTO Global Media & Entertianment

2012-01-23T10:09:00.000-08:00

http://www.executivesearch.tv/html/tv_cto.html

Executive Search Committee Industry and Business Sector Inclusion

Television Networks - Cable & Broadcast - International, National, Regional & Local
Radio Broadcasting Networks - International, National, Regional & Local
Wireless / Mobile Content Producers - International, National, Regional & Local
Online Interactive - International, National, Regional & Local
Network & Syndicated Programming Producers - TV, Radio, Interactive, Wireless

The executive search committee (ESC) of the client company was comprised of the President, CEO, current CTO and SVP of Human Resources acting as the liaison for the (ESC). The (ESC) identified Filcro Media Staffing (FMS) and Tony Filson (TF) functioning as Officer in Charge of Search (OIC) to conduct a national search to identify the proper executive capable of facilitating the current CTO’s succession plan and the board of director’s desire to enhance the global technological resources of their media holdings across all media platforms.

CEO Digital Technology

2012-01-23T10:03:00.000-08:00

http://executivesearch.tv/html/_______ceo_case_history.html

Client Situation An executive search committee was formed consisting of representation from each primary constituency to identify an executive search firm to conduct the national search to identify a new CEO/CIO/ED.

Executive Search Committee Member Industry and Sector inclusion

Television Broadcasting
Telecommunications
Technology Research & Development
Department of Defense
Education
Government – Legislative
Government – Information Technology
Medical Services and Technology
Energy Utilities