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Broadcast Program Director resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what broadcast program directors actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most broadcast program directors should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Broadcast Program Director with a track record of building schedules that engage audiences and meet commercial and regulatory targets. Skilled at using ratings data and audience feedback to refine programming, and at negotiating content rights that keep budgets on track. Comfortable leading cross-functional teams across production, sales, and marketing.
Key skills
- Content creation and writing
- Project management
- Operations management
- Marketing analytics
- WideOrbit
- RCS Selector
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Google Analytics
- Trello
- Stakeholder management
- Written communication
- Time and deadline management
Experience: example bullet points
- Restructured the weekday schedule around audience flow and ratings data, reducing listener drop-off between segments and giving the sales team a stronger sponsorship story.
- Negotiated content rights for a national sports broadcast, securing terms that kept the program within budget while maintaining its appeal to the target demographic.
- Coordinated with production teams to develop a new drive-time show, aligning content with sales briefs and ensuring all material met broadcasting codes before air.
- Monitored daily ratings reports and adjusted the evening line-up, lifting audience share in the 25 to 54 demographic over two consecutive survey periods.
- Managed a programming budget across multiple content acquisitions, tracking expenditure in Trello and delivering monthly reports to senior management.
Education
Bachelor degree in media, communications, journalism, or a related field; some roles also accept a diploma or advanced diploma in broadcasting, or equivalent industry experience.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- ACMA
- Commercial Radio Australia
- broadcasting codes of practice
- radio ratings
- GfK
- television ratings
- program scheduling
- content rights
- broadcast compliance
- WideOrbit
- RCS Selector
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Google Analytics
- Trello
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.