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Rebecca Yates

4.30 AM

Roll out of bed and wash my face (I will never get used to waking up this early!)

4.50 AM

Get dressed and do my make-up.

5.00 AM

Make a breakfast smoothie and pack my lunch.

5.30 AM

Jump in the car and drive to work. I live near Sydney Olympic Park making the drive a little more scenic.

6.00 AM

Arrive at work. First thing I do is read emails to get updated on what has happened while I haven’t been at work. I have my breakfast smoothie while I am doing this.

6.20 AM

On morning shifts I complete daily as-run checks. This is to ensure that the as-run documents are true to what appeared on-air. An as-run literally means “as-it-runs”. It’s a little hard to explain this process exactly! In total I check 37 files, which takes me a total 2.5 hours to get through them all.

8.50 AM

Once finished, I submit these files to our client and then email my managers stating that they have been delivered.

9.00 AM

I greet the on-air presentation coordinators (it’s nice to be friendly!) and collect operational workflows. If required, I print more workflow documents.

10.00 AM

The perfect time to make a coffee. Deluxe has a barista coffee machine! It’s amazing!

10.10 AM

Now that I have my coffee, it’s time to do some testing for the new automated as-run checks. Basically, I’m checking if the automation system is creating the correct information in the as-run documents. If I notice any issues, I notify the Platform Subject Matter Expert.

11.00 AM

Check if the presentation coordinators require breaks. If so, I seat in the presentation suites and monitor the markets for the channel until the coord returns. A market is the area in which the channel is transmitted to, for example Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide are all different markets. We monitor a total of 12 markets for four channels.

12.00 PM

Lunch time! If the weather is pleasant I like to go outside for lunch. It’s nice to get away from all the screens.

12.30 PM

After lunch, I check my emails again to see if I am required to complete any additional duties. If not, I do captions checks. Captions checks requires me to watch parts of programs a few days in advance to ensure the captions are working properly.

2.00 PM

Every month our department has a meeting to discuss up-coming live events, system updates and our achievements for the month.

3.00 PM

Home time!

3.40 PM

When I get home after work I like to relax and literally do nothing!

4.00 PM

Go to the supermarket and do the weekly grocery shop.

5.00 PM

Choose a TV show to watch while I’m cooking dinner. My favourites currently are Black Mirror and A Series of Unfortunate Events.

6.00 PM

Eat dinner and pack lunch for the next day.

7.00 PM

Take a shower.

7.20 PM

Tidy my apartment and catch up on social media.

8.30 PM

Bed time! I can’t cope without at least 8 hours of sleep.