Job Vacancies at ASTRO
Responsibilities
· To handle all incoming calls from Internal and external thru Astro
General line 03-95436688
· To assist any enquiry related to outbound by internal staffs.
· Ensure the discipline on MC, EL, attendance and changing of duty meets
the target.
Qualifications
· S.P.M. with 3 years experience in a service related industry.
· Familiar in handling PABX system (preferable).
· Strong communication in English with pleasant voice.
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2. Job Title: Assoc, Commercial Sales (Southern)
Responsibilities
· Managing existing Hotel subscription account
· Acquiring new commercial subscription (Hotel, Hospitals & commercial
establishments
· Follow up on commercial sales leads. achievements, analyse, review
and implement measures to improve sales
· Prepare proposal letters & Hotel contracts and quotations for new
and existing Hotel acoounts
· Liaise with contractor¿s on installations and rectification
(if Astro system in Hotel goes down
· Prepare reports on market conditions and activities
Qualifications
· Degree or Diploma holder preferably in business related discipline
· Experience in service industry & sales
· Computer literate.
· Good communication skills
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3. Job Title: AVP, Consumer Technology
Responsibilities
· Oversee the design and development of Astro¿s basic and advanced
User Terminal to provide a platform for Marketing, Sales and Programming department
generating various revenue streams for the company.
· Lead the implementation of content protection and other security system
of Astro smart card combating piracy to protect the company revenue.
· Supervise the integration and validation of User Terminal and any core
application such as EPG, Video on Demand etc to ensure Vendors¿ deliverables
conform with Astro requirement specification and budget prior to commercial
deployment.
· Engage in contract negotiation with Technology Provider such as Middleware,
Conditional Access Systems and User Terminal Supplier to define the technical
specification scope of work and supporting on the commercial aspect.
· Develops a comprehensive hardware and software specification of the
User Terminal to provide a platform for Marketing, Sales and Programming department
to use in generating various revenue streams to the company. (i.e the advanced
user terminal shall offer Digital Video Recording, Push Video on Demand and
Home Networking. All this features have a huge potential to provide additional
revenue to the company)
· Ability to produce a Request For Proposal (RFP) on a new User Terminal
that Astro plan to deploy (with guidance from Head of Department) to send to
a group of potential technology provider.
· Supervising a group of engineers validating the quality of vendors¿
deliverables of any new product or improving existing product to detect any
blocking issues that will disrupt Astro services prior to commercial deployment.
(i.e a any unsuccessful software download exercise may crash all the user terminal
in the field affected all Astro¿s subscribers)
· Vendor Management skills tto ensure that vendors meet the contractual
timeline with minimum or minor defects in every project.
· Able to develop a fresh engineer to understand the user terminal architecture,
functionality, DVB standard, smart card security in a short time frame.
Qualifications
· Degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering or Software Engineering
with 5-8 years experience in Digital TV Industry or Digital Broadcasting Company
especially in signal processing field.
· Good command of English and Bahasa Malaysia language both Spoken and
written
· Knowledgeable in either head-end or STB in digital TV industry.
· Need to posses a strong technical knowledge to perform a technical
analysis according to proposal given by vendors in order to make the right technical
recommendation to HOD.
· Need to have competent negotiation skill while developing a contract
with technology provider protecting company interest in order to meet the technical
requirement with reasonable commercial implication
· Excellent in Microsoft Office application with ease.
· Posses strong technical knowledge on middleware and Conditional Access
technology.
· Experience in Digital TV especially on User Terminal software systems
architecture.
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4. Job Title: Associate, Commercial Production
Responsibilities
· Produce on-air sponsored videos & Creative Proposals for Media
Sales' corporate clients.
· Coordinator between Media Sales & Other Divisions to ensure smooth
execution & delivery of creative video materials as per Sales Team's commitment to Corporate Client.
· Responsible for daily administration of Logistics, Reports & Financial
procedures for the Commercial Production Unit of Media Sales
Qualifications
·Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree, Post Graduate Diploma
or Professional Degree in Public Relations / Mass Communication or equivalent.
· At least 3 year(s) of working experience in the related field is required
for this position.
· Excellent interpersonal communication skills and possess ability to
work independently and within tight timelines.
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