Coordinator Of Community Relations
Chicago White Sox
Chicago, IL
Assistant Producer
Overview
Audacy Chicago is seeking a part time assistant producer for WBBM-AM.
Responsibilities
• Primary duty is taking and editing audio from multiple sources including reporters, weather feeds and network audio feeds.
• AP's will place phone calls to check on news stories, to use internet and other sources to follow up or gain insight for use in reporting news stories.
• Additionally, answer telephones in a polite and helpful fashion.
• Recognize the urgency of telephone calls (immediate, routine, can wait)
• Answer listener questions, which may rerquire determination and ingenuity
• Screen calls from public relations firms, take messages for reporters
• Refer complaints to management; take in detailed news tips and forward immediately to the desk
• Call back people you have offered to help
• Perform work on very short deadlies with attention to detail
• Prioritize high volume of work, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
Qualifications
MINIMUM EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
• A college degree, with a concentration in broadcast journalism is preferred.
• Hands-on internships or experience at a college radio station is required.
• Must be familiar with digital audio editing techniques.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
• Must follow news on a regular basis, have a working knowledge of the basic facts of topical news stories and demonstrate 'news judgement'.
• Assistant producers must be familiar with digital audio editing techniques.
• Must be familiar with basic technical standards including level noise and clarity of sound.
• Must be able to write clearly and juggle multiple priorities in a fast paced environment.
INTERNAL/EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS:
• Assistant producers take much of their direction from the editor on the desk, who helps determine priorities for audio to be used on the air.
• Assistant producers work closely with editors, writers, reporters and anchors.
• When answering the phone, assistant producers represent the radio station to listeners and callers, and a must project a professional and unhurried image to callers.
DECISION-MAKING FOR RESULTS:
• The work of the assistant producers is highly structured and subject to constant review.
Responsibilities:
- Primary duty is taking and editing audio from multiple sources including reporters, weather feeds and network audio feeds.
- AP's will place phone calls to check on news stories, to use internet and other sources to follow up or gain insight for use in reporting news stories.
- Additionally, answer telephones in a polite and helpful fashion.
- Recognize the urgency of telephone calls (immediate, routine, can wait)
- Answer listener questions, which may rerquire determination and ingenuity
- Screen calls from public relations firms, take messages for reporters
- Refer complaints to management; take in detailed news tips and forward immediately to the desk
- Call back people you have offered to help
- Perform work on very short deadlies with attention to detail
- Prioritize high volume of work, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r7n918-54-227-104-229-42 in your application.