Brand Manager

Job Description

Brand Manager (Sports/Talk)
Overview

Audacy Rochester, NY has an immediate opening for a Sports/Talk Brand Manager and Operations Assistant to oversee 95.7 The Fan Rochester and to assist all other station Brand Managers with technical execution. The Fan carries the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres and Rochester Americans play by play and Rochester's Leading Sports Talk radio show, The Sports Bar with Danger and Battaglia.

The anticipated starting salary range for Rochester, NY based individuals expressing interest in this position is $50,000/yr-$55,000/yr.

Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and location of the applicant, as well as internal and external equity.

Audacy offers full time employees with a comprehensive benefits package to include: health care coordinator, medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, disability, life insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, paid time off (sick, vacation, personal, parental, volunteer), 401(k) retirement plan, discounted employee stock purchase, student loan payment assistance program, legal assistance, life assistance program, identity theft protection, discounted home and auto insurance, and pet insurance.

Responsibilities

Essential duties & responsibilities include the following:
• Responsible for the supervision, direction and overall performance level of all station personnel functions with specific emphasis on program coordination, development of unique content, promotions and multi-media strategies.
• Recruits, hires, trains and supervises all part time programming staff on all Audacy Rochester Stations
• Acts as back up for part time employees whenever necessary
• Works with Brand Managers on WBEE, WCMF, WPXY and WBZA to execute program strategies as requested including video editing for social posting, tracking digital asset statistics, analyzing music research to assist in music selection.
• Acts as liaison between programming and engineering departments - communicating needs, facilitating technical execution and working with all personnel to learn and adopt new technology roll outs.
• Show by example the importance of the relationship between the station and the listeners in our local community.
• Ensures that programming and multi-media strategies best serve the needs and interests of the station's multi-platform audience and local community.
• Responsible for adherence and compliance to Company program standards and FCC regulations.
• Provides rating analysis and reporting.
• Supervises use of any syndicated and/or outside services
• Other duties and responsibilities as required.

Qualifications
Qualifications
• Must have a strong knowledge of Music Master and knowledge of digital automation systems.
• Minimum of 3 years in radio programming and/or management preferred
• Video editing experience preferred
• Minimum 3 years of on air experience preferred
• Positive coaching ability in hiring and training part time staff
• Self-motivated
• Possess excellent communication skills and an ability to resolve conflict proactively
• Bring great Social Media and Digital ideas that will ignite the audience.
• A valid driver's license, satisfactory completion of a motor vehicle record check, and, if the position requires use of the applicant's own vehicle, proof of insurance, is required.

About Us

Audacy, Inc. (NYSE: AUD; OTC: AUDA) is a leading multi-platform audio content and entertainment company with the country's best collection of local music, news and sports brands, a premium podcast creator, major event producer, and digital innovator. Audacy engages 200 million consumers each month, bringing people together around content that matters to them. Learn more at www.audacyinc.com, Facebook (Audacy Corp), X (@AudacyCorp), LinkedIn (@Audacy-Inc), Instagram (@lifeataudacy) and Threads (@Audacy_Corp).

Responsibilities:

Essential duties & responsibilities include the following:
- Responsible for the supervision, direction and overall performance level of all station personnel functions with specific emphasis on program coordination, development of unique content, promotions and multi-media strategies.
- Recruits, hires, trains and supervises all part time programming staff on all Audacy Rochester Stations
- Acts as back up for part time employees whenever necessary
- Works with Brand Managers on WBEE, WCMF, WPXY and WBZA to execute program strategies as requested including video editing for social posting, tracking digital asset statistics, analyzing music research to assist in music selection.
- Acts as liaison between programming and engineering departments - communicating needs, facilitating technical execution and working with all personnel to learn and adopt new technology roll outs.
- Show by example the importance of the relationship between the station and the listeners in our local community.
- Ensures that programming and multi-media strategies best serve the needs and interests of the station's multi-platform audience and local community.
- Responsible for adherence and compliance to Company program standards and FCC regulations.
- Provides rating analysis and reporting.
- Supervises use of any syndicated and/or outside services
- Other duties and responsibilities as required.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r1x33x-18-191-150-214-42 in your application.