Sales Ops Specialist

Job Description

Your New Role...

Be a part of the team effort to build, fill, and deliver CNN International and CNN Español commercial logs to Master Control for playout across the globe. Liaise with the programming team and the sales team to get the most up-to-date news content on the air while maximizing revenue. Play a key role in providing the finished product for the most watched global 24-hour news network. This role of Sales Ops Specialist (Temporary) is part of the CNNI Commercial organization within WBD.

Your Role Accountabilities...
• Be a part of the team effort to deliver all CNN International and CNN Español commercial logs to Master Control within deadlines.
• Schedule and manage commercial unit placement on current/future commercial logs for International News networks in accordance with client requests (including recapturing and reconciliation).
• Monitor the placement and sequencing of multi-part commercial units.
• Run checks to flag issues within the log and then resolve the issues.
• Address commercial units in exception bin.
• Verify programming, break lengths/structures, and material IDs across simulcasting networks.
• Coordinate with network programming and sales teams to make sure sponsorships air in accordance with the details of each ad campaign.
• Generate, analyze, and maintain compliance reports as needed and revise logs based on the results.
• Create and maintain selling titles on a quarterly basis for CNNI and CNN en Español networks.
• Update selling titles to reflect permanent and temporary program changes.
• Facilitate global office needs for prompt selling title creation based on program demand.
• Apply selling titles to the selling schedule for CNNI and CNN en Español networks. Revise as necessary.
• Release the selling schedule in a coordinated manner to facilitate order entry and log work.
• Generate canned and ad hoc contract and inventory reports.
• Import program schedule and apply formats on the programs. Maintain formats as necessary.
• Manually implement last-minute programming changes to late-stage logs.
• Book and edit campaign orders, adding constraints within the order when necessary. Assign copy to orders.
• Enter material metadata into the traffic system applications, download and edit spots for air, deliver ads to commercial acquisitions, confirm status of materials with Sales Ops teams globally through the Cartsheet website.
• Be willing to relinquish or take on new duties based on the needs of the department

Qualifications & Experience...
• Customer service experience
• Ability to learn quickly
• Positive, team-oriented attitude
• Excellent communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Flexibility
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks
• Ability to thrive in a deadline-oriented environment
• Strong organizational skills
• The position is based in Atlanta (not eligible for relocation costs)
• PC-based computer experience (MS Office, etc.)
• Crossroad or other traffic system experience
• Experience working with global markets
• Knowledge of network and sales processes/systems
• 4-year college degree with relevant job experience

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

The Legal Bits…

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@warnermedia.com.

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