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Full Time Job

Continuity Specialist

Hearst

Charlotte, NC 03-19-2020
 
  • Paid
  • Full Time
  • Mid (2-5 years) Experience
Job Description

Hearst Television, Ad Ops Hub in Charlotte, NC has an opening for a Continuity Specialist. The Continuity Specialists is responsible for 2 stations' (based on market and time zone) primary and digital channels commercial copy.

Job Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include the maintenance, assignment, and processing of traffic instruction files from agencies and advertisers; and the clearance of commercial material for acceptance.
• Receive all traffic instructions (original and revisions) from station clients
• Interpret commercial copy and agency instructions
• Search all station orders for applicable instructions received
• Coordinate commercial house number assignment and commercial disposition with Content Distribution Specialists
• Build instruction/rotation sets for assignment in WideOrbit and assign instruction sets to applicable orders
• Work with Content Distribution Specialists on coordination of all received materials
• Review and issue commercial copy log changes as necessary
• Review ''Missing Instruction'' report and communicate to agency and station personnel regarding missing commercial instructions and material
• Communicate and arrange for commercial production if necessary
• Screen commercial material in accordance with ''Best Practices'' and ''Commercial Acceptance Guidelines'' for on-air acceptance
• Communicate to agency and station personnel regarding commercial acceptance
• Coordinate with Station Specialist movement or preemption of spots for missing material
• Maintain files of all commercial copy instructions – current on site, 1 quarter historical on site, 4 quarter
off site
• Station contact for all commercial instruction and acceptance; Liaison to CDC and Master Control personnel regarding commercial content and discrepancies

Experience Requirements:
• 2-4 years Radio and/or Television Traffic experience preferred

Qualification requirements:
• Knowledge of agency commercial instruction terminology preferred
• Working knowledge of WideOrbit Traffic System preferred
• Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) preferred

Education:
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience preferred

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rjjp2r-216-73-216-177-42 in your application.

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Hearst

Hearst Television, a subsidiary of Hearst, owns and operates local television and radio stations serving 26 media markets across 39 states reaching over 21 million U.S. television households.