TV Traffic Jobs in North Carolina Orbit and Harris Automation

Position Team Traffic Manager

Location Charlotte, NC - U.S.A. - North Carolina

Salary $80,000 to $90,000

Based on experience and outstanding benefits - Major U.S. Broadcaster

Summary ● We are seeking a proven broadcast professional and leader with a proven track
record in traffic and management.
● This Traffic Manager should be performance driven and results oriented with
excellent communication, analytical and organizational skills.
● A Traffic Manager who is an excellent developer of talent.
● Responsibilities include the management, maintenance and oversight of the daily
operation of the centralized traffic operation for an assigned group of television
stations, training and staff development, supervision of workflow between local
stations and centralized staff, and ensuring quality control and
inventory maximization for the final product.

Duties Hiring, training, leading and managing the traffic staff to effectively
assist stations to achieve on-air product quality and revenue goals.

1. Maintain station client relationships.

2. Devise new methods for accomplishment of goals based upon changes within the
marketplace.
3. Initiates, coordinates development, execute and track success of action plans to
resolve issues and maximize inventory.
4. Delegate authority and responsibility with accountability and follow-up.
5. Conducts regular coaching and counseling with traffic staff to ensure high levels of
station client satisfaction.
6. Demonstrates ability to interact and cooperate with all company employees
7. Manage daily operation of team functions for maximum team efficiency; supervise
workflow make job assignments and assume final responsibility for quality control
8. Oversee all Network, Syndicated and Local stations program changes and
workflow to ensure that program formats, timings, secondary events are executed
as planned
9. Oversee all commercial continuity processes, as well as workflow between
commercial delivery services and HTV CDC
10. Work with station Engineering regarding Automation needs as it relates to
playlists, dublists, and purge lists
11. Fully responsible for all inventory controls; insure inventory is effectively worked
and communicated with each station
12. Research and analyze discrepancies in order to provide expedient resolutions;
mentor traffic staff to understand, resolve, and provide solutions for discrepancies
13. Ensure compliance with all legal rulings and contractual obligations: Children’s
Television Act, EAS announcements, EEO announcements, Network agreements,
disclaimers, etc.
14. Create and maintain all “Best Practices” policies, procedures, and guidelines in
conjunction with Corporate guidelines and local station management operating
procedures
15. Maintain station “Local Station Playbook”; understand local market sales practices
and philosophies, placement priorities, priority code usage, and selling rotations;
ensure station “team” is notified of changes and well versed on station practices
16. Serve as a consultant to Sales, News, Programming, Promotions, and Public
Service to design show formats affecting the on on-air appearance and quality of
product while ensuring maximum inventory usage
17. Understand all policies, procedures, and requirements for HTV across all our
stations
18. Prioritize and oversee completion of all assigned projects
19. Drive Traffic teams toward high quality and timely deliverables
20. Create an agile approach with Traffic team which supports the overall processes of
the company
21. Set realistic objectives and perform annual reviews

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TV Traffic Jobs in North Carolina Orbit and Harris Automation

Experience 1. 4-7 Years of traffic management experience preferred

2. Working knowledge of WideOrbit Traffic System and Harris Automation preferred
3. Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) required
4. Undergraduate degree preferred
5. Organized and detailed manager of people and resources
6. Leadership qualities, experience teaching, coaching, managing and training others
on how to best use the systems
7. Must have a solid understanding of broadcasting as it relates to Sales, Traffic,
Programming, Engineering and Accounting
8. Conceptual and analytical thinking
9. Good communication skills and the ability to articulate ideas to all levels of
management with confidence, to facilitate necessary changes.
10. Skilled with conflict resolution
11. Ability to work well against deadlines
12. Prefer prior experience with a Multi Channel Operation; large television broadcast
group and or major market, high volume television stations.
13. Prefer prior management experience of 6-10 individuals.

Contact Filcro Media Staffing

Kelli Vanhove
Senior Manager Broadcast Recruitment
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New York, NY 10175
212-599-0909 ext 201
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