Freelance Promotional Traffic Coordinator

Position Reports To: Sr. Manager, Promotional Traffic

Position Summary: The Freelance Promo Coordinator will assist with the planning, scheduling, quality control, and delivery of media produced by the MLB Network and NHL Network On-Air Promotion Department.

Responsibilities:

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Coordinate deliverables with NHL Network On-Air Promo Production Team and maintain the promo deliverables list Google sheet. Assist with MLB Network Deliverables list management when necessary.
• Schedule NHL Network Promo Elements into daily broadcast logs for NHL Network’s primary and alternative feeds, providing weekly contingency logs as well. Assist with MLB Network upon request.
• Coordinate with internal parties to assign ISCI codes/house numbers.
• Enter NHL Network and MLB Network promo inventory into Broadway Traffic System and Grip It Promo Scheduling System, setting up rules for media campaign flights.
• Screen all NHL Network and MLB Network promo content, flagging any potential quality control issues prior to media delivery.
• Create daily standby promo lists for both MLB Network and NHL Network Master Control and Traffic.
• Work with On-Air Promotion, Sales, Graphics, and MLB Media Marketing to create daily MLB Network snipe schedules, sending revisions as needed.
• Assist with snipe inventory management.
• Meet daily with management to discuss NHL Network and MLB Network schedules and production plans for that day and for the next day.
• Follow breaking news to track player injuries, and follow up with management regarding swapping out creative, when necessary.
• Create and send purge lists to NHL Network Master Control (CMC) to clear old inventory from the systems. Assist with MLB Network inventory management on an ad hoc basis.
• Obtain As-run reports from NHL Network Traffic Department and import into Grip it Promo Scheduling System.
• Assist with occasional late night/weekend changes to swap out spots in an emergency situation.

Skills & Experience: The ideal candidate must have most if not all of the following skills and experiences:

• Must have at least 1-5 years of experience in related position such as On-Air Promotion Scheduling, Traffic, Marketing, Branding, or Broadcast Operations.
• Strong computer skills: proficient in Google Sheets, Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills, project coordination skills, and extreme attention to detail.
• The ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment, and respond to strict deadlines.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including nights on a regular basis, weekends, and holidays.
• Demonstrate the tact, diplomacy, decisiveness, and superior people skills required in the pressurized environment of live television.
• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time.
• Possess the manual dexterity to effectively operate keyboard/mouse on computers and other such equipment.
• Possess the visual acuity to work in darkened control rooms for extended periods of time to create required content.
• Possess auditory acuity to effectively perform required duties.
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to navigate distances of various lengths within the work environment.

Education: Bachelor’s degree is required.

Work Classification: Flextime.

Work classifications may be changed or modified at any time by the Company.