Media Traffic Specialist

Job Title: Traffic Specialist
Job Location: Atlanta, GA
Contract Duration: 5+ months

Required:
• HS diploma, GED or relevant work experience; 0-2 years of experience in area of responsibility
• Entry level support role requiring basic skills; can perform some of the basic tasks within the function; some impact at the job or department level
• Performs simple, routine work; Selects correct processes from clearly prescribed rules, past practices, or instruction; Seeks advice and guidance on non-routine or problem areas from supervisor. Any deviations from the norm are cleared by the supervisor/manager
• Under close supervision, exercises limited latitude/independent judgment; Work typically involves detailed checks or close review of output by a senior co-worker and/or supervisor/manager
• Assignments require minimal knowledge beyond the assigned work; Demonstrates correct understanding of routine aspects of work

Position Summary:
• Responsible for executing advertising insertion contracts from the time the order is delivered by client to the time the order has expired and the client is invoiced.
• Responsible for accurate processing of all orders; including order acceptance, execution, validation and billing preparation.
• Streamlines workflow between all departments for efficiency and high contract fulfilment rate.
• Develops, upgrades and implements new enhancements within the Traffic and Billing system that will help achieve business goals and selling initiatives.
• Responsible for the on-going maintenance of the contract through its complete cycle.
• Maintenance of contracts may include: contract line revisions, contract line pre-emptions and application of basic ad copy.
• Import and Activate Contracts
• Understand, process and provide effective and timely resolution for all contract revision requests
• Use pre-empt functionality as directed
• Understand and apply ad copy as directed through basic ad copy instruction
• Process next day start contracts by deadline
• File and maintain paper and electronic documents as necessary
• Runs and analyses reports as necessary to ensure ad copy is properly assigned to contracts as well as report out to the field ad copy that is missing and required.
• Accepts traffic instructions / ad copy instructions in various formats, understand and logically apply the instructions into the traffic and billing software
• Creates efficiencies in ad copy application through expertise of all applicable software configurations
• May serve as liaison to Encoding Librarian
• Processes all ad copy instruction for next day start by deadline
• Runs and distributes ad copy reports to the field
• Manages workload to ensure balance for encoding
• Files and maintains paper and electronic documents as necessary
• Builds and maintains television programming (e.g. arrangements of breaks within a show) as directed through received programming information from licensed programming sources and local origination channels.
• Creates and maintains break structure for programming as required
• Adheres to deadlines ensuring that break scheduling occurs as required
• Continuously gains efficiencies through process for Local Networks and Interconnects
• Maintains and resolves programming discrepancies (e.g. cross-checking a network affiliate site) to ensure appropriate program structure,
• Maintains CCI advertising reservations as directed by Cox Media liaison
• Monitors and provides reports as necessary to alert sales of changes & ensuring that spot schedule is based upon inventory available.
• Runs necessary reports for monitoring contract fulfilment and distribution of reports to the field
• Uses pre-empt functionality in the system to address potential fulfilment issues as necessary
• Demonstrates skill and expertise of the Manual Schedule module within the application.
• Ensures all spots are scheduled as required and by deadline
• Initiates and monitors finalization process for potential error messages and resolve as necessary.
• Generates commercial playlist as necessary
• Completes manual reconciliation as necessary

Ishan Sharma

Tech Providers, Inc.

(404) 594-6193