Job Summary:
This position is responsible for interfacing with advertising agencies and sales departments to ensure proper commercial material has been received and scheduled via client specifications. In addition, Commercial Operations acts as the primary liaison for the FOX Regional Sports Networks (RSN), Big Ten Network, FOX Sports Net, FOX College Sports, and Traffic Departments.
* Requesting and entering traffic instructions in the traffic system database and verifying instruction confirmations for accuracy.
* Translating finalized logs and completing necessary log changes to accommodate last- minute traffic revisions.
* Coordinate the arrival of media content into the building via electronic delivery.
* Maintain supplier time rundowns for the network.
* Research commercials that are missing or do not meet technical specifications.
* Processing emergency logs, finalized logs, and billing files
Responsibilities:
* Serve as a liaison with On-Air Operations and Media Ingest for the regional Traffic Departments.
* Effectively communicate professionally, both written and verbally, between internal departments (On-Air Operations, Media Ingest, etc.) and external clients (Ad Agencies, Sales, Traffic, and Producers) in a timely manner with strict adherence to standards and procedures.
* Assist, as requested in the updating of documentation of the departments SOPs and user manuals. In addition, the employee should be willing to assist with projects within the department.
Basic Qualifications:
* Associates Degree or 60 hours of college credits toward a BA/BS degree
* Broadcast Traffic or Sales experience preferred
* Wide Orbit traffic system experience a plus
* A proven ability to multitask and perform well under strict deadlines is required.
* Must possess the ability to work within a team atmosphere by operating in a close-knit environment with shared duties among co-workers to successfully achieve departmental functions.
* Must demonstrate the ability to be customer service oriented by anticipating our clients needs and following through completion with a high degree of accuracy.
* Intermediate to advance level of MS Word, MS EXCEL, and MS Outlook.
New York, New York
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. operates as a diversified media and entertainment company primarily in the United States and Canada, Europe, and internationally. It operates through Cable Network Programming, Television, and Filmed Entertainment segments. The company produces and licenses news, business news, sports, general entertainment, factual entertainment, and movie programming for distribution primarily through cable television systems, direct broadcast satellite operators, telecommunication companies, and online video distributors.
It also broadcasts network programming; and operates 28 broadcast television stations, including 11 duopolies in the United States. In addition, the company produces and acquires live-action and animated motion pictures for distribution and licensing in various formats in entertainment media, as well as produces and licenses television programming.
The company was formerly known as News Corporation. Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in New York, New York. As of March 20, 2019, Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.