Traffic Coordinator

This role involves coordinating traffic operations for a major television station ownership group, ensuring continuous broadcasting and programming of commercials across numerous markets. The coordinator will manage new orders, adjust existing logs, interact daily with television professionals, and collaborate with various departments like sales and engineering. Key responsibilities include processing sales contracts, generating commercial and programming logs for over 200 stations, scheduling commercials, applying traffic instructions, and managing inventory control and database libraries. The position requires meticulous data-entry, strong communication, and the ability to meet deadlines under pressure.

Must Have

• Multitask new orders and adjust existing logs.
• Interact daily with television professionals across markets.
• Collaborate with sales, engineering, and master control.
• Process incoming orders and translate sales contracts.
• Generate daily commercial and programming logs for 200 stations.
• Schedule commercials and apply traffic instructions.
• Manage inventory, database library, and broadcast automation.
• High school diploma.
• Proficiency in English.
• Meticulous data-entry skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication.
• Ability to interpret sales contracts.
• Meet deadlines and perform under pressure.
• Proficiency with computers and new software.
• Minimum 1 year clerical or administrative experience.

Perks & Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Worker’s compensation
• Unemployment insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid holidays
• Paid vacation
• Paid sick time
• Employee assistance program
• Bereavement leave
• Jury duty service time off
• Military leave
• Medical/maternity and family leave

Do you have a knack for numbers? Are you a schedule follower? If keeping the largest television station ownership group in the country on-the-air and broadcasting around the clock could enhance your career journey, we invite you to be our next behind-the-scenes star. Help us broadcast and program commercials from coast to coast in Traffic operations hubs!

We own America’s largest local broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 117 U.S. markets reaching 220 million people. In addition to delivering exceptional content and service to our communities, we provide premium multiplatform and video-on-demand advertising opportunities at scale for businesses and brands seeking to leverage the strong consumer engagement of our compelling content offering.

We are extremely proud of our collection of outstanding television stations, digital businesses and talented employees nationwide. We are investing and building for the future while forging a culture that promotes our entrepreneurial spirit, embraces bold thinking and challenges the conventional way. If you have curiosity, passion, are inclusive and collaborative, work with us and let’s continue to make a difference for all our stakeholders ~ our colleagues, our customers, our owners, and the communities in which we operate.

What you’ll accomplish (Essential Duties):

• Multitasking with new orders and adjustments to existing logs
• Daily interaction with television professions in markets across the country
• Cross department collaboration with sales, engineering, master control, etc.
• Processing of incoming orders and sales contract translation into the sales module
• Daily generation of commercial and programming logs for 200 stations in 117 markets
• Scheduling commercials and applying traffic instructions to every scheduled commercial
• Inventory control, database library management, broadcast automation, logistical issues
• So much more

What you’ll need (Preferred Qualifications):

• High school diploma
• English language skills
• Meticulous data-entry skills
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Knowledge of, and the ability to interpret, sales contracts
• Ability to comply with deadlines and perform under pressure
• Proficiency with computers and an ability to learn new software quickly
• At least 1 year of experience in clerical support or administrative assistance

If this sounds like you, this could be your next home for thriving community involvement, omnichannel advertising innovation and supported career growth.

We offer full time employees a comprehensive benefits package to include medical, life and short-term disability insurance, worker’s compensation, and unemployment insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, paid holidays, paid vacation, paid sick time, employee assistance program, bereavement leave, jury duty service time off, military leave and medical/maternity and family leave.

We are committed to attracting, developing, and retaining the industry’s top talent. In compliance with the provisions of all applicable state and federal civil rights laws, every effort will be made to employ the most qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, disability, age, sex, national origin, citizenship, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, military status or any other protected personal characteristic. Additionally, it is and shall continue to be our policy to provide promotion and advancement opportunities within the Company in a nondiscriminatory fashion based on merit, qualifications and ability.