Music Director/Assistant Program Director

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[size=x-large]About the job[/size]

[size=medium]A Music Director/Assistant Program Director (Radio) is required. 

Full details and how to apply in the restricted info section of this advert.
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[size=medium][size=medium]Description

Music Director/Assistant Program Director/On-Air Talent

To competently* and professionally* optimize all music elements; assist with administration duties in the Programming Department. To competently* and professionally* provide continuity and surveillance information in a professional, knowledgeable and entertaining way and will be active in pre-show strategy and execution while staying within the negotiated job responsibilities at all times.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have:

High School Diploma
Management experience highly preferred
Responsibilities:

Music
Announcing
Administration
Customer Liaison 
Self-Management
Professional Development
OBJECTIVES (by Responsibility):

Music

Listen to, develop and maintain informed opinion on music supplied to the radio station on an ongoing basis. 
Make decisions as to appropriateness of music for airplay on an on-going basis. 
Maintain music library on a weekly basis.
Liaison with external music sources and suppliers as required on a daily basis.
Develop and maintain all clocks, rotations, category compositions, rules etc. as they relate to music scheduling.
Schedule and troubleshoot daily music logs.
Maintain/update database and music software as required.
Generate and distribute music reports as required.
Meet with music reps, promotion people from record labels and or mangers on music day
Speak with with music reps, promotion people from record labels and or mangers on music call days
Attend and coordinate mix show meeting to insure the best music is placed on the mix show list
Generate and distribute of the weekly mix show list
Generate and distribute weekly request sheet
Oversee production elements for the station
Recommend programming, promotions and marketing opportunities
Serve as the programming/sales liaison
Monitor stations to ensure proper jock formatics, commercials and promos
Secure national talent to for station events
Schedule station music daily via Selector
Write station promos and imaging 
Work closely with Sales and Promotions Department to create non-traditional revenue opportunities
Administration

Schedule on-air talent on a weekly and as-required basis.
Coordinate with other staff members to ensure programming airs as required.
Train appropriate staff in operation of on-air technology as required.
Communicate daily with Program Director to report and trouble-shoot on all operational discrepancies and issues of non-performance.
Fill in for Program Director as required.
Assist Program Director with market research
Attend, assist and help coordinate major station promotions and promotions 
Assist Program Director with the day to day programming operations
To work with the station’s Web Editor to ensure content and promotions are relevant to the target audience
Customer Liaison

To assist Program Director in dealing with listener complaints and suggestions on an ongoing basis.
To respond to any and all music queries from listeners when needed.
To appropriately represent the company when attending relevant industry and community related events on an ongoing basis.
Self-Management

To ensure that appropriate Self-Management is exercised at all times, as it applies to the overall function and specifically as it relates to:

Overall Professionalism
Judgment
Propriety
Dress Code (consistent with your job function, including appropriate grooming)
Confidentiality (at all times)
Managing Emotions (Emotional Maturity and control in all situations)
Taking Initiative (may include taking risks)
Being self-directed
Accepting responsibility
Being accountable
Self-critiquing
Accepting and growing with others Critiques.
Being objective (issue relevant)
Building and maintaining workable relationships
Suspending judgment (when relevant)
Not discriminating
Being accepting rather than judgmental (when appropriate)
Allowing others their feelings
Extending common courtesies
Behaving out of a sense of urgency (when appropriate)
Striving for Balance
Appropriately delegating
Evolving self-awareness
Problem Solving and Decision Making (within scope of the function)
Professional Development

To investigate and participate in relevant skill building workshops as it applies to the ongoing development of the function.
To stay current with all relevant industry information as it applies to the overall job responsibility.
To drive my own Performance Appraisal every six months.
On Air

Continuity
Surveillance
Music Knowledge and Appreciation
Off Air

Planning
Preparation
Public Appearances
OBJECTIVES (by Responsibility):

On Air

Continuity

To ensure that appropriate continuity is maintained at all times while on the air. This includes:
Programming links
Set-ups and Transitions (music identification to co-host, or any pre-taped items etc.).
To appropriately re-enforce the radio station identity and program at all times. This includes:
Station call letters
Positioning statements
Creative Hooks
Cross Promotion
Back sells. 
Surveillance

To professionally (consistently appropriate) deliver all relevant information on an ongoing basis. This includes:
Time checks
Weather
Temperature check
Event Information.
Music Knowledge and Appreciation

To competently (effectively & efficiently) display your knowledge and enthusiasm about and for the music that is played. This includes:
In-depth knowledge of the music being played
Understanding listener’s tastes
Staying in touch with music and all related issues (research, analysis etc.).
Off Air 

Planning

To contribute and support the creation of the show on a daily basis. This includes:
Participation in daily post-mortem and planning meeting
Participation in daily pre-show meeting.
Preparation

To appropriately implement all assigned duties from the producer on a daily basis. This includes:
Pre-show and live interviews
Contribution to comedy skits
Writing scripts
Attending Press conferences, functions and events
Researching background material.
Researching stories relevant to the core audience to post on the station’s web page
To ensure that all relevant material for the show is competently prepared on a daily basis. This includes:
Assigned promotion mentions
Reviewing commercial logs for live tags
Scanning daily newspaper for any relevant items
Reviewing promo cards for possible on air use etc..
Public Appearances

To professionally (consistently appropriate) and competently (effectively & efficiently) appear in public when and where required on an ongoing basis. This includes:
Participation in station remote broadcasts
Preparation as required
Representation at charity events, community events etc.[/size][/size]
[size=x-large]More about the company[/size]
[size=medium]Radio One, Inc. is an urban-oriented, multi-media company that primarily targets African-American and urban consumers. Our core business is our radio broadcasting franchise that is the largest radio broadcasting operation that primarily targets African-American and urban listeners. We currently own and operate 55 broadcast stations located in 16 urban markets in the United States.

Our operating strategy is to operate the premier multi-media entertainment and information content provider targeting African-American and urban consumers. Thus, we have diversified our overall media platform by making acquisitions and investments in other complementary media properties. Our other media interests include our approximately 51% controlling ownership interest in TV One, LLC (“TV One”), an African-American targeted cable television network (www.tvoneonline.com ); our 53.5% ownership interest in Reach Media, Inc. (“Reach Media”), which operates the Tom Joyner Morning Show (www.reachmediainc.com); our ownership of Interactive One, LLC (“Interactive One ”), an online platform (www.interactiveone.com) serving the African-American community through social content, news, information, and entertainment, which operates a number of branded sites, including NewsOne, TheUrbanDaily andHelloBeautiful ; and our ownership of Community Connect, LLC, an online social networking company, which operates a number of branded websites, including BlackPlanet, MiGente and Asian Avenue. Through our national multi-media presence, we provide advertisers with a unique and powerful delivery mechanism to the African-American and urban audience.

Our market portfolio includes stations in Atlanta, Baltimore, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Raleigh-Durham, Richmond, St. Louis and Washington D.C.[/size]

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http://www.radio-one.com/

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