Traffic Spec I

Job Description

We have 2 positions for a Traffic Spec I with one of our clients in Atlanta, GA for an initial contract duration of 5 months. No third party candidates considered for this position.

FULFIL: Responsible for executing advertising insertion contracts from the time the order is delivered by Client Media Sales 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 fulfillment rate. Develops, upgrades and implements new enhancements within the Traffic and Billing system that will help achieve business goals and selling initiatives.   

• Contracts:    
• 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            
• Continuity:  
• Runs and analyzes 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 adcopy reports to the field              
• Manages workload to ensure balance for encoding   
• Files and maintains paper and electronic documents as necessary      
• Programming:            
• 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 Client advertising reservations as directed by Client Media liaison  
• Monitors and provides reports as necessary to alert sales of changes & ensuring that spot schedule is based upon inventory available.        
• Scheduling: 
• Runs necessary reports for monitoring contract fulfillment and distribution of reports to the field        
• Uses pre-empt functionality in the system to address potential fulfillment 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