NATURE AND SCOPE:

• Internal contacts include administrators, faculty, staff and students of the department and university.
• External contacts include officials of professional organizations, visitors and the general public especially a vast listening audience via radio, online and social media platforms.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Serves as “ON-AIR” host/personality and website blogger.
• Reads commercials, promotional copy and public service announcements.
• Announces musical selections, station breaks, commercials, or public service information, and accepts listening audience requests.
• Ability to produce pre-recorded commercial spot announcements.
• Operates “ON-AIR” production and remote equipment.
• Maintains daily program and transmitter logs in compliance with FCC rules and regulations.
• Ability to interview celebrities, civic leaders and other personalities/special guests.
• Represents station at promotional events.
• Provide engaging on-air and influential online content for station target audience.
• Engage with listeners in person at events, via phone calls, contests and social media platforms.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods including alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, social and visual media.
• Knowledge of Urban Adult music and entertainment that appeals to 25-54 target audience.
• Competence in both oral and written English.
• Proficiency running an audio console and other professional studio equipment such as Vox Pro and Adobe Audition.
• Experience in interviewing guests, reading information, operating equipment and communicating to the general public.
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and harmonious work relations with staff, students, faculty, University officials, clients and the general public.
• Ability to use print, broadcast and Web-based communications to develop and implement communication material.
• Ability to work weekends and travel to represent station at entertainment events as needed.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• High School graduate and five years of responsible professional radio announcing or any equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrable Nielsen Audio PPM ratings success in medium, large or major market.

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