Traffic Director jobs in Tucson, AZ

•  Oversee and manage multimedia and traffic team activities for the AZPM Traffic Department by training, assigning, scheduling, and mentoring staff and students.
•  Establish standards for team productivity, quality, accuracy, development and client service.
• Communicate cross-departmentally with AZPM Leadership, managers, staff and to source and create needed meta-data, schedule local interstitial television breaks; and underwriting spots, coordinating among all stakeholders the highest and best use of airtime to meet the needs of the organization’s strategy. 
• Manage, plan, and direct the broadcast schedules.
• Manage, plan, and direct television traffic duties including entering interstitials and promos in a timely manner to fill breaks in the Broadcast. During Pledge, schedule pledge breaks and phone bars. 
• Manage broadcast log for each channel while ensuring proper Bugs are in the log.  
• Manage and ensure underwriting openings are attached to underwriting spots and connected properly for paid clients.
• Responsible for contacting on-air and on-line TV listings to provide the program schedule and relevant updates.
• Manages and develops monthly reports. 
• Consults with representatives from other departments on special projects to determine
• Assists with troubleshooting on-air traffic and broadcast-related issues.
• Manages and reviews new programming pitches and provides recommendations and feedback for improvements to AZPM Leadership. 
• Manage and ensures workflow timelines while developing new approaches to create efficiencies.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Meticulous attention to detail, organizational, communication skills and accuracy.
• Exceptional competence in both oral and written English.
• Ability to utilize relevant software programs, particularly Microsoft Office 365, and cloud-based delivery applications.
• Ability to prioritize, multitask and work effectively under tight deadlines.
• Demonstrated knowledge of television programming strategies.