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Texas PBS: Underwriting Account Executive

Unique opportunity for a talented, media sales professional to sell underwriting sponsorships for public television. The Texas PBS Stations are looking for a media sales representative to focus on corporate underwriting opportunities. This person would be located in or near the Dallas/Fort Worth area to assist in building relationships with advertising agencies that represent Texas businesses.

Description

  • Work as a team with Texas station staff to maximize corporate underwriting potential in Texas.
  • Responsible for the research of program underwriting including the study of potential underwriter’s company, products and interests
  • Contacts and arranges meetings with potential underwriters
  • Develops presentations and proposals for underwriting prospects
  • Discusses and negotiates underwriting of a particular program or series
  • Prepares contracts, discusses terms and obtains signatures
  • Works with clients and station staff to ensure underwriting language meets Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Guidelines
  • Works with stations to ensure proper placement of underwriters logos and spots
  • Maintains periodic contact with underwriters and follows up regarding renewals
  • Maintains file of current, potential and past underwriters

Skills

  • Team player who is willing to work with account executives from other stations
  • A proven track record in outside sales. Media sales experience preferred.
  • Ability to work independently from a remote office
  • Highly motivated and results-oriented
  • Ability to build strong, long lasting client relationships
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Bachelor’s degree preferred
  • Some travel may be required

Send cover letter and resume to kschwab@texaspbs.org. No calls or drop-ins please.

Corporate Support Sales Associate

DO YOU LOVE KLRU & PBS?

Collins Development Solutions, KLRU's corporate underwriting sales contractor is seeking a determined and persuasive Sales Professional to join KLRU's sales team.

Overview

Candidates will be responsible for the sale of 15-second corporate sponsorship messages and event sponsorship and other marketing related products. This is an outside sales position where successful sales reps develop new business by cold calling and following a consultative sales approach.

Corporate Sponsorship Sales

An account executive is expected to contact decision makers at local and regional businesses, meet with them to understand their marketing needs and develop proposals that offer marketing solutions to help them grow their business.

Preferred requirements

  • 3 years of media or marketing related sales experience
  • Professional communication and presentation skills
  • Be goal oriented, persuasive, and excellent at managing time and prioritizing effectively

Interested applicants should submit a resume and letter of intent via email to:
info@collinsdevelopmentsolutions.com

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Digital Media Engineer

KLRU, Austin's PBS station, seeks a Digital Media Engineer to provide engineering expertise regarding technology, products, and solutions that focus on content processing, content management, and digital distribution. Key to this position is the ability to understand underlying principles of broadcast and IT broadcast related computer/server systems that are vital to supporting the operation of the station.

The ideal candidate will have strong video, audio and metadata engineering skills and thorough familiarity with professional broadcast video/audio. A high degree of computer literacy is also required. The candidate must also be detail-oriented and must have good viewing, listening, problem-solving and communication skills (both oral and written). The candidate should show strong initiative and should be comfortable both with configuring and using software and hardware, and with interacting with clients and vendors. Candidate must also be flexible with hours. Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Install, configure, maintain and support technical infrastructure necessary to create, manage, and distribute media content across multiple platforms, digital environments and content distribution partners.
  • Perform system level troubleshooting of technical facilities, including but not limited to non-linear editing systems, cameras, video switchers, videotape recorders, other production equipment, transmitter, master control, servers, and applications.
  • Install, operate and test a wide variety of video, audio and metadata applications running on both hardware and software.
  • Install, configure, test, optimize, and repair broadcast and IT equipment and systems.
  • Investigate, test, and present technology to enhance workflows and ensure reliability, especially in emerging content delivery models.
  • Fully document new systems and procedures.
  • Identify, prioritize, resolve, document and communicate work-flow gap and technical/operational issues and develop solutions to improve stability, reliability and cost-effectiveness of technological operations.
  • Must be able to estimate problem resolution times independently or collaboratively.
  • Manage vendors by monitoring performance, providing feedback, and monitoring new projects.
  • Monitor the technical quality of all KLRU television operations.
  • Insure that proper records of maintenance activities are kept.
  • Monitor the station's adherence to all FCC rules and regulations and ensure proper retention of required files.
  • Maintain flexible work hours to handle technical & operational emergencies.
  • Interpret and implement instructions and requests from producers, directors and other colleagues.
  • Provide support for KLRU TV Productions and assess support effectiveness and efficiency across production systems.
  • Communicate complex technology topics to wide audiences, including executive management.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge and Skills required:

  • At least 10 years work experience in the video/audio engineering field. A strong preference for digital media experience.
  • Formal training in the field of broadcast engineering is required.
  • Must be highly computer literate, showing solid proficiency in Apple, Microsoft, and Cisco systems.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of broadcast video technology and workflows, audio, metadata, and post-production environment with experience in emerging content delivery models.
  • Good understanding of video and audio content and the ability to evaluate and classify defects in video or audio program material, and understand different classes of viewer level.
  • Solid knowledge of codecs, testing and evaluation procedures.
  • High degree of computer skills, including the ability to work with untested software.
  • Knowledge of the operation, repair and maintenance of television and IT equipment.
  • Extensive experience with HDTV and major audio and video file formats.
  • Must be detail oriented, able to successfully multi-task, self-directed, with proven ability to prioritize tasks.
  • Must have excellent problem-solving skills and be able to analyze potential solutions for economic costs as well as purely technical usefulness.
  • Must have excellent eyesight and hearing, and the ability to qualitatively grade and classify video and audio content.
  • Strong interpersonal, communications and presentation skills.

Working Conditions/Environment:

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time.
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
  • Must be able to work a flexible schedule and be able to be present at events or shoots that are scheduled outside the normal hours.
  • Must be able to work under the pressure of deadlines on multiple projects.
  • May be required to work or be present at events outside of normal workday.
  • Must be able to monitor and evaluate audio/video product quality, and handle other hands-on duties when necessary.

Education Requirements:
Bachelors degree in engineering or related field. SBE certification is a plus.

Please submit resume and cover letter with salary requirements to:
Human Resources
Attn: Melanie Blackman KLRU-TV
PO Box 7158
Austin, Texas 78713
(512) 233-5818 fax
mblackman@klru.org

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Production Intern

Under the supervision of the Broadcast Operations Manager, interns will be responsible for assisting the staff in various phases of production. The internship program is designed to provide opportunities for students to learn about all phases of production including:

  • Tape logging
  • EFP field production
  • Pre- and Post-production coordinating
  • Research and story development
  • Studio production

The interns will work closely with producers, crew, and management staff to gain a full understanding of television production. In providing an opportunity for students to learn production from these various areas, the interns will be required to have the following skills:

  • General knowledge of broadcast media
  • Excellent written and oral skills
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Office, Internet browsers
  • A general sense of administrative management

For qualified interns working for KLRU, duties may include but are not limited to:

  • Assist the production staff in various aspects of field production such as field shoots, logging tapes, video duplication, online research, and other duties as assigned
  • Research show topics via newspaper, magazine, online services as well as initiating telephone calls to applicable guests
  • Attend studio and field productions when available
  • Attain skills to assist in the producing of segments, which will include the field producing, logging and editing of applicable segments
  • Provide clerical and administrative support for the production and management of local KLRU productions

In accordance with KLRU intern programs, the intern must:

  • Be in attendance of an accredited college or university at the undergraduate or graduate level
  • Earn academic credit for internship
  • Provide confirmation of credit eligibility from college registrar’s office
  • Work a minimum of 12 hours per week, 150 per semester

Students interning for KLRU will have their internships terminated if they:

  • Do not maintain a consistent work schedule
  • Show a limited interest in the production process
  • Do not notify staff of tardiness or absence
  • Are unable to perform required duties listed above
  • Students whose internship is terminated will not receive college credit

Internship is unpaid.

Interested applicants should submit a resume and letter of intent via email to:

Lauren Burton (lburton at klru.org)
Production/Operations Coordinator

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University of Texas Student Positions

KLRU has several work study positions available: some begin now, for the summer semester; others begin in the fall. Please have your Award letter and the Off Campus sign-up sheet with you at the time of your interview. A copy printed from U.T.'s Web site is fine.

Contact

KLRU-TV, Austin PBS
P.O. Box 7158 // Austin, Texas // 78713-7158
main 512.471.4811 // fax 512.475-9090

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