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Offer: Manager of FM - Illinois Soul:Illinois Public Media

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Manager of FM - Illinois Soul

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tasks & Responsibilities

Develop and Foster Community Support:
   » Serve as liaison between Illinois Soul and the regional Black community
   » Represent Illinois Soul on Campus to academic units and student organizations
   » Work with key community partners to grow Illinois Soul's visibility and audience
   » Manage community events with other IPM depts. & partners
   » Articulate the station's vision to community, partners and supporters
Resource Development:
   » Develop revenue sources who want to connect with the Black community, including CPB, Illinois Arts Council, etc.
   » Build revenues to grow IL Soul's programs and services
   » Work with SPA to apply grants for special projects
   » Work closely with Development on Membership campaigns
   » Works closely with the Development team to develop and enhance underwriting relationships and revenue
Programming and Promotions:
   » Assist with the selection of music for R&B and other local programs
   » Develop non-news programming, working with the Chancellor's office, College of Music, and Illinois Youth Media and other campus and community partners
   » Work with traffic and other station ?voices' on spots, promos, drops, etc. to give the station an authentically local & Black sound
   » Develop interstitial content that engages with the community
   » Work with cross-department colleagues on local programming, news/public affairs, marketing, and development
Administration and Operations:
   » supervises everyday operations of Illinois Soul in coordination with Director of Broadcast Operations
   » Works with Traffic and promotion staff to ensure quality programming and on-air sound
   » Maintains working relationship with all departments within the station
   » Provides constructive feedback to on-air hosts to maximize their performance
   » Works with marketing team to develop promotions, and events to raise station's profile
   » Works closely with Development to produce and execute on-air membership campaigns
   » Collaborates with Digital Team in coordinating and providing content for the app and web site
   » Establishes and maintains professional relationships with independent producers, artists, composers and other industry contacts
   » Monitors trends and activities that are significant to the IL Soul's mission and makes program and advocacy recommendations to the Executive Director and leadership abilities team
   » Ensure operation of station in conformity with FCC regulations and policies
   » Works with the Executive Director on budgetary matters
   » Assist with occasional on-air work

Minimum Qualifications
1. Any one or any combination totaling three (3) years (36 months) of the following types of preparation:
A. progressively more responsible work practice in the production and presentation of radio or television programs, social media, and/or print or online journalism
B. vocational training in radio and/or television production, journalism, social media, news or feature writing and/or announcing or closely related fields
C. college course work in radio/television, journalism, social media, news or feature writing or closely related fields
- 60 semester hours equals one (1) year (12 months)
- 75 semester hours equals one (1) year and six (6) months (18 months)
- 90 semester hours equals two (2) years (24 months)
- 120 semester hours or a Bachelor's degree equals three (3) years (36 months)
2. One (1) year (12 months) of work practice in the production and presentation of radio or television programs, social media, and/or print or online journalism in addition to the preparation required in #1 above.
3. One (1) year (12 months) of work practice comparable to that performed at the Media Writer/Producer/Announcer I level of this series or in other positions of comparable responsibility.

Preferred Qualifications
suitable education
   » Bachelor's degree in significant field or equivalent combination of education and practice
practice:
   » Familiarity with radio operations
   » managery practice
   » Excellent communication expertise
   » Strong familiarity with serving the Black community
   » expertise of R&B, jazz and other music genres
   » Skilled in using Microsoft Office Suite and On-line meeting software
   » Demonstrated advocacy and leadership abilities related to racial, ethnic, gender and/ other intersectional identities
   » practice supervising, evaluating, and training staff and students
   » Familiarity with public radio

expertise, expertise and Abilities

   » expertise of and practice with the Black marketplace
   » Broadcast or digital practice
   » A strong affinity for public media
   » A proven capability to lead a high-profile enterprise
   » A track record of achievement in diversity, equity and inclusion.
   » Able to manage multiple priorities
   » Excellent management and communication expertise with the capability to work in a highly collaborative work environment.
   » expertise of jazz and R&B music formats
   » Appreciation for non-profit mission
   » capability to manage budgets and business process
   » capability to represent Illinois Soul to select partners, communities, national organizations, and other public service organizations.
   » Skilled in using digital tools (cameras, apps, social media, etc.)
   » Skilled at adding content to websites using web content standards

Organization: 
Illinois Public Media

Job Job location: 
Urbana, IL United States

Job Job Category: 
Management

Deadline: 
Friday, February 16, 2024

Employment Type: 
Full time

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Please apply using this link:https://jobs.illinois.edu/

Email address: 
E-Mail: kiener2@illinois.edu

Job Field: 
Radio

 

 

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Job Location: Urbana, Illinois
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Post Date: 02/02/2024 / Viewed 2312 times
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Company: Illinois Public Media
Contact Email: kiener2@illinois.edu


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