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Media Operations Managers are responsible for oversight of the day-to-day broadcast and media distribution operations; provide vision, strategic development, and oversight of all content distribution; provide key performance metrics, strategies, and operational guidelines for the organization while aligning with overall University goals.

• Lead staff, including hiring, development, and performance management
• Oversee and manage the day-to-day broadcast and media distribution operations, ensuring compliance with federal and state laws and regulations, broadcast industry standards, university policies, and safety guidelines
• Oversee and manage program development and production, scheduling, broadcast engineering and operations, regulatory compliance, and reporting
• Ensure the station(s) project an on-air image of high production values and quality of content and that all technical standards are regularly measured and met
• Lead the acquisition, production, and distribution of diverse programming content that attracts, maintains, and increases audience engagement
• Negotiate contracts for the acquisition and distribution of program content; ensure compliance with all applicable terms, rights, and releases
• Lead or assist in station development functions; work to cultivate donor support for new projects and ongoing services; conceive entrepreneurial projects to generate revenue; identify funding sources and develop funding proposals

Level:

– Senior Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope

• Comp Grade – 12
• Minimum – $76,700.00
• MidPoint – $95,900.00
• Maximum – $115,100.00