Employer: Great Lakes Radio, Inc., an Equal Opportunity Employer
Location: Marquette, Michigan – Unless you are willing to move, please realize we are not looking for anyone who isn’t local. Because of the board-op section of this job, we absolutely need someone who can work IN Marquette IN our studios. This is not a job that can be done remotely. If you are applying from out of state please indicate that you are willing to move for this job in the space provided in the application form or somewhere in your resume.
Position Type: Part-time Producer, Board-Op, On-Air Talent with opportunity for full-time depending on skills and availability.
Open Application Dates: January 2nd, 2017 – closes when position is filled.
Compensation: $9.25 per hour.
What We Offer You:
- Exciting work in radio production and sports broadcasting
- An opportunity to build valuable skills sets in broadcast media
- A motivated team-oriented environment
- A flexible schedule based on remotes and sports schedules
Professional requirements:
- You must be comfortable using computers and learning new programs.
- Experience with writing short sports reports for online publication is preferred, but training will be provided.
- Experience editing graphics and audio is helpful, though training will be provided.
- Knowledge of studio equipment is desired. Training will be provided.
- Previous radio experience is not required.
- You need to be able to make any event or news relevant to listeners and our web visitors.
- You will be responsible for organizing incoming information and following up on it as needed.
- Knowledge of Adobe Audition preferred otherwise training will be provided.
- On-Air experience desired. Training can be provided.
- You will work reliably with little or no supervision once trained.
Your responsibilities:
- You are responsible for setting up and conducting interviews (including recording and editing them).
- You may be required to do interviews by telephone, in the studio, and in the field.
- You will post summaries of interviews (usually with photos that you will also take) and post show activity on the internet.
- You will assist with writing and production of commercial spots.
- You will be trained and must master industry-specific software and tools, including a live-read system and other web-related tools.
- You will read ads, live reads, spots, promos, and announcements for sponsors, and may also be reading weather, local and state sports scores, and announcing local news items, birthdays, calendar items, and school closings.
- You will also assist management with any other requested tasks from time-to-time.
- Possibility of meeting with clients to produce sponsorships.
Personal requirements:
- You must be over 18
- You must be currently living in the area or willing to relocate to the Marquette area.
- You must be an organized, responsible, hard-working person with a pleasant speaking voice.
- You are able to learn new skills quickly and keep calm under stress.
- You are detail-oriented.
- You must be confident enough to deal with problems that arise unexpectedly and smoothly work them out on the fly.
- Pleasant public presentation
- You must be willing to grow and develop your skills.
Specific On-Air Requirements:
Successful candidate should be able setup and conduct interviews (including recording and editing them), plus post summary of Interviews (usually with photos) and daily show activity on the Internet. Ability to do telephone Interviews, In-Studio Interviews, and Field Interviews will be required from time-to-time; the ability to learn quickly to do these radio-related skills can’t be understated.
Candidate Should be good at reading (ads/live reads/spots/promos/announcements) for sponsors, reading weather, reading local and state sports scores, and announcing local news items, birthdays, calendar items, and school closings. Unexpected things arise, so the successful candidate should be adaptable enough to smoothly work out problems on the fly.
The successful Candidate should be able to take incoming information, organize it, and followup to provide community with real sense of LOCAL flavor and LOCAL interests. Candidate should be able to make any event or news relevant to listeners and our web visitors.
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Email Resume, Cover Letter, References, and Writing Samples to employment@broadcasteverywhere.com
Applicants should provide three writing samples: one sample in the first person, one in third person, and a third of your choice.
All writing samples should be 5-9 paragraphs long, written at the 6th-8th grade reading level with the public as intended audience. Inclusion of a photograph appropriate to the article would also be helpful to evaluate current skill set.
All qualified persons have equal opportunities in positions at our company, including but not limited to equal opportunity for recruitment, selection, appointment, promotion, training, discipline and treatment.
Great Lakes Radio, Inc.
3060 U.S. 41
Marquette, MI 49855
Fax: (906) 228-8128
Email: employment@broadcasteverywhere.com
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