Overview
The New York Audacy TWIN Traffic Gathering Operation is looking for a dynamic and talented professional to work as a Full-Time Traffic Editor/Producer for Audacy's team of Traffic reporters broadcasting Traffic reports across the cluster of Audacy stations in New York. Job will be based out of Audacy's NY Hudson St. facilities.
Duties include : Gather, write, produce and deliver real-time actionable Traffic information using company collaboration tools, platforms and other assets. Editor/producer will compose Traffic stories and all material for use on-air, on-line, and on social media platforms in an often demanding and challenging environment. Duties include the continuous monitoring of all traffic operations assets in the production, writing and presentation of traffic reports & digital content. Must plan and prepare for upcoming traffic coverage for planned traffic events as well as unplanned traffic events.
The anticipated starting salary range for New York City - based individuals expressing interest in this position is $45,000/yr to $50,000/yr. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and location of the applicant, as well as internal and external equity.
Audacy offers full time employees with a comprehensive benefits package to include: health care coordinator, medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, disability, life insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, paid time off (sick, vacation, personal, parental, volunteer), 401(k) retirement plan, discounted employee stock purchase, student loan payment assistance program, legal assistance, life assistance program, identity theft protection, discounted home and auto insurance, and pet insurance.
Responsibilities
What you'll do:
Monitoring of Traffic gathering data assets (i.e. Traffic camera imagery, scanner listening, Station tip callers etc.)
Gather, produce, write and edit traffic reporting information
Write, edit and manage content on TWIN/Audacy Social Media platforms i.e. Twitter
Communicate Traffic information to airborne Traffic surveillance aircraft
Manage incoming Traffic information received from station tip callers
Other duties as required by management
Qualifications
Required & Preferred:
Required:
Knowledge of the New York Tri-State area Traffic geography
Minimum 2 year traffic or news reporting for broadcast media
Knowledge of Google Workspace, Slack and other online collaboration platforms is preferred
Ability to multi-task and adapt to a changing and highly challenging environment
College degree preferred, but not required
Strongly Preferred:
Must be able to gather & ready real time incident and other traffic information
Must be computer literate, have excellent writing and presentation skills
Must have a can-do attitude with a willingness to perform any task big or small
Must be anexperienced story tellerwhen communicating Traffic info to Reporters
Knowledge of the NY Tri-State broadcast area commuting/local geography and all transportation systems are essential
About Us
Audacy, Inc. (NYSE: AUD) is a leading multi-platform audio content and entertainment company with the country's best collection of local music, news and sports brands, a premium podcast creator, major event producer, and digital innovator. Audacy engages 200 million consumers each month, bringing people together around content that matters to them. Learn more at www.audacyinc.com , Facebook (Audacy Corp) and Twitter (@AudacyCorp).
EEO
Audacy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Audacy affords equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of their race, color, religion or religious creed, sex/ gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (over 40), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Consistent with our commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who need assistance in applying electronically for a position with Audacy, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship. To request a reasonable accommodation for this purpose, please call 1-610-660-5614. Please note that this phone number is to be used solely to request an accommodation with respect to the online application process. Calls for any other reason will not be returned. Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.
Job Locations USA-NY-New York
ID 2022-4822
Category Traffic
Type Regular
