Traffic and Operations Manager

The Opportunity

KCUR 89.3, the flagship NPR station in Kansas City and 91.9 Classical KC, Kansas City’s 24/7 public radio classical music radio and digital service has an amazing opportunity to join our station group. We seek an energetic, creative person to join our team as the Traffic & Operations Manager.

The Traffic & Operations Manager ensures that traffic, production, and operations meld smoothly into a coherent broadcast and digital schedule across multiple platforms and products. This position works with the underwriting department, audience development staff and station program directors to ensure that each part of an underwriting or promotional campaign — planning, copywriting, asset creation, scheduling — — is executed and delivered error-free.

In this position, you will effectively manage the station logs, maximizing station broadcast and digital inventory, and work with the programming and underwriting departments to ensure accuracy and maximum revenue generation. This position will also play an integral role in training users, including underwriting, promotion and announcing staff, on software and best practices.

KCUR 89.3 is the NPR affiliate in Kansas City and is an editorially independent community service of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. See www.kcur.org/jobs for the complete job description and information about KCUR and Kansas City.

How to Apply

Application deadline is October 24, 2021. KCUR 89.3 is the NPR affiliate in Kansas City and is an editorially independent community service of the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Please apply online at UMKC’s website: https://info.umkc.edu/hr/careers/  Select “Staff Positions,” then “View Jobs,” then “View All Jobs.”