Promotions Manager

Job Title:   Promotions Manager

Department: Promotions

Reporting To: SVP/Market Manager

Employment Type: Full Time

Location(s): Rochester, NY

Work Arrangement: Hybrid/On-Site

Overview:

Audacy Rochester is seeking an organized, creative, detail oriented and outgoing professional to support our Promotions + Experiences team in promotions, contesting and prize fulfillment. This position manages all brand promotions related activity in the region, including but not limited to the following formats: Sports, Country, News/Talk, Adult Hits, Top 40, and Hot AC.

You’ll be joining the top-ranked media cluster in Rochester as part of the leadership team. This is a full time position that reports to the SVP, Market Manager. 

The anticipated starting salary range for New York-based individuals expressing interest in this position is $55,000-$65,000

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.

What You'll Do:

Primary duties include, but are not limited to:

• Work closely with Programming Department to ensure stations positioning/branding is reflected in all marketing, imaging, promotions & digital media
• Collaborate with Sales and Programming Departments on promotion ideation for client and brand initiatives, designed to increase revenue and ratings
• Handle all Event Marketing needs

• Attend sales meetings, client meetings and station meetings, as needed
• Work with city, local and community groups with stations’ imaging in community outreach

• Work on elevating station promotions and event

• Follow all legal contesting requirements and disclosures with support from legal
• Assist with the execution of contesting and promotions on stations

• Work with market leadership to ensure contest and department compliance including but not limited to posting contest rules, material terms, maintaining contest files, and promotional agreements within company policy

• Assist with recaps for corporate promotional initiatives for the markets, as needed

• Assist with any contesting, social media copy & graphic design for stations, as needed

• Manage prizing and winner fulfillment process

• Coordinate with Sales, Programming, and third-party partners on prize and promotion detail

• Assist with Listener relations, such as answering emails, phone calls, following up with winners for prize fulfillment, and collecting/processing necessary paperwork
  
• Other duties as assigned by management

More About You:

Skills/Attributes

• First-rate organizational skills are a must to succeed in this position
• Experience working in a fast paced environment able to juggle multiple projects simultaneously. Time management skills are very important
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently and multi-task
• Experience using Google Workspace, Microsoft® Word, PowerPoint, and Excel

• Knowledge of promotion software, including but not limited to Vibes (mobile contesting), Aptivada (web contesting and user-generated content engine) and PromoSuite (promotionmanagement software)

• Graphics and video editing experience are highly desirable (Canva, Photoshop, Premiere, etc.)

• Occasional night or weekend work
  
  

Required & Preferred:

• Experience executing marketing and promotions campaigns
• Media experience is preferred, but not required
• Sports Marketing background is a plus
• A valid driver’s license, satisfactory completion of a motor vehicle record check, and, if the position requires use of applicant’s own vehicle, proof of insurance, is required.

Please be aware that Audacy will never ask you to send money at any point during the hiring process. Communication from legitimate Audacy representatives will only come from email addresses ending in @audacy.com. If you receive any suspicious requests or communications, please verify their authenticity before responding.

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Audacy is a scaled, leading multi-platform audio content and entertainment company differentiated by its exclusive, premium audio content. Audacy operates one of the country’s two scaled radio broadcasting groups with leading positions across the country’s largest markets, as well as one of the country’s largest podcast networks and the Audacy direct-to-consumer streaming platform. Audacy is a major event producer and a digital marketing solutions provider and is the unrivaled leader in local news and sports radio. Learn more at www.audacyinc.com, Facebook, X, LinkedIn and Instagram.

Audacy is an Equal Opportunity 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.