Account Specialist

Optimum•New York, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The New York Interconnect (NYI) is seeking an Account Specialist to join their team. NYI is a joint venture between Altice USA, Charter Communications, and Comcast, and is one of the largest single-market advertising platforms in the United States. The Account Specialist will be an important part of the sales model, providing sales support to Account Executives (AEs) in the initial phases of a media ad sale. This role is crucial for maximizing revenue by creating advertising schedules, managing inventory, and ensuring advertising spots are ready for broadcast. The position involves working with various traffic and inventory systems, managing network programming, break schedules, and creative copy preparation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Media, or related discipline.
0-3 years of experience, preferably in a media or advertising company, specifically, in areas such as traffic, inventory management, and/or research.
Advanced proficiency in all Microsoft Windows Applications, specifically Excel.
Strong analytical skills and problem-solving ability.
Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills.
A desire to love your job and feel valued!

Responsibilities

Complete and manage New Order Entries and track soft desk confirmations.
Create logs and schedule spots on all networks for their zones on a daily basis.
Export, activate and manage orders and order revisions properly into software.
Follow all business rules to maximize revenues by scheduling spots based on highest priority/rate.
Resolve scheduling discrepancies on all orders.
Activate orders in a timely fashion, applying copy, adjusting headers and sending confirmations sales teams, communicating any issues.
Manage all verifications, log times, and spot rotations, including pulling log times from previous week, verify all spots with traffic and scheduling of unverified spots.
Add Log times (bonus spots in Tim) as needed.
Send pre/post log times to clients.
Process and distribute daily notifications for missing copy and traffic instructions, and unplaced / missed spots / opportunities.
Coordinate with Visible World on complex traffic instructions – Ex – Network Programming Business for Zone Level Addressable tagging instructions.
Monitor schedules for future Network log exceptions, oversell and missed opportunities.
Act as a liaison between our sales Account Executives and Commercial Insertion teams to ensure our spots are ready for air.