Intern - Programming/Traffic

Intern #19

Note: This is an unpaid intern position with a minimum time commitment of 8 hours per week. Our office hours are Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm. We are flexible on the days of the week and times of the shifts. The end date also is flexible but we require a minimum time commitment of 3 months.

KCTS 9 is the largest public television station in the Pacific Northwest, reaching over 2 million viewers weekly in Washington and British Columbia. Located in the heart of Seattle at Seattle Center, KCTS 9 improves the quality of life in the communities we serve by providing meaningful programming on air, online and in the community that informs, involves and inspires.

Purpose:
The Programming/Traffic Department is responsible for all scheduling of feeds off satellite, records of programs, assigning media and the scheduling of programs, underwriting placement within the daily log, placing of interstitial materials and Miranda events on all our streams of service. All other departments look to us for support and information about our programs, initiatives and strategies.
 
Intern will provide support for KCTS 9 Program/Traffic department. Learn promotion and scheduling strategies, Nielsen media research and interpretation, interface with other departments, and have hands-on experience with records and feeds of programs and the generation of daily logs. 

Educational Benefits:
Intern will learn how public television programming is scheduled and managed for broadcast. Intern will receive hands-on experience in programming, traffic, and interface with master control and other departments within the organization. Intern will learn about Nielsen data, analysis of statistical information, promotion and programming strategies, and the process to get it all exported to Master Control to go on air. Student will also have an opportunity to work in a highly creative environment in one of the industry’s leading PBS stations.

Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Help maintain program database.
2. Code programs by category type and topic and other factors.
3. Add Nielsen ratings information for primetime programs in the current schedule.
4. Fill interstitial time on the daily logs, download, export, and print daily logs.
5. Organize and support efforts to assist other departments finding information.
6. Become familiar with PBS program and interstitial inventory.
7. Evaluate programs for air.
8. Assist with scheduling.
9. Read PBS Connect for updates and program information and share findings with others. Keep department advised of updates and changes.
10. Order dub requests, assign records/media, request and ship broadcast tapes.

Minimum Qualifications:
1. High School diploma or GED required
2. Applicants must be currently enrolled in an educational degree program
3. Communications, TV Broadcast Operations or Traffic Management course work preferred
4. Thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel required
5. Excellent writing and verbal communication skills required
6. Attention to detail and good organization skills required
7. Ability to work unsupervised
8. Familiarity with ProTrack preferred
9. Interest in Operations, public television and the media industry as a whole preferred


TO APPLY: Qualified candidates please submit a cover letter and resume to: Human Resources, KCTS 9, 401 Mercer Street, Seattle, WA 98109. Email: internships@kcts9.org Fax 206-443-6691. (Reference Programming Intern #19 in your subject line)