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The Data Scientist, Content will be a key member of the ION Analytics team. You will work with senior/executive management, inspire new thoughts, and develop algorithms to solve interesting problems that have a significant influence on the organization. This individual will create actionable analytics and solutions that will solve challenging business problems in various departments. You will contribute to the long-term analytics strategies and competencies needed to support ION across various business units. Your experience, knowledge, translation of data, and use of analytics will shape strategic planning and business growth.
As a member of the Analytics team, which drives analytics, big data and decision science for all business functions company wide, you and your team will also promote synergies across the solutions and models we develop for other parts of ION. This role offers an excellent opportunity for an innovative and driven individual who is enthusiastic about using data and analytics to drive significant results in an environment that rewards performance.
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The Account Executive, Direct Response is responsible for selling direct response air time for ION Television, and achieving quarterly and annual revenue goals.
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The Pricing & Inventory Analyst is responsible for acting as an entry-level liaison between ION finance, sales management and agency contacts as it pertains to broadcast orders and changes, account management, flight requests, inventory availability, unit rate adjustments and frequency revisions.
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The Program Research team is a research and analytics group focused on measuring the audience on ION’s Television networks. We are looking for a Director - Programming Research who will be hands-on and responsible for the supervision and direction of the team with specific emphasis on improving viewership and monetization of content.
The ideal candidate is an expert in TV program research techniques and inferential statistics to recognize, design and implement projects that provide answers to questions focused on Content and Scheduling effectiveness. Ideal candidates will be strategic thinkers, hands-on with audience data, and will possess an extensive understanding of TV research and ratings, audience measurement and analytics.
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The Distribution Analyst is responsible for providing financial & analytical support to the Distribution team. This individual will work closely with the Director, Distribution Analytics and the distribution team and develop an in-depth understanding of systems, processes and data. The individual will then use this knowledge to collect and assimilate data and create, reports, dashboards, and actionable analytics & solutions that will help solve challenging business problems within the distribution department.
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The Data and File Management Specialist will be responsible for overseeing the management of all data on corporate shared drives and storage repositories. This individual will be expected to develop best practices for digital data and file storage company wide and create metrics-driven models to help ensure best practices are followed. The ideal candidate will also be able to provide technical support to the Executive office and be the point person to resolve issues efficiently and seamlessly.
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Candidates must have an expert level of understanding of the business metrics and implementation of measurement technologies used in the creation of Television Audience Measurement, i.e. ratings for a national and local television audience.
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The Commercial Systems role is a strategic position that will enable the sales organization to deliver best-in-class client services from pitch through advertising delivery. The ideal candidate is both a big picture visionary and has great attention to systemic and process details. Must be technically proficient and seasoned in systems implementation. This leader will embark with sales management on a multi-year diagnostic, re-design and upgrade of ION's end-to-end selling systems. This role will also reach into other areas of the company's operations that are closely linked from a systems perspective, such as Traffic, Content Operations and Media Asset Management.
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ION Media Networks, has established a track record of operational and financial growth in building its television networks. The highly-rated and fully-programmed 24/7 “ION Television” entertainment network reaches close to 100 million households nationwide primarily in the areas of broadcast through its ION Television Station Group, as well as cable, satellite and telecommunications.
Launched in 2007, ION Television features a “Positively Entertaining” schedule of proven, award-winning programs, quality original series and popular holiday movies available on multiple platforms via its state-of-the-art distribution system. As owner of the nation’s largest broadcast station group, ION Media Networks’ 62 stations are positioned in 24 of the top 25 markets.
The Inventory Management Analyst will act as a liaison between the Account Executive team and Traffic Department/Agency contacts to input new orders, allocate program titles and process changes as it pertains to program schedule changes, flight requests, and general inventory availability. We seek a personable, detail-oriented individual to assist in our Network Sales division and coordinate with our New York and West Palm Beach team members regularly
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The ideal candidate for the this position should have experience in financial analysis, preferably MVPD or Broadcast distribution analysis. Candidate must be an expert in maintaining large and complex datasets, using data to analyze issues relevant to ION Distribution, and presenting data and analysis in clear and relevant ways to decision makers.
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The Corporate Executive Support Assistant is responsible for providing a wide range of high-level administrative support within both the finance and legal areas, through the effective managing, organizing and leveraging of the executive’s time. The ability to interact with staff (at all levels) in a fast-paced environment, sometimes under pressure, remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful and efficient, with a high level of professionalism and confidentiality is crucial to this role.
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Candidates must have an expert level of understanding of the convergence of IT and Broadcast technology that is necessary to maintain and support a broadcast television facility.
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The VP, Legal brings legal leadership, negotiation, and management skills to ION's contract negotiations and administrative needs. This covers ION's broad range of contractual relationships, including real estate, vendors, hardware, software and service providers. The role involves negotiation and drafting of new agreements, as well as administration of existing agreements. The successful candidate will be expected to achieve results and problem-solving in negotiation settings, in addition to alerting management to action items or risk factors arising from ION's portfolio of contracts.
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The Executive Technical Support Specialist will provide technological support to the Executive office and will be the point person to resolve these issues efficiently and seamlessly.
The ideal candidate must possess a high level of technological knowledge to analyze issues on the spot, determine root causes and troubleshoot for resolution. The individual must be an intuitive problem solver, anticipate needs, and be one step ahead of the Executive office. Ability to explain technical issues in non-technical terms to Executive office and other End Users. High level expertise of the Microsoft Office suite. This individual will be expected to set the bar for developing best practices for digital tool usage companywide. Applicants must have thick skin, be professional and experienced in handling a multitude of tasks while maintaining a positive attitude and calm disposition.
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ION’s Head of Station Operations is responsible for the operations of the company’s group of 67 television stations. The position oversees a team of over 120 operational and engineering field staff across the country, maintaining an organization and infrastructure that best supports the company’s viewership and profitability.
The ideal leader brings both mature managerial credentials, to oversee a broad nationwide array of people and processes, as well as hands on detail-orientation and energy to effectuate change management and business-driven process improvement objectives.
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The Director, Sales Analytics is an innovative self-starter that brings outstanding analytical skills and the ability to strategically position ION to win in the marketplace. You will partner with a cross-functional team to develop compelling stories that present ION as a highly effective vehicle for reaching advertisers' objectives. You will be focused on creating analyses and extracting meaningful insights and actionable solutions that will inform ION’s positioning within the marketplace.
This role is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on and creative individual who thinks critically about data in order to tell the story and communicate it to stakeholders, and wants to expand analytical capabilities to approach data from new perspectives.
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The Executive Support Specialist will provide high-level administrative and technological support to the Executive office.
The Executive Support Specialist must have a specific communication style in which you “listen before you speak,” acting quickly and confidently to move things forward without extensive questions/direction. The individual must be an intuitive problem solver, anticipate needs, and be one step ahead of the Executive office at all times. Must possess a high level of technological knowledge to be able to troubleshoot on the spot. Expertise of the Microsoft Office suite is imperative. This individual will be expected to set the bar for developing best practices for digital tool usage companywide. Applicants must have thick skin, be professional, polished, and experienced in handling a multitude of tasks while maintaining a positive attitude and calm disposition.
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The Station Engineer is responsible for working together with the Chief Broadcast Engineer on the day-to-day technical and business operations of an ION Station. This hands-on individual will have the day-to-day responsibilities for monitoring, controlling and reporting the operability of the station’s central cast rack and transmitter operations, as well as have the opportunity to work closely with the Chief Broadcast Engineer in the maintenance of the studio and transmitter, and distribution delivery equipment.