Coordinator, Publicity ABC News

Responsibilities

• Responsibilities include providing administrative support to the SVP, including managing travel and overall schedule, setting meetings, and other relevant duties.
• This role will serve a point for certain departmental functions such as:
• Maintaining subscriptions for team
• Managing vacation calendar
• Collecting and creating press release schedule for leadership
• Monitoring and pulling together daily clips to be sent to the entire organization and other departmental functions for the team.
• The role will also encompass assisting in the publicity efforts for ABC News’ programs and platforms, including:
• Monitoring, compiling and distributing press coverage/clips
• Participate in helping plan and staff key, premiere events, both internal and external, such as debates, special events, screenings, press receptions, affiliate presentations and more
• Compiling media lists
• Help back up others in maintaining correspondents, anchor and executive bios annually
• Assist as needed on awards submissions
• Processing invoices and payments for SVP
• Serve as the point of contact for payroll.
• Candidates should possess very strong written and verbal communication skills, organizational and administrative skills, and thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure news environment. Candidate must be able to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion. Over time, opportunity to learn how to pitch media, on specific programming efforts.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in executive or media setting or related field.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment, high-pressure news environment.
• Desire and commitment to take on increasingly greater levels of responsibility.
• The ability to prioritize as well as multitask is extremely important.
• Professionalism, discretion and integrity a must.
• Candidates should possess strong written and verbal communication skills, organizational and administrative skills.
• Candidate must be able to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
• Willingness to work overtime with short notice, as news dictates.
• Must work well under pressure.
• Demonstrated organizational skills.
• Superior attention to detail.
• Ability to successfully coordinate multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook

Preferred Qualifications

• Existing knowledge of the television business and industry experience.

Preferred Education