Experience

WYES New Orleans

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program and Traffic Manager

  • Apr 2002 - Present

  Coordinated activities between departments such as production, membership and salesPlanned and scheduled national PBS programming and local produced programming on WYES HD channel and 3 sub channels for local marketSupervised and managed employees and established work schedules and assigned work to staffMaintained and renewed contracts for program contentSelected, acquired and maintained programs and obtain legal clearances for station useImplemented traffic/program schedules through Protrack software Operated and maintained on-air schedule with Sony PMM Manger Automated SystemMonitored network transmissions for advisories concerning daily program schedules, program feeds and/or program changesMaintained programming library and library of station programsChecked completed program logs for accuracy and conformance with FCC rule and regulations, and resolve program log inaccuraciesWrote and filed FCC reports, PBS programming carriage reportsPerformed personnel duties such as hiring staff and evaluating work performanceAnswered viewer emails and phone questions Show less

• Program Operations Manager (April 2006 – April 2017)

  • Apr 2006 - Apr 2017

  Coordinated activities between departments such as production, membership and salesScheduled national PBS programming and local produced programming on WYES HD channel and 3 sub channels for local marketWorked with local producers to acquire copies of their programming for airingScheduled logs and oversaw completion of daily programming carried out on airWrote and filed FCC reports, PBS programming carriage reportsPerformed personnel duties such as hiring staff and evaluating work performanceAnswered viewer emails and phone questions Show less

• Traffic Assistant

  • Apr 2002 - Apr 2006

  Coordinated activities between departments such as production, membership and salesScheduled national PBS programming and local produced programming on WYES HD channel and 3 sub channels for local marketWorked with local producers to acquire copies of their programming for airingScheduled logs and oversaw completion of daily programming carried out on air on Protrack SoftwareWrote and filed FCC reports, PBS programming carriage reportsPerformed personnel duties such as hiring staff and evaluating work performanceAnswered viewer emails and phone questions Show less



WUPL TV

• Metarie, Louisiana

• Promotions Producer/Traffic Coordinator

  • Jul 1999 - Apr 2002

  Wrote, produced, edited local promos using AVID Editor Planned, maintained national and local promos on daily traffic logs Worked on weekly produced community program with in house production Worked with public with promotional activities promoting the station, movie screenings, mall displays Worked closely with programming, engineering and traffic departments Master Control duties, adding promos, recording feeds, Wrote, produced, edited local promos using AVID Editor Planned, maintained national and local promos on daily traffic logs Worked on weekly produced community program with in house production Worked with public with promotional activities promoting the station, movie screenings, mall displays Worked closely with programming, engineering and traffic departments Master Control duties, adding promos, recording feeds,



WLOX-TV ABC CBS Bounce

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Services Producer, Traffic Coordinator

  • Sep 1995 - Jan 1997

  Wrote and created copy and concepts for local clientsProduced and developed local commerciaalsSupervised camera crews and directed talent in fieldOversaw posting and completion of commercials and video programsVideographer of local commercials and production

• Producer, Creative Services

  • May 1989 - Sep 1995

  Wrote and created copy and concepts for local clientsProduced and developed local commerciaalsSupervised camera crews and directed talent in fieldOversaw posting and completion of commercials and video programsVideographer of local commercials and production

• New Editor and Videographer

  • May 1988 - May 1990

  Video photographer and editor for local newsEdited nightly national news clips and edited down local news storiesProduced news packages with reporters and reported, edited news stories on my ownWorked studio cameras and directed talent for newscastsPlayed news packages during live news programs live on air