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University Student Assistant - WLJS Music Director (Spring 2025)
Job no : 496855
Work type : University Student Assistant
Location : Jacksonville, AL (Main Campus)
Categories : Student Employment
Department : Communication
Salary :
8.25 per hour, 15 hours per week (Must be able to work some nights and weekends)
Position Summary :
The WLJS-FM music director helps the program director plan, manage, and supervise the content and broadcasting of WLJS-FM, JSU's student-run radio station, across all its platforms, which may include terrestrial broadcasting, digital streaming audio, podcasts, the web, social media, and other forms of media. Specifically, the music director is responsible for reviewing and selecting music for WLJS's regular programming, preparing song lists for rotation shifts and specialty music shows to ensure WLJS provides music programming that is of value to JSU students and the broader university community.
As a member of the WLJS student staff, the music director works closely with the other student staff members and with the director of student media. The music director must be or become familiar with music rights licensing requirements and help ensure the station's compliance with those requirements. The music director also must be or become familiar with FCC requirements pertaining to WLJS's broadcast license and help ensure compliance with those requirements from the student staff.
Positions may be filled based on individual applicants' skills, qualifications, and departmental needs.
Adheres to all department and University policies and procedures.
Duties & Responsibilities :
- Maintains confidentiality of information.
- Helps recruit student staff and volunteer contributors for on-air, online, and social media content.
- Participates in regular staff meetings to plan WLJS's programming.
- Helps arrange and participates in training for student staff, volunteers and others involved in programming and digital content.
- Meets regularly with the program director and the director of student media to discuss WLJS's programming and broadcasting.
- Represents WLJS at public events and professional meetings on campus and off campus.
- Meets regularly with university administrators, students, faculty, athletic and community groups to discuss and assess the effectiveness of WLJS's programming.
- Monitors digital media analytics to gauge WLJS's effectiveness in reaching its audience.
Minimum Qualifications :
Preferred Qualifications :
Notice Regarding International Students :
Required Documents :
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Equal Employment Opportunity : JSU is an Equal Employment, Equal Opportunity, and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Advertised : Sep 11 2024 Central Daylight Time
Applications close : Mar 05 2025 Central Standard Time
