CLC RADIO

Public Promotions Director

Job Description

The Idea / Promotions Director (aka;  Public Relations Director or Idea Director) is responsible for assuring that CLC RADIO meets the information and education needs of its audience as ascertained by the PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND General Manager (or Advisors and Station Manager)*.

The Public Service (Promotion) Director's term generally lasts 2 complete consecutive or 4 total semesters within a 4 year total span.  This position may be competitively reposted at the conclusion of every semester completed.

  Specific duties and qualifications include the following:

1.           The Idea / Promotions Director must be enrolled as a student for a minimum of six credit hours and must maintain a 2.0 GPA.

2.           The Idea / Promotions Director should establish contacts with leaders and non-profit organizations, on-campus and in the community, and discuss possible areas of concern, which might be addressed by public service campaigns on CLC RADIO.

3.           As a member of the CLC RADIO Managing Board*, the Idea / Promotions Director should present areas of concern to the Board and discuss possible campaign ideas to address those concerns.

4.           The Idea / Promotions Director should prepare the campaign materials (live announcer scripts, produced spots, programs) to air on CLC RADIO with the assistance of the Production Director, and should maintain an accurate record of when those materials aired.  In many cases, materials may be adapted from outside sources for use on CLC RADIO.

5.           The Idea / Promotions Director shall maintain the live-read BOOK, WHICH contains all campus and community activities that are free, and announcements of all on-campus activities that charge a fee, such as events in the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts or in the Physical Education Building, etc.

6.           The Idea / Promotions Director is expected to schedule and keep at least five (5) office hours per week, over two or three days.  At least on (1) hour per week must overlap with the office hours of the Program Director, Music Director, Student Engineer, Station Manager, Director of Student Activities, and the SGA Treasurer, Vice President, President (for SGA members, in that successive order) office hours.  Office Hours must be posted no later than the 4:00pm of the Friday of the 2nd week of classes.

7.       The Idea / Promotions Director will also assume responsibilities for promotion of DJs, their shows, ideas from the staff and from DJs to the staff and other DJs, the station, and the college (as an extension service to the college and the surrounding Lake county, IL.. communities, generally easily accomplished with the help of CLC PR department news ("press") releases).

8.      Both he promo director and the psa director have the highest level of DELEGATION AUTHORITY WITHIN THE CLCRADIO MANAGEMENT TEAM.  THEY MAY ASSIGN ANY AND ALL TASKS RELATING TO PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES, whether WEB DESIGN, POSTER OR BANNER MAKING AND PRINTING, AUDIO PRODUCTION of promotional material, ETC.

* MANAGING BOARD WILL ONLY BE CREATED BY STUDENTS THROUGH CONSENT OF MUSIC STATION ADVISOR(S) AND DIRECTOR OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES.