Jobs/Careers.

Date posted07/11/2024

Group Content Director - Wireless Ireland

Wireless Dublin

Minimum Requirements

Potential candidates should have:

• Extensive experience in radio content creation and management.
• Extensive experience in leading radio stations in major markets, radio content creation, music programming and talent management.
• Proven track record of developing and executing successful content strategies across FM and digital channels.
• Extensive research experience in both design and interpretation, including music testing.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• In-depth knowledge of Irish broadcasting regulations and standards.
• Creative mindset with a passion for radio and audience engagement.

Job description

Your role:

You will lead and be responsible for overseeing the development and execution of our content strategy across our group of radio stations, delivering growth in audience and engagement. You will ensure that all content is aligned with the company's brand values, and audience expectations and will assume responsibility for regulatory compliance across all output.

Day to day you will:

Content Strategy and Planning

• Develop and implement a comprehensive content strategy for all radio stations within the group.
• Ensure content is innovative, engaging, and aligns with company goals and audience preferences.
• Monitor industry trends and competitor activity to keep content fresh and relevant.

Programming Oversight

• Oversee the scheduling and programming of content across all stations.
• Collaborate with station managers, local content controllers and producers to ensure a cohesive and dynamic schedule.
• Ensure compliance with broadcasting regulations and standards.

Team Leadership

• Lead and inspire the content team, including local controllers, producers, presenters, and other content staff.
• Foster a collaborative and creative working environment.
• Conduct regular performance reviews and provide constructive feedback.

Quality Control

• Ensure all content meets high standards of quality and consistency.
• Implement processes for regular review and improvement of content.
• Address any content-related issues promptly and effectively.

Audience Engagement

• Analyse audience feedback and industry JNLR ratings to inform content decisions.
• Develop strategies to increase listener engagement and loyalty across FM and digital platforms.
• Work closely with the marketing team to promote content and drive audience growth.
• Work closely with the digital team to create relevant and engaging digital content

Partnerships and Collaborations

• Develop a strong and mutually beneficial relationship with the commercial team to deliver creative campaigns in line with brand values and partner expectations
• Identify and establish partnerships with external content providers and other stakeholders.
• Identify potential new broadcasting talent
• Develop relationships with key members of the media and radio community.
• Negotiate contracts and agreements related to content creation and distribution.

Compliance and Regulatory

• Act as the Group contact for interactions with regulator Coimisiún na Meán.
• Formulate responses to regulatory consultations as required.
• Act as Compliance Officer for the Group in terms of contractual commitments.
• Represent the Group on such industry bodies as may be required

We are Wireless Ireland: Our radio station network includes Dublin’s Q102 & FM104, Cork’s 96FM & C103, Live 95 in Limerick, LMFM in Louth/Meath and U105 in Belfast. We create great audio and digital products. Our live radio and podcasts, along with our web and social pages, play a massive part in our listener's lives. We engage, we inform and we entertain with our market-leading products. In Ireland, we own or represent stations in all main urban centres, and we create award-winning solutions for our commercial partners. We are also part of News Broadcasting with radio stations like Virgin Radio, talkSPORT, Times Radio and Talk which are redefining speech broadcasting on digital audio platforms and beyond. Wireless Ireland is wholly owned by News Corp.

Contact details

To apply click here.

Date posted06/11/2024

Direct Sales Executive

Spin South West Limerick

Minimum Requirements

Successful candidates must be:

• A self-starter who keeps themselves motivated and is target-driven, month in and month out
• Tech-savvy, ideally across all MS Office products and services
• Brilliant organisational skills so you get the most from your day
• A passion for sales and advertising especially within the radio market
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

You must have:

• Full clean driving licence
• Sales experience

Job description

Spin South West are seeking a dynamic sales executive to join our commercial team at Spin South West. Spin South West is one of the leading media organisations in the Southwest region and is part of the Bauer Media Group, Ireland’s largest commercial broadcaster

Working across counties Limerick, Clare and Tipperary, the key focus for this new position will be developing new business for Spin South West and dealing with some existing customers. The day to day job involves providing advertising solutions across a cross-platform media mix, including on-air, digital, online, sponsorship, and promotions

Strong presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills are key attributes, along with the ability to task manage and execute campaigns while maintaining relationships with clients and other team members and departments.

The successful candidate will be rewarded with a competitive remuneration package, excellent benefits, training and support.

What you'll do

• Manage and grow new business for Spin South West across Limerick, Clare and Tipperary
• Achieve sales targets while driving innovation throughout all available platforms
• Respond to client briefs and develop both new and existing client relationships
• Work with company CRM system to manage forecasting and sales bookings
• Support and contribute to additional commercial department tasks where required

Contact details

To apply go to : https://bit.ly/4eeEVed

Date posted21/10/2024

Sports Reporter

Midlands 103 Tullamore, Co. Offaly

Minimum Requirements

• A qualification in Journalism, Radio/Television or a related field is advantageous.
• A passion for all sports, with in-depth knowledge of GAA, Soccer, and Rugby.
• Ability to thrive under pressure, collaborate effectively within a team, meet daily deadlines, and adapt quickly to changing circumstances.
• Strong organisational skills and strong communication and interpersonal abilities.
• If you’re driven by sports journalism and want to make an impact in a fast-moving media environment, then one of Ireland’s largest local radio stations wants to hear from you.
   

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated journalist with a passion for sports and storytelling. You will work across multiple platforms to deliver high-quality, engaging content in a fast-paced environment, covering sports stories at the local, national and international levels.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather information, conduct interviews, and produce, edit, and report live sports stories.
• Prepare and present news and sports bulletins for radio and digital platforms.
• Write compelling news and sports content for both on-air broadcasts and online audiences.
• Present a weekly sports programme that captures the energy and excitement of local and national sports.
• Maintain a deep understanding of sports and news both locally and beyond, ensuring comprehensive and informed reporting.
• Participate in live studio broadcasts and contribute to the overall success of the station’s sports coverage.
• Carry out additional duties as required.
• Skills & Experience

You should also have :

• A strong interest in sports, coupled with the initiative to discover and cover fresh local sports stories.
• Proven ability to develop contacts, create original stories and work independently when required.
• Proficient in digital production tools and editing software (e.g., Adobe Audition, Burli, Capcut, etc).
• Excellent news writing, storytelling, and on-air presentation skills.
• A sense of balance and fairness in exploring multiple viewpoints.

Contact details

Apply to careers@midlands103.com.

Date posted16/10/2024

Programme Director

Classic Hits Caslteforbes House, Dublin

Minimum Requirements

The successful candidate will have experience as Programme Director of leading radio stations in major markets, will understand music programming and talent management, and have a clear vision to drive the station to even greater success and audience. You will have a clear understanding of brand projection, public relations, promotions, social media and digital content and you will have the hunger and desire to beat your competitors in the marketplace. You will be creative, innovative, have superb attention to detail and an innate understanding of what makes great, attention-grabbing, radio and you will want to go the extra mile to achieve excellent results – every time. You will also have the ability to drive others to do the same.

A complete and thorough understanding of Adult Contemporary radio is essential, where you will demonstrate how you will connect to a primarily 40+ audience through on-air, online, social, digital and PR.

Job description

Duties will include

• Responsibility for the radio station’s output.
• Management and coaching of all on-air and programming talent / personnel to get the best from each in line with our programming objectives.
• Developing and maintaining a standard of excellence across all of our broadcasting and online output.
• Ensuring that all music output is in line with agreed parameters – including details such as Turnover, Artists Separation and Rotations.
• Manage the S&P process from a programming point of view, co-ordinating with the sales team, production, and on air staff to ensure campaigns are delivered creatively in line with the brand values and comply with the client’s expectations.
• Manage the process for station events and Outside Broadcasts around the country including liaising with clients, S&P staff, engineering staff and presenters to ensure that all external activity is delivered consistently and effectively.

Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio is the only multi-city radio service in Ireland. They broadcast to over 2.3 million people across eight of Ireland’s largest, most-populated counties: Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Clare, Kildare, Meath, and Wicklow, and nationwide on smart speaker and digital, with a weekly reach of 370,000 listeners.

They are the home of the 80s & 90s in Ireland, mixing the biggest, sing-out-loud songs you love with award-winning talent and entertaining content that reflects our listeners’ lives.

They are all about music, positive feeling, and that great sensation you get from hearing one great song after another. The play the biggest songs of the 80s and 90s. Think Westlife, Madonna, Queen, Take That, Elton John, Wham, Michael Jackson, ABBA, Simply Red and Robbie Williams and you’ll know exactly what we mean.

From the effervescent ‘Colm & Lucy in the Morning’, ‘Classic Hits at Work with Trina Mara’, ‘Damien Farrelly in the Afternoon and ‘The Kim Wilde 80s Show’ t0 ‘Nighttime Talk with Niall Boylan,they deliver the most popular music for 40+ adults in Ireland, reflecting the life stage of our listeners and keeping them informed and up-to date with the latest news and information from around Ireland.

Contact details

To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to opportunities@classichits.ie by 12 noon on Friday 25^th October, 2024.

Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio is an equal opportunities employer.

Date posted01/10/2024

Account Manager

Media Central Dublin

Minimum Requirements

If the following traits sound like you, you might be the right person for the job:

• A passion for sales!
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Existing track record in achieving sales targets
• Understanding and experience of media sales and digital marketing
• Understanding of broadcast sponsorship, promotions & commercial content
• A passion and talent for advertising & media
• Excellent client service skills and exceptional attention to detail
• Proficiency in Mediastar, AdDynamics, & Media Monitors preferred
• Proven written and verbal communication skills
• Driven and focused on results
• Fully competent in Microsoft Word/Powerpoint/Excel
• Excellent interpersonal communication and negotiating skills
• A keen interest in how technology can be used to improve advertising solutions for clients.

Job description

About Us

Bauer Media Audio Ireland is the country’s premier media company and the home of some of Europe’s leading commercial media brands. Bauer Media Audio Ireland owns and operates a portfolio of media channels with a strong focus on commercial radio and emerging digital media.

The company maintains some of the largest independent radio networks in Ireland and it continues to be one of the fastest growing radio networks in the world. Our brands include Newstalk, Today FM, 98FM, Spin 1038, Spin Southwest, Off The Ball, Cork’s Red FM, iRadio, along with Ireland’s largest digital audio platform, audioXi.

Media Central is a cross platform advertising media sales agency, which is home to some of Ireland’s most dynamic radio networks, reaching nearly 2.4 million highly engaged listeners every week. Media Central currently represents Bauer brands Newstalk, Today FM, 98FM, Spin 1038, Spin Southwest, Off The Ball, Cork’s Red FM, iRadio and audioXi, as well as Beat and Classic Hits.

About the Role

Our new Agency Account Manager will be tasked managing & growing key agency accounts and client revenue streams across all available formats & platforms – spot, solutions, sponsorship, social and digital.

The successful applicant will possess leadership qualities, with the confidence and ability to build excellent client relationships and an aptitude to manage a wide array of client accounts effectively. The candidate must thrive within a target driven and fast-moving dynamic team environment, whilst demonstrating a passion and talent for advertising and media.  

Reporting to their Business Director and Senior Management the applicant will be required to develop an agency growth strategy and produce creative and innovative advertising, sponsorship, and solution campaigns across our range of exciting media brands and platforms.

REPORTING TO: Business Director and Head of Agency

What you’ll do:

• Driving creativity throughout our network to achieve sales targets.
• Communication is vital and you must work with key stakeholders to develop both existing and new client relationships.
• Working with their Business Director to ensure growth of key accounts within their business sector.
• Work within our wider team to create & deliver innovative advertising, solutions & sponsorship campaigns to achieve revenue targets.
• Respond to client briefs and develop both existing and new client relationships
• Oversee project management of larger campaign and commercial events.
• Develop and deliver face-to-face presentations
• Manage & develop new products & revenue streams
• Responsible for delivery of solutions campaigns within your agency groups.
• Responsible for regular financial reporting on agency performance
• Working with creative content and station programming teams to ensure campaign delivery, on time & to client brief
• Manage & monitor client executions and quality control of all campaigns
• Build and produce monitoring, competitor and analysis reports using Media Monitors and other monitoring tools
• Identify trendsetter ideas by researching industry verticals, related events, publications and announcements

 
The above list is not exhaustive. You will be expected to perform duties as necessitated by your changing role and the overall business objectives of the companies, as directed.

Our Culture & Rewards

At Bauer Media Audio Ireland we strive to be the most innovative, dynamic and best-in-class media outlet in Ireland. We want more people to spend more time with us. We want to talk to every person in Ireland, every single week, through one of our channels. To make this happen, our team is made up of some of the most passionate and creative people you’ll find. Working here means no two days are the same. The work by its nature is fast-paced, and it can be intense - we work hard – but we are all here because we truly love what we do.

We are committed to promoting, developing, and facilitating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace culture, and to encourage and support the creation and distribution of content that reflects the diverse audience in Ireland.

Bauer Media Audio Ireland employees believe that the most important thing in creating a happy, respectful workplace culture is to simply act like the kind of person you would like to work with.

Contact details

To apply for this role click here.

Date posted17/09/2024

Advertising Executive

Cork's 96 FM Cork and Limerick

Minimum Requirements

What we are looking for from you:

Highly motivated, creative, and a self-starter.

Tech-savvy with strong knowledge of digital platforms.

Experience in sales (media sales preferred but not essential).

Must have strong cold-calling skills.

Ability to manage the full sales cycle, from lead sourcing to closing.

Proficient in Microsoft tools, including Excel and PowerPoint.

Proficient in Google Workspace.

Valid full Irish driving licence with your own car is required. 

Job description

Advertising Executive

Location: Cork and Limerick 

Brands: Cork’s 96FM & C103, Limerick's Live95

Join one of Ireland’s most dynamic and successful local radio businesses! Cork’s 96FM & C103, operating from Broadcasting House in Cork City, along with its sister station Live95 in Limerick, Ireland’s biggest and most successful local radio businesses. Cork’s 96FM is the home of Lorraine & Ross in the Morning and The Opinion Line. C103 plays Cork’s Greatest Hits from studios in Mallow and Bandon. Both brands attract almost a quarter of a million adult listeners across Cork City and County each week. Live95 is the Market Leading Radio Station in Limerick City and County with almost 100,000 people tuning in each week. Providing broad format Music and Entertainment, Local News and Talk to our audience. Live95 also has a strong online following on live95.ie and across our social platforms.

Your Role:

We are seeking an Advertising Executive to drive new business acquisition and identify new revenue streams across a wider region encompassing both Cork and Limerick. This role will see you working with our renowned brands – Cork’s 96FM, C103, and Limerick's Live 95 – to expand our reach and bring our offerings to a diverse range of commercial customers .

You will be responsible for managing a set of key accounts and will play a crucial role in identifying and exploiting new business opportunities across all our platforms – on air, on street, and online. A passion for media and sales is essential for success in this role.

Day to day you will: 

• Develop new business for our brands across all platforms – on air, on street, and online.
• Identify new revenue streams through our social and online platforms.
• Meet monthly, quarterly, and yearly revenue targets as set by sales management.
• Prepare accurate advertising contracts on behalf of the company.
• Complete all sales-related paperwork, including reports, bookings, production requests, solutions briefs, credit applications, CRM, etc.
• Adhere to all sales department policies, including recommended rates and packages.
• Assist with special sales-related projects.
• Stay abreast of competitive conditions.
• Consistently strive for best-in-class customer care delivery.
• Manage existing accounts effectively.

What's in it for you?

You will receive a competitive salary + car allowance + commissions.

We love our business and what we do. We want you to love work as much as we do so we promise to offer on-the-job training and development enabling you to be the best you can be.

We are Wireless Ireland: We create great audio and digital products. Our live radio and podcasts, along with our web and social pages, play a massive part in our listeners lives. We engage, we inform and we entertain with our market leading products. In Ireland we own or represent stations in all main urban centres, and we create award winning solutions for our commercial partners. We are also part of News Broadcasting with radio stations like Virgin Radio, talkSPORT, Times Radio and talkRADIO which are redefining speech broadcasting on digital audio platforms, connected TV and beyond. Wireless Ireland is wholly owned by News Corp.

Life at News: At News UK & Ireland our people are our heartbeat - they are the driving force behind our brands and we want to enable people to thrive.  Some of us work flexibly, in many different ways. We encourage you to talk to us about the flexibility you would like.  Many of us work in a hybrid way between one of the News UK & Ireland offices and remotely.
We champion diversity and inclusion, we strive to maximise and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity Board, D&I  strategy & training, creating more diverse content and our intern and apprenticeship programmes.  We also have 11 employee-led networks.
We take pride in looking after our amazing talent at News UK supporting the Health and Wellbeing of our staff.

In addition we also offer:

•  25 days holiday per year
•  Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks  
• ‘Bikes for Work’ scheme
•  Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

We want to ensure that everyone we meet has the opportunity to perform to their best when interviewing, so feel free to let us know, at any stage, whether you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, and we will do our best to accommodate.  

Contact details

Click here to apply.

Date posted17/09/2024

News Editor

Midlands 103 Tullamore

Minimum Requirements

We are looking for an experienced journalist with a background in broadcast news to lead an ambitious and energetic team.

Job description

Midlands 103 is recruiting a News Editor to shape the editorial agenda in Laois, Offaly and Westmeath, create compelling original stories and progress our transition as a multimedia content service.

Management training and mentoring will be provided, if desired.

Midlands 103 will offer a competitive salary in line with skills and experience, as well as health insurance and pension benefits.

Contact details

Please apply to careers@midlands103.com with your CV, cover letter and demo before 5pm on Friday 4th October 2024.

Date posted10/09/2024

Multimedia Creator

iRadio Athlone

Minimum Requirements

Before you apply, make sure you tick the following boxes:

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design, digital design, film, or a related field.
• Ideally least three years' experience in a similar role.
• Previous experience working in the audio media industry.
• Technical ability to edit video, and audio and publish online.
• Multimedia experience that includes video.

Job description

About Us

Bauer Media Audio Ireland is Ireland’s premier media company and the home of some of Europe’s leading commercial media brands. Bauer Media Audio Ireland owns and operates a portfolio of media channels with a strong focus on commercial radio and emerging digital media.

The company maintains some of the largest independent radio networks in Ireland and it continues to be one of the fastest growing radio networks in the world.

Our brands include Newstalk, Today FM, 98FM, Spin, Spin South West, Off The Ball, Red FM, iRadio, Beat 102-103, Media Central and Go Loud along with Ireland’s largest digital audio platform, audioXi.

iRadio is the leading youth music station serving listeners in the West, North West, North East & Midlands region of Ireland – the largest regional radio station outside of Dublin.

About the Role

iRadio are seeking a talented Multimedia Creator to join our creative team. As a Multimedia Creator, you will be working closely with our team to produce high-end video, visual, textual, and animated content for our website, social media channels and out-of-house promotions.

What you’ll do:

• Meeting with stakeholders to determine the project scope.
• Creating campaign mechanics and concepts and developing those concepts into visually compelling and engaging designs.
• Developing multimedia content ideas in collaboration with content creators, presenters, and software programmers.
• Creating digital images, video animation, and textual animations.
• Creating visuals that are on brand for iRadio, and in some cases, dual branded for client campaigns.
• Creating video content at various Irish festivals, show, events and music gigs.
• Shooting high end video both in house, in studio and on various outdoor campaigns and producing cutting edge, dynamic, on-trend engaging videos.

If the following traits sound like you, you might be the right person for the job:

• You have knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, Cut Pro/Adobe Premier, Adobe After Effects, MS Office suite.
• You are familiar with Canva, Giphy and other social media tools, wordpress
• You have excellent social media experience - Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok. Photoshop skills are a bonus.
• You have an understanding of analytics to judge performance, especially Google Analytics.
• You are versatile and can adapt and engage in a dynamic and supportive team environment
• A complete portfolio of multimedia design content showcasing your skills and experience.
• You have an excellent knowledge of storyboarding, visual design and brand principals
• You are artistic with a keen eye for aesthetics and visually appealing content.
• You have a strong interest in music and entertainment trends for a mainstream audience.
• You have strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively.
• You must be flexible to work across the BMAI group where required.

Our Culture & Rewards

At Bauer Media Audio Ireland we strive to be the most innovative, dynamic and best-in-class media outlet in Ireland. We want more people to spend more time with us. We want to talk to every person in Ireland, every single week, through one of our channels. To make this happen, our team is made up of some of the most passionate and creative people you’ll find. Working here means no two days are the same. The work by its nature is fast-paced, and it can be intense - we work hard – but we are all here because we truly love what we do.

We are committed to promoting, developing, and facilitating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace culture, and to encourage and support the creation and distribution of content that reflects the diverse audience in Ireland.

Bauer Media Audio Ireland employees believe that the most important thing in creating a happy, respectful workplace culture is to simply act like the kind of person you would like to work with.

Contact details

Apply here.

Date posted06/09/2024

Assistant Programme Director/Executive Producer

Nova 100 Caslteforbes House, Dublin

Minimum Requirements

Candidates will have at least three years’ experience of producing commercial radio at a senior level, be able to manage on-air talent and wish to advance your career by moving to a rapidly growing radio station such as Radio NOVA.

In addition to this you should have:

• A proven experience in a senior programming role within the radio industry with a strong understanding of radio programming, audience engagement, and digital content.
• An exceptional leadership and team management skills, and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• An excellent attention-to-detail with a desire for perfection.
• Good knowledge of Gselector and experience of AMT music testing.
• The ability to work as a team player with big ideas and a passion for music, entertainment, and pop culture.

Job description

The job will include the following:

• Producing the station’s ‘Morning Glory with PJ & Jim’ breakfast show, with responsibility for broadcast output, show strategy, and digital / social output.
• Reporting to the CEO/Programme Director, you will oversee the day-to-day operations of the programming department including implementation of agreed strategy, management of talent / programming personnel, and all broadcast, digital and social output related to on-air programming.
• Working closely with our programming consultants to ensure that strategic objectives are achieved.
• Ensuring all content meets the highest editorial standards & always upholds the broadcast standards operated by Radio Nova.
• Being the critical link to connect many areas of the business and manage relationships with key stakeholders, including clients, record companies and other partners.
• Supporting the Programme Director to develop and implement the overall content strategy for Radio Nova and regularly aircheck, guide and critique on air presenters.

The station is looking for a talented and visionary Assistant Programme Director / Breakfast Producer to join our team.

Reporting to the CEO / Programme Director, you will plan, create and implement on-air strategies and content and play a crucial role in shaping and executing our content strategy across multiple platforms.

Contact details

Apply with CV and any other relevant information that may support your application to:

Kevin Branigan,
Chief Executive / Programme Director,
e: kevin@nova.ie

Radio Nova is Dublin’s Number 1 music radio station! Since our launch in 2010, we’ve had a spectacular rise to the top of the radio market in Ireland’s capital city and are now the #1 music radio station in Dublin and surrounding counties of Kildare, Meath & Wicklow, with a regional franchise area that covers not only Dublin city and county but also the extensive commuter belt area.

We are the home of Seriously Addictive Music in Ireland!

We employ a team of 25 across Programming, Sales, Commercial Production, Promotions and General Administration and broadcast the most seriously addictive music in Ireland, featuring iconic, guitar-led, artists such as The Killers, Kings of Leon, Coldplay, Keane, Foo Fighters, Kaiser Chiefs, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, U2, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, The Who and many more.

Our broadcast day starts with the award-winning breakfast show ‘Morning Glory with PJ & Jim’, moves through the day with ‘Marty @ Work’, ‘Dee Woods’ Lunch Break’, ‘Pat Courtenay in the Afternoon’ and finishes with ‘Nova Nights with Greg Gaughran’ and ‘The Classic Album at Midnight’. This stellar lineup, coupled with news, sport, weather, music, and lifestyle programming makes up the unique on-air mix that attracts almost a quarter of a million listeners across our franchise area.