Afternoon Drive/Music Director (Kng) – On-Air Talent

Kingston, ON, Canada Req #1315

Thursday, May 27, 2021

Are you creative, dynamic and passionate? Do you like to think outside of the box and find new ways to achieve your goals? Corus Entertainment has an exciting opportunity for you. If you have a passion for excellence, and would like to work for Corus Entertainment, we encourage you to apply.

So, you want a great job and become one best personalities in a vibrant city!? That’s fortunate, because you could be the Afternoon Drive host on 104.3 Fresh Radio in Kingston! If you can answer the following questions with a “YES”, you might just be the right person: Are you ready to hustle day in and day out? Are you a news junkie? Are you plugged into the local community you live in? Do you play well with others? Do you like fun? Do you create social media content that drives interaction? Do you like to WIN? And the deal breaker question, are you ready to be an ambassador for 104.3 Fresh Radio both on the air & in the community? This is truly an exciting opportunity and the successful candidate will need to bring a lot. You will be responsible for the following:

AFTERNOON DRIVE HOST/MUSIC ASSISTANT.

FM Afternoon Drive Announcer, Union Group 3

Division: Radio

Work Status: Full Time

Location: Kingston ON

About the Role:
Responsibilities:
Creating fun, compelling and topical content on air, social media and in videos.

Using your curiosity to find out what the community is passionate about.

Using Social Media to drive listenership and the brand.

Promotional appearances where you fully engage in the event and bring listeners along for the ride.

Reflecting the community you serve through engaging on air talk, interviews and social media posts

Ability to fill a show during absences, Voice Track shifts and be versatile to be an ambassador for 104.3 Fresh Radio

Have a will to create with ideas that you are fearless to implement for your show and the brand.

Merge and and finalize music logs for the station.

About You

What We Need From You:
At least three years of previous on-air experience

Strong on-air presentation and ability to relate to audience through spoken word, phone interaction and Social Media.

Self-motivation and a serious drive to succeed.

The ability to produce a tight and focused show with outstanding use of production elements.

Strong knowledge and command of Social Media on all relevant platforms.

The ability to work well in a group dynamic.

Music Master experience

Why Corus?

Corus is a driving force in the media industry with a diverse portfolio of strong brands that entertain and inform audiences through great storytelling and compelling content, reaching millions of people around the world every day.

We have a passionate drive to connect with the world around us: to express, to share, to be part of people’s lives. Walk around our offices, our stations, our studios across the country and you’ll feel it. You’ll see it in action.

You’ll see it in the open communication and the approachability of our people. You’ll see it in our care for quality work and the interest in new, creative solutions. You’ll see it in how we work with external partners, and how we care about our communities. These are all core to the values we commit to living each and every day – Win Together, Think Beyond, Make It Happen, Learn Every Day, Show We Care. Our values describe what makes us pretty unique – and amazing – place to work.

At Corus we value and actively involve the full range of what makes people unique in order to create a strong and innovative company where amazing people thrive. A company where people have the full opportunity to show their unique value and develop their potential. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, people of colour, people with disabilities, people from all gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities.

Corus is also committed to providing accommodations throughout the interview and employment process. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.

How to Apply

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  • No phone calls please. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Other details

Job Family PG-Programming Job Function 02-Media/Communications Creative & Design Pay Type Salary

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