Clare Taricska Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, Ohio

• Wrangle and subdue thousands of bits of information into tools easily accessed and used by my colleagues in both local and national sales across TEGNA
• Build out primetime network programming and network specials for every ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, and CW TEGNA station in WOMS, both actual and best guesses, seven quarters into the future
• I work with station research and sales managers to best standardize WOMS inventory across TEGNA so that national sellers' clients see Apples/Apples titles instead of Apples/oRanGes titles across all markets for group.
• Create and update all-network quarterly network prime one-sheets
• Create and update all-network prime weekly schedules, with both booked programming and best guessed programming seven quarters out
• Create and update trackers for renewed/cancelled prime programming by network

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

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Remote

• The Nexstar/Tribune sale closed in 2019, my job was eliminated.Worked with Wendy Logsdon, Sr Director, Group Programming.
• Managed the schedules for two major market CW Affiliates as well as a mid-market IND station, all at the same time.
• Daily program scheduling in SIMS for television stations KDAF in Dallas, KIAH in Houston, and digital subchannel WTTV4.2 in Indianapolis.
• Collaborated with all levels of Management, Engineering, Traffic, Sales, Finance, Corporate, and Network, as well as Syndicators and Distributors to insure error- and panic-free broadcast days.
• Communicated all three stations’ schedules internally. Communicated each station’s schedule with the Listing Services and follow up to correct any discrepancies.
• Was the source for all levels and all departments to have the information necessary to do their job.

Remote

• I was so lucky to get to work with Wendy Logsdon, Sr Director, Group Programming.
• Managed the schedules for two major market CW Affiliates as well as a mid-market IND station, all at the same time.
• Daily program scheduling in SIMS for television stations KDAF in Dallas, KIAH in Houston, and digital subchannel WTTV4.2 in Indianapolis.
• Collaborated with all levels of Management, Engineering, Traffic, Sales, Finance, Corporate, and Network, as well as Syndicators and Distributors to insure error- and panic-free broadcast days.
• Communicated all three stations’ schedules internally. Communicated each station’s schedule with the Listing Services and follow up to correct any discrepancies.
• Was the source for all levels and all departments to have the information necessary to do their job.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Worked with Kevin Salyer, VP Programming and Promotion.
• Scheduled station through three ownerships, mastering new systems and procedures with each new owner.
• Trained coworkers on SIMS and Nielsen eNames.

Greater Chicago Area

Carol Cooling-Kopp taught me how to sweat the small stuff & keep on top of the tiny details that can spin out of control...so that they don’t.