Job Descriptions

Job Descriptions are arranged by Department. Choose a link below to go to a department. Each Job description is listed with it’s purpose/objective. Click on the position title or the ‘read more’ link to view the full description.

Advertising Artist

Design and produce art and layout for advertising and other promotional material. read more

Advertising Information Coordinator

This position is responsible for developing and maintaining reports on advertising and sales performance from various systems, providing operational support to the advertising department, developing a read more

Advertising Telephone Salesperson

To increase advertising revenue by professionally presenting and selling advertising opportunities into the company’s portfolio of products and services to existing and potential customers via “re read more

Call Center Coordinator

To generate Classified advertising revenue by professionally presenting and selling advertising opportunities into the company’s portfolio of products and services to existing and potential customer read more

Classified Advisor

To generate Classified advertising revenue by professionally presenting and selling advertising opportunities into the company’s portfolio of products and services to existing and potential customer read more

Majors/National Salesperson

To increase advertising revenue by professionally presenting and selling Majors/National advertising opportunities into the company’s portfolio of products and services to existing and potential cus read more

Sales Assistant

To assist and support the advertising sales staff with all related sales procedures to allow salesperson to professionally sell advertising opportunities to existing and potential customers. read more

Salesperson

To increase advertising revenue by professionally presenting and selling advertising opportunities into the company’s portfolio of products and services to existing and potential customers and to de read more

Special Pages and Editions Editor

Plan, write, and edit content for Advertising and Marketing department efforts. read more

Admin and Circulation Collector

To manage the sales, service, and collections of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in a defined geographical area. To increase net paid circulation. read more

Circulation Helper - Home Delivery

Supports the Circulation Department’s operations by providing quality customer service to route managers, Independent Contractors, and other internal and external customers in delivery and RCD suppo read more

Circulation Helper - Single Copy

To support Single Copy in the delivery and auditing of newspapers routes, collections for those newspapers, and delivery of relevant promotional materials. read more

Clerk I - Circ

To provide subscriber customer service and retention support to the Circulation department. read more

Clerk I - RCD Support

To provide clerical/administrative support to the RCDs read more

Clerk III - IS Support

Supports Circulation department by performing day to day operational tasks, billing operations and developing and running reports. read more

Clerk IV - Single Copy

Assures accurate coordination and processing of Single Copy corporate finance operations including corporate account billing, reconciliation and delinquent account collection follow-up. read more

Dispatch Coordinator

Coordinates the activities of the Dispatch operation and ensures the functions are handled in an efficient and complete manner. Provides exemplary customer service to internal and external customers. read more

District Manager

To ensure the timely and accurate delivery of our products through the coordination of the work of Independent Contractors and Circulation Helpers. read more

Promotions & Programs Developer

To support net paid objectives through innovative, comprehensive, cost effective, sales and marketing programs and new location sales. read more

Promotions Assistant

Supports the Consumer Marketing Manager for sales and marketing programs including Press Herald in the Classroom (PHIC). read more

Vending Operations Coordinator

To oversee and facilitate the placement, repair, and maintenance, of all vending machines owned and operated by the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. read more

Building Maintenance Person

Performs building system and property maintenance and repair. Provides support to other facilities projects. read more

Food Services Coordinator

Perform general cooking and kitchen duties in order to prepare and package food items to be purchased by employees and visitors. read more

Head Janitor

Perform maintenance and cleaning tasks, acts as work coordinator and lead trainer for janitorial/cleaning workgroup. read more

Janitor and Building Utility Person

Maintains and improves the internal and external physical condition of the facilities. read more

Clerk I

To support the finance department in the following areas: Fulfilling tearsheet requirements of advertisers; performing general office tasks such as data entry, filing, mail processing, etc. read more

Clerk III

To support the finance department in the following areas: Following established procedures to code, process, batch, key and balance payments, credits and adjustments, etc. read more

Clerk IV

To support the finance department in the following areas: Processing AP, payroll, new accounts, contracts, credit, etc; monitoring and collecting past due accounts, analyzing and preparing AP coding a read more

Clerk V

To support the finance department in the following areas: Coordinating and overseeing the billing, AR, cash and credit functions. read more

Staff Accountant

Perform duties to assist accounting and budget manager in maintenance of the general ledger. Including input journal entries and reconcile and analyze accounts. read more

Advertising Systems Coordinator

The objective of this position is to represent the systems and technology needs of the Advertising and Prepress Departments, and to serve as a liaison to systems and operations groups. read more

Computer Operator

Operates various computer hardware and application software according to established schedules and procedures to provide accurate and timely support for the computer- driven functions of the various b read more

Clerk II - Online Assisatant

The online assistant produces a variety of information packages and supports the executive producer and other producers as needed. read more

Online Editorial Content Producer

The producer is responsible for specific sections of the MaineToday.com Web site to assure proper posting of news and information, image selection and integration with other sections and services. read more

Online Production Assistant

The Online Production Assistant works closely with the Creative Services Manager, Ad Traffic Coordinator, Sales Reps and other divisions to provide production support, including the set up and mainten read more

Artist

To provide informational graphics, illustrations and page designs for the creation of content for our audience. read more

Assistant City Editor

Prepares content that effectively communicates with our audience, helping to direct the flow of text and non-text elements from their initial creation, to editing and to final formatting. read more

Clerk II - News

A Clerk II supporting the news department produces packages of data and other supporting content and provides direct support to news and editorial departments as needed. read more

Copy Desk Slot

Helps keep the copy desk running smoothly and contributes to on-time production of content. read more

Copy Editor

To prepare text and non-text elements to create content that effectively informs and entertains our audience in a way that is attractive and free of errors. read more

Copy Editor - Letters to the Editor/Community Coordinator

Working with the editorial page editor, review and select letters to the editor and other audience comments for publication and present those letters with appropriate art. read more

Editorial Writer

To produce opinion content for our audience in a way that reflects individual and institutional viewpoints and to assure a diversity of views are presented to our audience. read more

Graphic Arts Photographer

To provide coverage with visual elements often on a self-directed basis, in which the graphic arts photographer makes independent decisions on coverage; occasionally direct other staffers when the sup read more

Library Researcher

To serve as an information center for the newsroom by enhancing and archiving the published product for future reference needs and to provide information for use in creating content from a variety of read more

News and Sports Assistant

To collect and prepare data for publication; to write or rewrite briefs and short news stories; to process information for use as sports, news, information and entertainment content. read more

Photographer

To provide visual elements to enhance content. read more

Reporter

To gather information through interviews and research and apply that work to the creation of text, as well as to assist in the development of other content that would be of interest to our audience. read more

Sports Desk Slot

To design the presentation for sports content and to coordinate the work of copy editors and clerks. read more

Sportswriter

To gather information through interviews and research and apply that work to the creation of text about sports, as well as to assist in the development of other sports content that would be of interes read more

Wire Editor

To select national and international content to produce a thoughtful and timely report of current events. read more

Control Point Team Member

To coordinate the administrative functions of ad processing and ensure efficient flow of work to prepress and creative departments. read more

Distribution Assistant

Properly feed insert hopper, or hand insert various types of supplements into any newspaper product. Lend supplemental support throughout Mailroom. read more

Distribution Specialist

Prepares newspaper products as directed, and distribute to vehicles for delivery to our customer in a timely manner. read more

Group Leader

To properly coordinate the work of Distribution personnel so product is delivered to trucking contractor in an accurate and timely manner read more

Machine Maintenance Assistant

Responsible for cleaning, blowing down, greasing, oiling of inserter machines, stackers, tying machines, conveyors and other Distribution equipment. read more

Machine Maintenance Person

To maintain the smooth operation of all Distribution machinery and to prepare and set up that machinery. To maintain production speeds as designated by the Distribution Manager read more

Make-Up Person

This position has the primary paper make-up duties for the department. read more

Plant Maintenance Person

Repair and operations of various building and production equipment and electrical and mechanical installation as assigned by production management. read more

Production Systems Coordinator

Develop and provide end user support for desk-top and production-specific applications, assist with training, serve as liaison between production and systems groups, and provide clerical support for t read more

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