{"id":64933,"date":"2017-12-08T14:30:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T20:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=64933"},"modified":"2018-03-06T18:49:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T00:49:23","slug":"kjhk-qa-w-ben-leeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2017\/12\/08\/kjhk-qa-w-ben-leeper\/","title":{"rendered":"KJHK Q&A w\/ Ben Leeper"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Ben Leeper<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grade: Junior<\/p>\n

Major: Political Science and Microbiology<\/p>\n

KJHK Position: Communications Director<\/p>\n

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Cayden: What is your title here at KJHK?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ben<\/strong>: My title here at KJHK is Communications Director.<\/p>\n

C: Alright and what all does that entail for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

B<\/strong>: Communications Director involves overseeing some executive staff members. So, I oversee the social media director, community engagement director and our production director. In addition, inside our communications wing of the station, I also work hand-in-hand with the technology director and technology assistant. I do a lot more than that, too. I also coordinate all of the underwriting for the station and I also coordinate all of the ticket giveaway and event co-sponsorships.<\/p>\n

C: What is your involvement with tabling at a specific venue? <\/strong><\/p>\n

B<\/strong>: As far as tabling for shows at like, the Granada or other venues in Lawrence, I contact these venues and we reach out and say \u2018Hey, we would like to table at your show.\u2019 That is also when we would coordinate ticket giveaways.\"\"<\/p>\n

C: How many hours do you think you put into this station per week?<\/strong><\/p>\n

B<\/strong>: I\u2019m scheduled to be putting in probably 10 hours per week, but all-in-all I usually end up putting in about 12 or more hours a week here at the station. Just making sure everything is moving kind of smoothly.<\/p>\n

C: Everyday has got to be different for you, what\u2019re your usual goals day-in-and-out?<\/strong><\/p>\n

B<\/strong>: No two days are the same. I do have a lot of structured reception hour times where I sit at the front desk. What I\u2019m usually doing when I\u2019m sitting there is answering emails, coordinating a lot of the underwriting work we do and also writing a lot of the content that our production staff produces on a weekly basis. Additionally, I do spend a lot of time in meetings. So, I have three, one hour long meetings with different people here at the station every single week. Outside of that, I also do a lot of work importing the traffic for our DJ\u2019s.<\/p>\n

C: Outside of staff members, what\u2019s the range of people you coordinate and communicate with?<\/strong><\/p>\n

B<\/strong>: I do actually talk a lot about KJHK when I\u2019m outside of KJHK. That\u2019s typically with businesses and other Lawrence entities because I coordinate all of the underwriting KJHK puts on. Those are like donor-promotional spots that inform the public about different businesses. I\u2019ve walked down Mass Street before just handing out flyers, introducing myself, talking about KJHK and trying to get some interest in the station. We also work with a lot of student groups on campus. Often the role I take with that is connecting them to the right kind of resource.<\/p>\n

\"\"C: What\u2019s your favorite part of your title?<\/strong><\/p>\n

B<\/strong>: That\u2019s a good question. One of my favorite parts about being communications director is I get such a great bird\u2019s eye view of all these different areas that impact the station. It\u2019s really nice when people come to me asking for my advice, asking if I have any ideas for the station in general.<\/p>\n

C: So, it\u2019s more up your alley of being the all-seeing eye?<\/strong><\/p>\n

B<\/strong>: I certainly enjoy the big picture kind of things. I really enjoy watching all of these different components come together and form this entity that is KJHK which is, just kind of cool, you know?<\/p>\n

C: Do you have anything else you\u2019d like to say?<\/strong><\/p>\n

B<\/strong>: I think you did a pretty good job, man.<\/p>\n

C:<\/strong> Alright if you\u2019re all set I\u2019m all set, thank you Ben. <\/strong><\/p>\n

B<\/strong>: I am good to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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