A professional who compiles advertising orders for submission to publishers and verifies conformance of published advertisements to specifications, for billing purposes. Respnsibilities include:

• Reviews order received from advertising agency or client to determine specifications.
• Computes cost of advertisement, based on size, date, position, number of insertions, and other requirements, using rate charts.
• Posts cost data on order and worksheet.
• Types and mails order and specifications to designated publishers.
• Files order data pending receipt of publication.
• Scans publication to locate published advertisement.
• Measures advertisement, using ruler or transparent calibrated overlay, to verify conformance to size specifications.
• Compares advertisement with order to verify conformance to other specifications.
• Computes difference in cost when published advertisement varies from specifications and posts corrected costs on order controls.
• Separates tear sheet (page upon which advertisement appears) from publication, types and attaches identifying information to tear sheet; and routes with order and worksheet to billing department.