A professional who receives orders for classified advertising for newspaper or magazine by telephone or in person. Respnsibilities include:

• Talks to customer to determine wording and dates of publication of classified advertisement.
• Determines word, line, or day rates, using rate schedule, and calculates total charge for customer.
• Assigns box number for anonymous advertisements.
• Collects payments for advertisements.
• Writes order form to customer's specification and transmits to production personnel for publication.
• Writes receipts and keeps records of transactions.
• May mark advertising that has expired and indicate number of days other advertisements are to continue.
• May record customer's request for cancellations or corrections of classified advertisement.
• May solicit orders for classified advertisements over telephone.
• When taking order over telephone, may be designated Telephone Ad Taker.