Weekend ForecasterDigital Weather MSJ

KYTX TEGNAs CBS affiliate in East Texas is seeking a dynamic techsavvy Weekend Forecaster/Digital MSJ to bring innovative weather coverage to our viewers across broadcast digital and social platforms. If youre a creative selfstarter with a passion for weather and storytelling we want you to be part of our team!
In this role you will create and produce realtime weather content from live coverage to indepth forecasts providing our audience with uptotheminute information and engaging stories. Youll work alongside a talented weather team using cuttingedge technology and production techniques to enhance weather stories with graphics animations and social media engagement.

Responsibilities:
Track Weather Systems: Use your meteorology expertise to monitor weather systems and work directly with our Chief Meteorologist to deliver accurate forecasts.
Create and Produce Content: Utilize your MSJ skills to edit and produce content across broadcast digital and social media platforms including live coverage of breaking weather events.
Collaborate and Coordinate: Work with the weather team to develop original content and share video with other TEGNA stations to enhance our weather coverage.
Engage Viewers across platforms: Research and create engaging weather stories integrating video images social media and usergenerated content to drive engagement across all platforms.
Innovate Weather Reporting on digital platforms: Use graphics webcam interviews and creative production techniques to enhance storytelling and weather reporting.
Contribute to News Coverage: Participate in daily news meetings and work with the content team to create compelling stories.
RealTime Coverage: Bring urgency and immediacy to your work responding to breaking weather events and delivering live updates as they happen.
Additional Duties: Collaborate with the Content Manager and news team on other weatherrelated tasks as needed.

Requirements:
Education: Bachelors degree in Meteorology or a related field.
Experience: At least 1 year of professional meteorology and content production experience preferred with handson MSJ experience a plus.
Skills: Strong video editing skills and ability to produce highquality content.
Engagement: Proven ability to engage and grow audiences through compelling headlines and social media content.
Writing and Editing: Familiarity with AP Style and the ability to edit or rewrite stories under tight deadlines.
Creative and Driven: A highly motivated individual who takes an innovative proactive approach to content creation.
Flexibility: Willingness to work a flexible schedule including nights weekends and holidays as needed.


Benefits:
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and parttime employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full parttime and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1 80 of their pay on a pretax basis to TEGNAs 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4 of pay are eligible for a 100 match from the company and are 100 vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctors appointments with a physician through Teladoc and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.
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