Assistant News Director Wis

About Gray Media:

Gray Media or Gray is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta Georgia formally known as Gray Television Inc. The company is the nations largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 45 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Grays additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports Tupelo Media Group and PowerNation Studios and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

About WIS:

WIS is the #1 local media organization in the capital city market of Columbia South Carolina. It is the markets top-rated broadcast television station a digital publisher reaching tens of millions of users each year and the home of GDM Columbia a full-service in-house digital advertising agency with national scale. WIS is also the hub for Palmetto Sports & Entertainment a statewide broadcast sports network and an affiliate of Telemundo SC.

Job Summary/Description:

The Assistant News Director oversees the daily news gathering efforts of the news team guiding coverage across multiple platforms and ensuring that the end product delivers on key brand strategies. As part of your responsibilities work will be performed for all media platforms and initiatives including for example on-air web digital and social conjunction with the News Director the Assistant News Director develops and implements long-term and short-term news strategies for product evolution and growth. The Assistant News Director coaches team members at various stages of development. This person also manages schedules for all on-air talent and other news employees.

Duties/Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

- Must manage and advise on compelling impact-driven news and weather
- Must understand storytelling and how to develop unique enterprise content across platforms
- Work closely with marketing sales and engineering
- Must have strong interpersonal skills. A qualified candidate will display enthusiasm commitment and genuineness in dealing with others. Must work well in high pressure news environment and maintain a level of professionalism and patience. Great people skills with emphasis on coaching motivating and mentoring.
- Must be creative with and persistent with targeting on-air and digital coverage of stories
- Help research gather and check news stories for on-air and online while teaching improvements
- Know what is going on locally nationally and internationally as it may impact our community or add value to our viewers lives.
- Leads the story selection process through editorial and rundown meetings
- Must support the visual and written storyteller; help producers and MMJs understand the power of people and capturing moments and adding value to our stories as opposed to press release journalism.
- Must understand and pursue the News Directors wider vision.
- Will work on award submissions and on maintaining a video newsroom log of top stories.
- Learn a broad and working knowledge of the viewing area including people places things and history

Critique: Offer daily feedback and set up training sessions. Watch our newscasts and know what to praise and what needs a conversation.

Qualifications/Requirements:

- BA in Journalism or related field preferred
- Minimum 5 years of experience in television news management
- Strong management communication and people skills
- Ability to complete tasks with little supervision
- Knowledge and understanding of digital and social platforms
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to multitask in high-stress situations

If you feel youre qualified and want to work with a great group of people go to you may type in the job title station call letters or click on apply now upload your resume cover letter and references

(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through theGray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)

WIS-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

Additional Info:

Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability or addition to federal law requirements Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age genetic information disability or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Grays employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

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