Meteorologist

Job Description

KTVT-TV, the CBS-owned and operated station in Dallas-Fort Worth, is seeking a Meteorologist with experience in a severe weather market. Ideal candidates must have superior forecasting and storytelling skills. Ability to produce easy-to-understand and informational visuals, maps, and graphics to communicate the weather story to customers every day on air, online, and on social media platforms.
Other duties include producing weather content, working with a team of meteorologists, and implementing station strategy. Writing/preparing forecasts; producing graphics to tell the weather story across multiple platforms, strong social media presence. The candidate will also be required to periodically write and report weather-related content for newscasts.

The successful candidate should have:
• On-air weather casting experience within a TV Station
• A degree in meteorology or related science
• Strong writing skills for broadcast and digital platforms
• Ideal candidate needs to have a strong social media skill set
• Ability to create forecasts that reinforce the First Alert Brand for CBS News Texas
• The ability to use augmented reality in weather segments is a bonus
• Ability to provide continuous live severe weather coverage across all programs
• Write daily weather blogs and post weather content on social media platforms.

Qualifications:
• B.S. Degree in Meteorology or Earth Sciences.
• Proficient in weather graphics production.
• Ability to live field report and write packages.
• Must have a valid driver's license and clean driving record in order to operate a company vehicle.
• At least 5 years on air experience weather casting and weather producing preferred.
• Ability to shoot and edit video preferred.
• WSI weather system knowledge and ability to employ all functions on multiple platforms preferred.

Bilingual preferred.

Organizations that wish to receive job vacancy notices from this posting's television station should contact sf_recruitingsupport@paramount.com.

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rb003y-3-144-193-129-42 in your application.