Meteorologist

Job Description

METEOROLOGIST (W/END) - WITN

About WITN:

WITN News has been Your Breaking News and Weather Authority for Eastern North Carolina for 65 years. We produce 43.5 hours of news per week and deliver content on a 24/7 basis on our digital platforms. We're in the rapidly growing Greenville/New Bern/Washington DMA (100), with bureaus in New Bern and Jacksonville. We serve Beaufort, Bertie, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Onslow, Pamlico, Pitt, Tyrell, and Washington counties. WITN is the dominant station in the market. Not sure if you'd want to make this your home? We think you'd love it. Check it out: https://rb.gy/qbgl7p

Job Summary/Description:

WITN is searching for its next full-time First Alert Weekend Meteorologist. The perfect candidate will be able to take their passion for complex weather science and adapt that into easy-to-understand forecasts for our viewers. This meteorologist will be able to remain cool under pressure while dealing with high-intensity severe weather events like tornado warnings and hurricanes. The meteorologist will also attend community outreach efforts like school visits and festivals.

Duties/Responsibilities will include (but not limited to):
- Full-time weather role
- Build accurate forecasts and creative graphics for own shows and pre-produce for teammates
- Community interaction such as festivals and school visits
- Excellent on-air presence and confidence covering severe weather
- Posting on station-branded social media accounts
- Respond urgently to changing weather conditions

Qualifications/Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Meteorology, Climatology, or a related field.
- Proficiency with WSI Max Weather Software
- Social media production and interactivity skills
- Flexible on schedule for severe weather coverage
- Ability to remain calm under pressure
- Excellent ad-lib skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to write web stories detailing the weather forecast
- Please provide a link to your reel/demo
- MVR check will be run

If you feel you're qualified and want to work with a great group of people go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on ''apply now'', upload your resume, cover letter and references (provide demo reel)

(Current employees that are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro employee portal)

WITN-TV/Gray Television Group, Inc. is a drug-free company

Gray Television encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus prior to or by the first workday.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rob752-18-116-239-195-42 in your application.