Multimedia Journalist

Job Description

Multimedia Journalist - KAIT

About KAIT:

KAIT 8 is located in beautiful Jonesboro, Arkansas, and serves Northeast Arkansas and Southeast Missouri. The station is the market's dominant news leader, holding the ABC, NBC, and CW affiliations. KAIT prides itself in being on the cutting edge of new technology in our industry.

Job Summary/Description:

KAIT is looking for an enthusiastic and energetic multi-media journalist to join its award-winning news team. The ideal candidate must be a great writer, self-starter, digital minded, social media savvy and a good newsroom citizen.

Duties/Responsibilities include (but not be limited to):
- Shooting, writing and video editing daily content for broadcast, social and web
- Ability to produce compelling live content for all platforms in the field
- Generating story ideas and building local contacts

Qualifications/Requirements:
- Journalism or Communications degree required
- Knowledge and understanding of all media platforms, including broadcast, digital, social and mobile
- Knowledge of ENPS and other news programs or ability to learn
- Experience with non-linear editing
- Act as a team player while displaying an ability to handle a variety of tasks, and make sound decisions in a fast-paced, deadline driven, stressful environment
- All applicants must include a current reporter/MMJ reel
- Clean driving record required

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

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

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

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

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rnnzp5-18-224-52-125-42 in your application.