Job Description
Sports Anchor / Producer / MMJ - WBAY
About WBAY:
Come work for an award-winning station in an award-winning city! Winner of the regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for Best Newscast and Overall Excellence, WBAY is the market-leading station in the #1 Best Place to Live in the Country, as ranked by US News & World Report: Green Bay, WI. As the first TV station in the area and only the second in the state, WBAY has a rich history of community involvement, sponsoring local events, supporting Toys for Tots, and producing the longest-running local telethon in the country. As an NFL town situated on the Great Lakes, Green Bay is a safe, affordable, midsize community with something for everyone. Tour Lambeau Field, go hiking or kayaking in picturesque Door County, check out a local brewery, or catch nationally touring concerts and stage shows.
Job Summary/Description:
WBAY-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin, is looking for an experienced Sports Producer/MMJ to join our team. Come work in Titletown and cover the most storied franchise in the NFL, the Green Bay Packers. You will be working with the best sports team in the market. Cliched locker room sound bites don't cut it here.
This position includes anchoring a weekend sportscast, reporting, shooting, and producing special Packers programming.
Duties/Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
- Enterprising ideas for original, impactful, and compelling local sports content for all platforms
- Covering breaking, event, and enterprise stories daily
- Developing sources within the sports community to report on important issues
- Strategizing with news management and the sports director on promotable content
- Must be able to shoot and edit content for on-air and online use
- Using social media to promote content, drive engagement, find sources and stories
Qualifications/Requirements:
• At least 2 years working at a TV outlet with a strong sports department or a digital, multi-platform sports content operation. This is NOT a job for beginners.
• Excellent eye for video, images, and superior communication skills
• Experience in web and graphic design software, digital publishing applications, and multi-media production software
• Experience with digital content management systems, shooting video, and Edius video editing
• Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods
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
(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)
WBAY-TV/Gray Television, Inc. is a drug-free company
Gray Television encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus prior by the first workday.
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d8xj59-18-221-165-81-42 in your application.