Marketing / Community Relations Manager

Job Description

Marketing / Community Relations Manager - WCJB

About WCJB:

WCJB TV20 ABC Affiliate - #1 rated legacy broadcast TV station located in beautiful North Central Florida (the Gainesville market) has a proud heritage and an energetic newsroom. WCJB TV20 is the market leader, with viewers relying on us for news, weather, and sports coverage from Your Local Station. Along with the market's strongest news ratings, and ever-expanding digital platforms, we deliver results for our advertisers. Gainesville is a sports town, and we cover our local high school sports teams with the same fervor we bring to our constant coverage of Florida Gator sports. Although best known as the home of the University of Florida, Gainesville is also a medical hub with nationally recognized institutions including UF Health/Shands Hospital and North Florida Regional Medical Center.

Job Summary/Description:

The Marketing/Community Relations Manager will work closely with WCJB TV20 General Manager Alan Chatman and all station department managers to promote the station's news and sales efforts.

The select candidate will be responsible for leading the station's community outreach and marketing efforts. This position requires a self-motivated manager who's comfortable representing, and advocating for, the station across North Central Florida and beyond. The right candidate will work with sales managers to create revenue-generating promotions, and with the news director and general manager to develop marketing campaigns. Working with our partners in community organizations will be as important as anything else for this manager.

The right candidate will also have strong storytelling skills across mediums, and will be comfortable creating and editing that content. Candidate must be flexible and have strong time-management skills. You will be able to operate with a sense of urgency to deliver projects under tight deadlines.
*** Please note, the primary job duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the information listed above ***

Qualifications/Requirements:
• Minimum of 2 years experience in a related role College degree or equivalent job experience in a related field
• Strong organizational and presentation skills Leadership skills
• Exceptional interpersonal skills
• Ability to write scripts along with shooting and editing video
• Ability to work within department budget
• Ability and willingness to work hard in a fast-paced, multi-tasking, team-oriented environment

Interested applicants may 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

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

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rjpy9e-3-239-117-1-42 in your application.