Description

About Gray Media:

Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 45 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray's additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

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 on being on the cutting edge of new technology in our industry.

Job Summary/Description:

KAIT is taking applications for a Digital Sales Specialist. The Digital Sales Specialist will be responsible for all aspects of KAIT's digital revenue goals and will work closely with the Director of Sales and the Multimedia Sales Manager to coordinate digital sales efforts with the local team.

Duties/Responsibilities include, but arenot limited to:

- Collaborate with the MultiMedia Sales Managers to maximize digital ad sales opportunities.
- Assist Media Executives with media plan recommendations, performance recaps, and KPI alignment.
- Cooperate with digital support members to ensure campaigns launch smoothly and deliver flawlessly.
- Serve as a trusted client contact, translating objectives into actionable digital strategies.
- Present campaign strategies, reporting, and insights in a clear, compelling way to clients.
- Stay ahead of emerging digital marketing trends and continually build technical expertise.
- Providing digital training to the sales team
- Assisting Media Executives in presenting and closing business
- Developing sales presentations and collateral using up-to-date research materials
- Maintaining campaign tracking, delivery, and reporting to ensure campaign success
- Working at a partnership/consultative level as an expert in digital advertising with a Media executive and advertisers
- Other duties as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:

- Bachelor's Degree in Business or related field, or comparable work experience, is preferred.
- Digital Sales experience preferred.
- Wide Orbit, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint experience is preferred.
- Ability to get along with others and maintain effective interdepartmental relationships is required.
- Some negotiation skills are required.
- Ability to communicate effectively is required.
- Must represent the station with professionalism and integrity.
- Must be highly organized and detail-oriented.
- Ability to maintain a positive work atmosphere by behaving in a manner that will work well with co-workers, supervisors, and customers.

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)

KAIT-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

Additional Info:

Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Gray's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.