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 WVUE:

WVUE-FOX 8 is the market leader in news, sales, and commercial production. Our branding is "Local First," and we strive to live up to it every day through our community projects, news coverage, and station priorities. The culture at FOX 8 matches the culture of the unique and diverse region we serve. Rich in tradition and history, while at the same time charging into the digital future, utilizing the latest technology, platforms, and techniques to move the television industry forward while serving our viewers and clients in the best possible way.

Job Summary/Description:

The Marketing Producer is an individual contributor with a diverse skill set, allowing for adaptation to the project, whether it be broadcast or digital, news promotion, or commercial client-driven. Incumbents are visual storytellers with strong skills in writing, cinematography, and editing. This position interacts with a creative team as well as a variety of internal and external stakeholders.

Duties/Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Collaborate with the Marketing Director and/or the Creative Director to conceptualize and create content that will help expand our rapidly-growing broadcast and digital media presence.
• Works with station clientele and account executives to write, shoot, and edit commercials.
• Also required to write, shoot, and produce promotional videos and multi-platform advertising for the station.
• Edits all own videos needed for their work using our editing software on a desktop computer, including but not limited to Adobe Premiere, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, and Avid.
• Creates posts for social media and provides content for the web at the request of a digital content producer or another manager, including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Advertising, Film/Video, or other related field preferred.
• Must provide a creative reel demonstrating advanced knowledge of video production, especially Adobe Creative Suite software.
• Previous professional experience or internship work in a creative environment, digital, or broadcast business preferred
• Experience with Facebook/Instagram/Twitter, Google Analytics
• Must be able to adapt and adopt any new changes in the workplace that include things like new technology.
• Must be able to drive to meet with local clients and must possess a valid driver's license.

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)

WVUE-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.