Sports Director-WTOC

Job Category: News

Requisition Number: SPORT013246

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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 43 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.

WTOC is located in beautiful historic Savannah, GA, which was recently named the third-best city in the U.S. by Travel and Leisure. WTOC has been the market leader for 70 years. The station excels in creating effective commercials for our advertising clients. We also create promotional campaigns for our #1 News programs that inform and engage the viewer. WTOC 11 is the number one news source in beautiful historic Savannah, Georgia which was named the third-best city in the U.S. by Travel and Leisure. As Savannah's first TV station, WTOC's community roots run deep. The call letters stand for Welcome To Our City.

WTOC is looking for the next great sports storyteller. This position is responsible for delivering content focused on stories behind the stats. Viewers aren't looking for highlights each night, they've already gotten the score on their phones or social media. WTOC's next sports director will work to find the stories viewers can't miss behind the teams in their communities.

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

- Planning & coordinating coverage of local and regional sports events.
- Build & maintain strong relationships with collegiate athletic departments, local high schools, minor league teams, and other sports organizations in our area.
- Anchoring sports content in the 6 pm and 11 pm weekday newscasts, and other newscasts as coverage dictates.
- Planning, coordinating, and anchoring "The End Zone", a local high school football highlight show, each Friday night at 11:15 pm during the Fall high school sports season.
- Creating content for a weekly sports podcast with the assistance of our digital team.
- Posting sports content to the website.
- Sharing content on station social media accounts.
- Turn regular stories and features on local teams and athletes.

- At least two years experience in a newsroom covering sports is preferred.
- A bachelor's degree in journalism or mass communication is preferred but not required.
- Familiarity with ENPS, Edius, LiveU is preferred.

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

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.

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

 

 

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