Promotion Coordinator - Witn

About Gray Media:

Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. 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 WITN:

WITN News is the First Alert News and Weather source in Eastern Carolina. We produce 43.5 hours of news per week and deliver content on a 24/7 basis on our digital platforms. We're in the rapidly growing Greenville/New Bern/Washington DMA (100), with bureaus in New Bern and Jacksonville. We serve Beaufort, Bertie, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Onslow, Pamlico, Pitt, Tyrell, and Washington counties. WITN is the dominant station in the market.

Job Summary/Description:  

Eastern Carolina’s #1 news station, WITN News, is seeking a skilled Promotions Coordinator. The Promotions Coordinator will develop and produce creative concepts that support the station's news and weather brand image. This position will fulfill a variety of multimedia functions, which include shooting, editing video, writing, and conceptualizing creative station promotions and other station projects. A candidate should have a strong eye for production value and truly enjoy creative thinking and visual problem-solving.

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Protect and improve the station's brand image at all customer touch points
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities under a deadline
• Produce on-air News and Weather promotions and client commercials
• Event organization and set-up
• Work closely with the news department and station talent
• The qualified candidate will take projects from concept through completion
• Set up and shoot Friday night high school football for on-air broadcast

Qualifications/Requirements:

• 1-2 years of video production experience and a college degree preferred
• Experience in Adobe Creative Cloud
• Professional shooting skills with digital or ENG-style cameras and lighting equipment
• Ability to learn and adapt quickly to most situations
• Self-starter skills
• Clean driving records, a motor vehicle check will be run
• You MUST provide a link to your resume reel

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)

WITN-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.