Sports Director - Wndu

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 WNDU:

For more than 70 years, WNDU - the NBC Affiliate based on the University of Notre Dame campus, has been a trusted source for local news and community service. We produce over 36 hours of live news each week and continue to expand our coverage. Our team is committed to the highest standards in news, entertainment, informational, and public service programming. If you are looking to grow your career in a thriving newsroom and enjoy genuinely affordable living, explore our openings - we want to meet you.

Job Summary/Description:

WNDU TV in South Bend, Indiana, has an immediate opening for a Sports Director to join our great team in beautiful Michiana. We are looking for an experienced sports journalist to lead our sports coverage across all platforms. The Sports Director will work with the leadership team to set sports priorities for the station and help manage resources to tell those stories. As the WNDU sports leader, you will guide our coverage of High School, College, and Professional sports teams and athletes, and anchor our Notre Dame football coverage On-Air and Online.

16NewsNow is looking for someone who is committed to being a local sports expert. The right person will prioritize urgent sports updates on digital. The right person for this job goes beyond the “X’s” and “O’s” of games and builds sportscasts with moments and storytelling. If this is your dream job, please submit a link to a video resume reel as well as examples of social media posts that showcase journalism and personality.

This is a full-time, salaried position, reporting to the News Director.

Duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Lead 16NewsNow sports team with coverage that speaks to the station’s brand and legacy.
• Collaborate with leadership and the sports team to build out big sports story coverage.
• Anchor unique sportscasts, including a significant role in our Notre Dame Countdown show and related digital broadcast.
• Develop story ideas, write, shoot, and edit sports stories for on-air broadcasting as well as digital posting.
• Write in an exciting, captivating, and authentic manner for broadcast and digital.
• Use the latest editing and photography tools to tell great stories.
• Develop original content through social listening and independent sources.
• Deliver on-air live sports events in an engaging, exciting, and accurate manner as both a reporter and anchor.
• Interview sports subjects and research for facts and credibility.
• Develop sports sources for general assignment and special areas of interest.
• Write and post daily on all digital platforms, including social media.
• Operate newsgathering vehicle to and from various locations.
• Perform other tasks, including writing, shooting, editing, and reporting/anchoring news stories as required by the leadership team.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• BA/BS in journalism or a communications-related field preferred.
• A strong natural on-camera presentation.
• 3+ years’ experience preferred.
• Effective communication skills to be able to relay information to the content team.
• Experience in photojournalism, editing, and content management systems, including ENPS and Edius editing systems.
• Understanding the tenets of professional journalism.
• A portfolio with examples of sports anchoring, breaking sports reporting, and heartfelt sports stories.
• Ability to generate creative, engaging, content-driven live shots.
• Strong social media skills, including an active sports presence on social media platforms, including Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
• Organizational skills and the ability to work under constant time pressure and deadlines.
• Ability to calmly handle live, breaking sports situations and changing events.
• Travel: Local and Domestic as needed.
• Work Environment Set: Work normally performed in/out of the office and studio.
• Physical Demands Set Light work: Including sitting, walking, lifting/carrying 40 pounds of equipment, bending, standing, etc.

*** A motor vehicle record check is required. WNDU-TV is a drug-free workplace and participates in the Homeland Security E-Verify Program. ***

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)

WNDU-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.