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 WCSC:

Would you like to work for the #1 station in a city consistently named by T+L as one of the best cities in the world? WCSC in Charleston, South Carolina, has been the dominant #1 station in the market since sign-on in 1953. The world-famous food scene, high-tech growth, and hot real estate make Charleston one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the country. Manufacturing jobs at Boeing, Mercedes, and Volvo, and the world-class medical community, continue to make the Lowcountry a destination market. WCSC Live 5 is committed to serving the Lowcountry with breaking news, weather, and investigative journalism, and is the most recognized and awarded news team in the market. Learn more about WCSC Live 5 at Live5News.com

Job Summary/Description:

Live 5 is looking for an experienced journalist to help manage our nightside content. We are looking for an executive producer who, in addition to approving scripts for our 11 p.m. newscast, can manage our assignment desk. We need someone hyper-focused on content, who can listen to scanners, deploy crews, make phone calls, FOIA documents, and, in an emergency booth a newscast. We need someone who isn't afraid to make contacts, comb through court records, enterprise digital interviews, write web stories, and make strong content decisions. You will work alongside our reporters, producers, and anchors to produce content for our broadcast and digital platforms in one of the most desirable cities in the United States.

Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

* Manage assignment desk from 6p to midnight daily
* Approve scripts daily
* Assign crews as needed and update the daily planner
* Fill in producing as needed
* Write stories for the website
* Must be willing to work nights, weekends, or holidays as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:

* An ideal candidate should have at least 5 years of experience as a producer, assignment editor, or digital content producer for a broadcast news station or news website.
* The successful applicant's background must include, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism or a related field.

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)

WCSC-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.