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 KMVT:

KMVT - Your Hometown Station. No other station in Idaho can make that claim. The KMVT brand mission is not a slogan. It's the way we approach preparing, producing, and presenting our news product. It's who we are and how we treat the news. It's our web presence, our live and local news and weather coverage, and our enterprise reporting for all hometowns in Southern Idaho. KMVT (CBS) is the dominant television station in the market and the only full-service News station in Southern Idaho. We also operate KSVT (FOX) and NMVT (CW) television stations in the market.

Job Summary/Description:

KMVT, Your Hometown Station, is looking for a Multi-platform Content Producer with a passion for news gathering, solid news judgment, and the ability to thrive working under a deadline. Candidates should be able to think quickly and clearly and will display strong leadership and organizational skills. Candidates should be able to craft compelling news content for television and digital platforms to create maximum engagement with every news story. They must be able to work independently to act on news tips and confirm details with officials.

Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Producing dynamic written and video news content in a fast-paced environment for distribution across all KMVT television and digital platforms, including KMVT.com, the news app, OTT, and social media.
- Assisting in gathering news content as needed.
- Working quickly to send out breaking news, weather, and traffic alerts, including push notifications.
- Collaborating with members of the news team to produce and distribute news content.
- Posting to our social media platforms using digital publishing tools, video editing software, and other resources.
- Creating innovative and user-friendly elements for consumption across our platforms, including photo galleries, interactive charts, and other embedded content.

Qualifications/Requirements:

- BA or BS in Journalism/Communications/English or equivalent background.
- 1-2 years of experience producing news content for television and digital platforms preferred
- Ability to effectively multitask and prioritize tasks to meet numerous deadlines

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)

KMVT-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.