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 KOSA:

KOSA/First Alert 7 is the top-rated, long-time news leader in Odessa-Midland, TX, covering the Permian Basin region of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. We have an outstanding team and culture!

We pride ourselves on being the dominant player in a highly competitive market where there is never a shortage of news that impacts people on the regional level, throughout the state of Texas, and very often on the national stage. Our team of professionals is committed to sharing the most compelling stories every day... on TV, digital, streaming, and social platforms.

As the only community in the country with an International Air and Space Port, travel to and from Odessa-Midland from anywhere in the world is quick and easy. We are also nestled in a picturesque region of Texas, often referred to as a hidden jewel, that makes for exciting weekend trips for the outdoors adventurer or the lover of rare, unique art and crafts.

Job Summary/Description:

First Alert 7 / KOSA-TV: the #1 station in Odessa-Midland, TX, is looking for a SPORTS ANCHOR / MMJ to join our team. She/He will be responsible for producing and anchoring LOCAL sportscasts at 6:00 pm and 10:00 pm, as well as shooting, writing, and editing local sports stories. This is the home of the legendary "Friday Night Lights," so we're looking for someone who has a passion for high school sports. During football season, we throw everything we've got at covering local high school games on Friday nights. Then it's off to Lubbock on Saturdays for Texas Tech football. This person is also expected to be able to do compelling live shots, post stories online and on social media, and enterprise story ideas that viewers can only see on our stations, digital, and social media platforms.

Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

- Ability to write conversationally and quickly
- An outstanding can-do attitude, willing to listen, learn new skills, and execute
- Have a sense of urgency that causes you to work quickly and efficiently but with an eye toward details and accuracy.
- An open mind to cross-training and being a 'jack-of-all-trades' in the newsroom
- Experience with non-linear editing a plus

Qualifications/Requirements:

- Deep understanding of local high school, regional college, and national professional sports.
- Must be willing to submit to a background and MVR check
- Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
- Ability and willingness to work overtime and weekends with short notice
- Must be available to work all shifts, including early mornings, evenings, holidays, weekends, late-breaking news, and weather emergencies
- Multitask, react, solve problems, and obtain results under the pressures of television production and multiplatform deadlines.
- Interact with a variety of individuals, including management, employees, and outside vendors/customers
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Act independently
- Display flexibility, creativity, and develop innovative solutions
- Be a team player

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)

KOSA-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.