What are the responsibilities and job description for the DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGER - WCTV position at Gray Television?
About Gray Television:
Gray Television is a leading media company that owns and operates high-quality stations in 113 television markets that collectively reach 36 percent of US television households.
We constantly strive for excellence. Through upgrading to the latest technology and seeking new ways to stay on top in our markets, we focus on training and development of the best and brightest employees in the business.
About WCTV:
WCTV is the dominant #1 CBS affiliate in Tallahassee, with a coverage area of about 19 counties in North Florida and South Georgia. We are a team of hungry, passionate journalists in a well-established newsroom. Rising talent has the opportunity to work with, and learn from, experienced team members. The expectations are high, and we recognize how important our work is to the community we serve. The right candidate can expect to cover everything from major political headlines to severe weather and heartfelt features. Hard work and quality storytelling is highly valued, appreciated, and rewarded. If you feel ready to take the next step in your career, and look forward to being challenged, we'd love to hear from you.
Job Summary/Description:
WCTV is recruiting a driven, competitive, and digitally savvy newsroom leader to help us engage and expand our online audience. As the dominant station in the Tallahassee-Thomasville DMA, we lead the market across all platforms. Our website averages more than 3 million pageviews a month, and our social media pages reach hundreds of thousands of users.
Whether it's breaking news, weather, politics or college sports-our loyal viewers expect us to be the first outlet they hear from, and their habits are changing. The Digital EP will lead the charge on content, tracking engagement/consumption, and building up ''WCTV Now,'' which is a digital news desk that we use to stream live content to services like Roku and Fire TV. In the first year of our digital team using the digital desk, we reached more than 10 million views.
Duties/Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
- Managing a 3-person digital team, plus digital interns
- Generating content ideas for WCTV.tv, our social pages, and our streaming desk
- Collaborating with news, weather and sports on planning and executing deadline
driven content for our digital audience
- Writing and editing daily content, and approving drafts from others in the
newsroom
- Training new hires on writing and posting across our platforms
- Collaborating with other newsroom managers on editorial decisions and coverage
plans for big events
- Coordinating with reporters in the field or Gray affiliates in other markets as
needed
- Monitoring and regularly presenting progress reports to station management on
viewer metrics and growth
Qualifications/Requirements:
- 2 years in a television newsroom, preferably as a digital content producer
- BS/BA in journalism or communications
- A valid driver`s license and good driving record
Come join our dynamic news team, 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 that are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro employee portal)
WCTV-TV/Gray Television Group, Inc. is a drug-free company
Additional Info:
Gray Television 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 Television 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 Television 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.
Gray Television encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus prior to or by the first workday.
