Studio Manager Jobs in Pooler, GA (NOW HIRING)

About Gray Media:
Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. 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 WTOC:
WTOC is located in beautiful historic Savannah, GA, which was recently named the third-best city in the U.S. by Travel and Leisure. WTOC has been the market leader for 70 years. The station excels in creating effective commercials for our advertising clients. We also create promotional campaigns for our #1 News programs that inform and engage the viewer. WTOC 11 is the number one news source in beautiful historic Savannah, Georgia, which was named the third-best city in the U.S. by Travel and Leisure. As Savannah's first TV station, WTOC's community roots run deep; the call letters stand for Welcome To Our City.
Job Summary/Description:
WTOC is searching for the right candidate to join our digital team. This role is on the frontlines of breaking news, designed to help inform readers and ensure WTOC content is optimized for multiple platforms. If you're someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment where stories can change in a matter of seconds, this job is for you!
Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Produce compelling content for all digital platforms, including the station website, streaming apps, news app, and video and push alerts
- Write accurate, grammatically correct, editorially sound AP-style news stories
- Respond quickly and efficiently to developing news; accurately report breaking news on digital and social platforms
- Create engaging content for social media platforms
- Consistently execute SEO strategies
- Collaborate with assignment editors, reporters, producers, and other news staff to ensure the most accurate and updated information is reflected on the station's digital properties
- Uphold the station's high journalistic standards
- Co-ordinate live streams across multiple platforms.
- Monitor news sources to develop news content.
- Collaborate and communicate with reporters, other digital team members, producers, anchors, and managers to gather content for online and on-air.
- Write engaging digital headlines and compelling captions for social media.
- Explore ways to increase visual content on all digital and social media platforms.
- The position may require evening and weekend work.
- The position may include being on camera on WTOC+ streaming platforms.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Strong writing skills.
- Ability to multitask and manage time appropriately.
- Experience with writing for an online audience.
- Knowledge of social media trends and platforms.
- A college degree in journalism or a related field is preferred but not required.
- Background in graphic design or skills with programs like Photoshop, Canva, etc., desired but not required.
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)
WTOC-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.
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