What are the responsibilities and job description for the ASSIGNMENT MANAGER - WTOC position at Gray Local Media, Inc?
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 43 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 looking for a detail-oriented taskmaster to coordinate resources in our newsroom. This role will be responsible for our daily planner, coordinating breaking news coverage, and communicating coverage with regional newsrooms and network affiliates. A successful assignment manager will build contacts with media liaisons across the viewing area.
Duties/Responsibilities include, (but are not limited to):
-Maintaining the daily planner in ENPS.
- Communicating daily coverage plans with Gray Media stations, network affiliates, and others.
- Confirm breaking news and re-assign crews to cover.
- Funnel confirmed information to producers during breaking news.
- Posting content to the website.
- Coordinating live shot assignments with photographers.
- Assigning news stories to photographers.
- Assigning camera gear and station vehicles.
- Working with the newsroom management team to coordinate weekend news coverage.
- Fulfilling network content requests.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- A bachelor's degree in journalism or mass communication is preferred but not required.
- Previous experience in a newsroom as a reporter, MMJ, producer, or assignment editor is preferred.
- Familiarity with ENPS, Edius, LiveU is preferred.
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.
Gray Media encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus before the first workday.
