Gray Television, Inc. is hiring: SPORTS ANCHOR/MMJ - KBTX in Bryan

KBTX-Station-BRYAN, TX
4141 East 29th Street
Bryan, TX 77802, USA

Gray Media, also known as Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formerly 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.

Job Summary

KBTX is looking for an experienced, passionate sports journalist to join our award-winning team and fight for great, local sports stories. KBTX is the long-time leader in local sports, and this position puts you in the center of it all. You’ll produce, report for, and anchor sportscasts that go beyond predictable highlights and profiles, sharing stories of success and empowerment that resonate across the Brazos Valley. With sports features, you’ll regularly showcase the community’s heartwarming, inspiring, outrageous, and unusual stories. An ideal candidate will be comfortable independently enterprising content and using their storytelling skills to offer meaningful context to sports news. You’ll also take an active role in our EMMY-winning live Aggie football pregame show, Aggie Gameday, and our high school football productions, including award-winning Friday Football Fever.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Researching and creating daily content for television, social, and web platforms, including dynamic live shots and packages
• Identifying and enterprising relevant local feature stories
• Meeting daily and weekly deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Taking an active role in seasonal KBTX production, including Aggie Gameday and Friday Football Fever
• Creating and facilitating working relationships with the local sports community
• Developing feature franchise content, which may require travel and time outside of a standard workday

Qualifications & Requirements

• A minimum of three years of experience in broadcast sports, as well as a college degree in broadcast journalism or a related field, is expected.
• Experience with ENPS or Sony XPRI non-linear editing software is a big plus.
• Candidates should also exhibit a good work ethic, strong people skills, the ability to be a team player, and work flexibly. This position may require holiday work.

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.)

KBTX-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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