Sports Director

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.

Job Summary/Description:

WMBF-TV in Myrtle Beach, SC has an immediate opening for a Sports Director to join our award-winning team. This person has a proven record of developing and covering local sports. We are committed to coverage of high school and college sports. We’re looking for a creative, outgoing sports journalist who knows how to put together compelling, LOCAL sports stories and features.

Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

– Enterprise, produce, and turn stories daily
– Serve as the primary sports talent
– Coordinate and plan coverage including special reports
– Shoot, write, and edit sports stories and highlights with an emphasis on covering local sports
– Produce sports segments
– Be sports content-driven, this is your beat. Own it
– Write and post sports stories on multiple social media and digital platforms
– Report live from various sporting events
– Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:

– Degree in sports journalism, broadcasting, communications, or a related field
– At least 2 years of professional newsroom experience required
– An engaging and comfortable on-air personality to include live shots
– The ability and desire to enterprise and produce local sports stories and content
– Excellent communicator
– Team player with a positive attitude
– Detail orientated
– Anchoring, reporting, and producing experience preferred

Qualified, interested applicants may 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

WMBF-TV/(Gray Television) is a drug-free workplace

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 Media encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus before the first workday.

About WMBF:

WMBF-TV is the NBC Network affiliate for the Grand Strand and Pee Dee regions of Northeastern South Carolina and parts of southeastern North Carolina. This Gray Television owned station was launched in 2008 in Myrtle Beach, SC and was built as a state-of-the art High-Definition broadcast facility.

We broadcast 39 hours of live local news and weather along with NBC programming to 8 counties along the Grand Strand beaches westward into Florence, SC. We also use digital media platforms to deliver breaking news coverage to a fast-growing audience.

Myrtle Beach is a family vacation destination for millions of visitors each year due to our white sandy beaches, more than a hundred golf courses, amusement parks and mild weather. It is a pleasure to work in a city where so many people want to visit.

Qualifications

Behaviors

Preferred

Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well.

Education

Preferred

Bachelors or better in Journalism.

Experience

Preferred

2 years:

At least 2 years of professional newsroom experience required

Licenses & Certifications

Preferred

Drivers License