Sports Director

Job Description

Sports Director - WMBF

About Gray Media:

Gray Media 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 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

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)

WMBF-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

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

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rz76b7-18-191-135-81-42 in your application.