GRAY MEDIA SALES TRAINING PROGRAM SPRING '26 - KNOE

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 KNOE

KNOE-TV 8 News is an award-winning television station and news organization located in Monroe, Louisiana, covering northeast Louisiana, Union and Ashley Counties in Arkansas, and Warren and Adams Counties in Mississippi. KNOE-TV is owned by Atlanta-based Gray Media and is a sister station to ABC affiliate KAQY. Our offices and studios are located on Oliver Road in Monroe, and our transmitter is located in the town of Columbia in Caldwell Parish. Since our first broadcast day on September 27, 1953, KNOE-TV has offered the best news, entertainment, weather, sports, and investigative reporting, besides providing high-quality programming from both the CBS and ABC television networks. For further information, please visit www.knoe.com.

Sales Training Program

• General Responsibilities: Learn how to prospect and identify new business opportunities, practice real cold calls (with coaching), build client presentations and proposals, support digital and broadcast sales strategies, work alongside experienced Media Executives and Sales Leaders, and participate in weekly training designed to accelerate your growth.
• What You'll Learn: How to confidently start conversations with clients, how to sell multi-platform advertising solutions (TV + Digital), how to build and present a winning pitch, and how to manage a pipeline and grow revenue.
• Who We're Looking For: Curious, competitive individuals who are not afraid to try, want real experience, are interested in sales, marketing, or media, and are ready to learn skills that translate to any industry.
• What Makes This Different: Hands-on, real-world experience where you won't just "shadow." You'll do the work—with guidance every step of the way. Many of our interns turn into full-time hires and hit the ground running.

Details

• Flexible Hours: Part-time, designed for students.
• Paid Internship:
• Opportunities Available: Across Gray Media markets nationwide.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Be Currently Enrolled in a College/University: Preferably in your senior year.
• Strong Work Ethic and Organizational Skills:
• College Student, Earning a Degree: With a desire to get hands-on experience in the broadcasting & digital field.

Additional Info

• EEO Statement: 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.
• Drug-Free Workplace: Gray Media is a drug-free company.