Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter
About the role
The Victoria Television Group, a Morgan Murphy Media company, is seeking an innovative, audience-minded Weekend Sports Anchor/MSJ at KAVU-TV. This role involves working closely with the sports team to produce compelling content across various platforms.
Responsibilities
- Create, develop, and manage content for KAVU-TV and Crossroads Today digital properties
- Help coordinate newsroom and web projects
- Ability to respond to breaking news
- Work with the sports director and news director to formulate a plan that maximizes the success of our newscasts and digital properties
- Update the news staff daily on assignments; update news staff as stories and trends change throughout the day
- Produce compelling, timely newscast content with an emphasis on promoting Crossroads Today and KAVU-TV brands
- Drive audience growth strategy through sports/news/marketing initiatives and publishing compelling content
- Proactively seek out and publish content, generate story ideas, and promote Crossroads Today through social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Requirements
- Exceptional communication and organizational skills
- Self-starter who works well with minimal supervision
- Ability to manage multiple projects, adapt to flexible schedules and thrive in a fast-paced deadline driven environment
- Knowledge of HTML, WordPress, SEO, RSS, and FTP
- Basic Adobe Photoshop skills
- PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, Technical Writing, or a related field; Previous newsroom experience encouraged; Familiarity with Google Analytics, Chartbeat, CrowdTangle or similar
Qualifications
Preferred qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, Technical Writing, or a related field, previous newsroom experience, and familiarity with Google Analytics, Chartbeat, CrowdTangle or similar.
Skills
- HTML
- WordPress
- SEO
- RSS
- FTP
- Adobe Photoshop
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, prescription, life and long-term disability insurance
- EAP, flexible spending account, 401(k)
- Paid time off including vacation, sick, personal days, and holidays
Pay
TBD
Schedule
TBD
What The Victoria Television Group Offers
We are a dynamic and progressive family-owned business that values our employees, our culture, and our community. We offer medical, dental, vision, prescription, life and long-term disability insurance, EAP, flexible spending account, 401(k), paid time off including vacation, sick, personal days, and holidays. If you know of individuals who might be interested in this position, we encourage you to refer them to us. The Victoria Television Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.