Media Executive

Job Description

Media Executive

About Gray Media:
Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally 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.
About WTOC:
WTOC-TV, located in beautiful Savannah, GA, is the CBS affiliate serving 20 counties in south Georgia and the South Carolina Low Country. WTOC is the market's dominant local station, celebrating over 70 years of excellence in news, sports, and weather reporting on-air and online. WTOC is part of Gray Media, one of the largest broadcast companies in the country.
Job Summary/Description:
WTOC-TV has an opening for a motivated, high-energy Media Executive to join our team of marketing/advertising professionals. Successful Media Executives help local businesses by crafting campaigns leveraging WTOC's on-air product and extensive suite of digital solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong work ethic, drive to s/ucceed, be detail-oriented, have outside sales experience, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Developing new local direct business, along with managing any assigned accounts
- Problem solver with the ability to work independently
- Ability to build strong relationships and effectively present client solutions
- Excellent grammar, organizational, and communication skills
Qualifications/Requirements:
- College degree preferred, or equivalent years of experience
- Previous outside sales experience required
- Previous work in media and/or digital sales preferred
- Must have strong administrative skills
- Must have strong prospecting skills
- Experience working with a CRM tool, Wide Orbit, and Wide Orbit Media Sales is a plus
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)
WTOC-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-qk66e1-35-215-184-102-42 in your application.