Job Details
Description
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. By upgrading to the latest technology and seeking new ways to stay on top in our markets, we focus on training and developing the best and brightest employees in the business.
About KGWN:
KGWN is a CBS Affiliate, a top-rated station, located in Cheyenne, Wyoming. KGWN is the market leader with viewers relying on news, weather, sports, and entertainment. You will have the opportunity to solve customers’ marketing needs with dominant news programming, and comprehensive digital marketing tools, to sell top-shelf sports offerings like NFL, March Madness, PGA Golf, and CBS Programming. KGWN-TV is in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a community along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Cheyenne is home to F.E. Warren Air Force Base, the Capital City, and Cheyenne Frontier Days, the world’s largest outdoor rodeo. With stations in Casper, Cheyenne, and Scottsbluff, NE we are focused on telling local stories that matter. We are dominant both on broadcast and digital. This is an excellent opportunity to work for a great station and company.
Job Summary/Description:
The Traffic/Sales Assistant position is primarily responsible for managing commercial copy including assignment of house numbers and data entry into the WideOrbit traffic system. The position is also responsible for the daily filling of the traffic logs and preparing the logs for our traffic hub. This position will also provide support to our master control, promotions, programming and sales departments. Attention to detail, accuracy, and the ability to work with others is a must. A working knowledge of Microsoft Office, and other computer systems is necessary and WO Traffic or traffic experience is desired but not required. The hours are (M-F) 8:00am to 5:00pm. 40 hours per week.
Duties/Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
– Maintain with accuracy the commercial, promo, and PSA database in WideOrbit Traffic. This includes filing and purging of information in a timely fashion
– Confirm traffic instructions to various advertisers and agencies as needed
– Accurately input advertiser commercial instructions into the WideOrbit database
– Fill and proof traffic logs for finalization by the hub
– Reconciliation of completed logs for billing purposes
– Retrieve, review and upload commercials, promos and PSA’s for air
– Provide a dub list of needed materials for Master Control each day
– Provide admin support as needed to the GM, Sales Manager, AE’s and Promotions Director on a variety of tasks
– Check log files for finalization
– Update of programming info with the ratings services
– Share responsibility for phone and front desk
– Publish program schedules
– Record and Playback Schedule for Master Control
– Enter house orders
– File annual Childres reports KGWN,KNEP,KSTF
Qualifications/Requirements:
– 1-2 years in an office setting
– Ability to work well with others
– Positive Attitude
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
(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)
KGWN-TV/Gray Television, Inc. is a drug-free company
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, and 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 Television encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus prior to or by the first workday.
Qualifications
Education
Preferred
High School or better.