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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 WANF:

Atlanta News First has served Atlanta communities for more than 50 years with local news, weather, sports, and entertainment. WANF (Independent), WPCH (CW), and PSN (Peachtree Sports Network) are owned by Gray Television, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Would you like to work in the #6 market in a city with a thriving economy and a vibrant culture? WANF and WPCH provide the community with award winning local news coverage, dedicated community service, and effective marketing solutions for area businesses. Come to Atlanta for the opportunity. The energy. The chance to dream where there's space to contribute. Where creatives, universities, entrepreneurs, and the world's biggest brands intersect. Atlanta has a unique culture all its own with a young population, a bustling city center packed with urban parks and amenities, and famously walkable neighborhoods.

Job Summary/Description:

Join our Leadership Team!
Times have never been more exciting at Atlanta News First. In August, we will become a fully independent station, with the freedom to do as much news as we want, air as many live sports as we can, and creative programming aimed at the Atlanta Market. We have a chance to connect with the people of the Atlanta market in a way no other station can or has, and we have a chance to play a big role in re-inventing the relationship between broadcast and digital sales for stations as we move into the 2nd quarter of the 21st century!

Are you a seasoned broadcast sales pro who's ready to maximize your impact? We're looking for someone who knows how to drive revenue, spark creative ideas, and collaborate at the highest levels of station leadership. Sound like you? Keep reading.

Please note - primary job duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the information listed above

Qualifications:

Who Are You:
• A broadcast sales veteran with a proven track record of closing business in a major market (bonus points for ATL experience!)
• A creative thinker who loves brainstorming big ideas just as much as making them happen.
• A natural collaborator and motivator who's comfortable leading alongside executive leadership.
• Someone who understands how content and commerce can work together-and knows how to turn strategy into success.

Want to live in a fantastic town? Want to be part of the most exciting media group in America, with the cutting-edge and innovative digital tools available at Gray Digital Media? Want to be part of a positive environment free from the constraints of network programming? Be part of Gray & be part of Atlanta News First!

Additional Info:

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. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media 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, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Gray Media 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.