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 WECT:
WECT has been informing and entertaining viewers in southeastern North Carolina for 71 years. We're in the rapidly growing Wilmington market, serving New Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender, and Bladen Counties that make up the beautiful coastal Cape Fear Region. WECT is the dominant broadcast station in the market with the most accessible local news on-air, online, mobile, and streaming platforms.
Job Summary/Description:
WECT in Wilmington, NC has an immediate opening for a Sales Assistant who will work strategically with our Media Executives and sales management in a sales support role. The candidate will assist in reporting, data entry, presentation building, and creating advertising copy. The candidate will also present digital solutions to clients and help grow digital revenue. A proven record of digital sales experience, excellent communication, organization skills, and working knowledge of all digital media is preferred.
Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Provide digital and linear sales support for our sales team.
- Daily responsibilities include everything after the sale - order entry, digital design submissions, creating campaign forms to execute campaigns, monthly campaign performance reports, and daily communication with the team to ensure all campaigns are executed in a timely manner.
- Monitor, maintain, and optimize client campaigns to ensure full delivery.
- Be an expert on all of our digital platforms and sales options.
- Understand the needs of the team and be proactive and reactive when necessary.
- Serve as a backup in the Traffic department. Collect and submit Traffic-related materials to execute Broadcast TV advertising schedules on air.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- High computer literacy across all devices (desktop/tablet/smartphone).
- Able to distill complex digital vernacular and technical elements into easy-to-understand concepts.
- Outstanding customer service. Must be excellent in building relationships and following through on promises and commitments made.
- Detail-oriented and extremely organized, able to handle multiple orders at various stages of execution and development across dozens of accounts.
- Enjoys being an active support player for others. Comfortable working with salespeople and their clients, individually and together.
- Ability to make high-quality digital creative ads.
- Experience with WideOrbit, Google Ad Manager, digital ad networks, HTML, or development a plus.
- Must be proficient in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook. Experience with graphic programs (e.g. Photoshop) is a plus.
- Able to work quickly under pressure.
- Have a well-grounded understanding of the importance of making revenue goals
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)
WECT-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company
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.
Gray Media encourages all new employees to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus virus before the first workday.
