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 KFDA:
KFDA is located in Amarillo in the Texas panhandle. We have built dominant station in our market through hard work, dedication to journalism and being diligent who who we pick to come work with with us, we are looking for those who want to make a difference.
Job Summary/Description:
KFDA is hiring for a Master Control Operator. This position is responsible for acquiring digital content; identifying and storing requested material, monitoring signal streams, and ensuring scheduled events run accurately.
Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Performs all duties of the ingest function, including recording, trimming broadcast programming, and entering timing information into multiple automation server databases. QC content coming into the systems. Managing multiple broadcast video automation server databases. Basic video editing of certain programming elements.
Qualifications/Requirements:
▪️ Must be willing to submit to a background investigation ▪️ Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States ▪️ Must be 18 years or older to apply ▪️ Ability and willingness to work overtime, and on weekends with short notice ▪️ Must be available to work all shifts, including early mornings, evenings, holidays, weekends, late-breaking news and weather emergencies ▪️ Available 24 hours/7 days per week based on scheduled hours ▪️ Ability to work overnight hours on a regular basis ▪️ Must be willing to facilitate personnel requirements including late and/or last-minute scheduling changes in a 24/7 high-stress work environment ▪️ Multitask, react, solve problems, and obtain results under pressures of television production and broadcasts ▪️ Interact with a variety of individuals including management, employees, and outside vendors/consultants ▪️ Excellent interpersonal skills ▪️ Act independently ▪️ Display flexibility, creativity, and develop innovative solutions ▪️ Be a team player
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)
KFDA-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.