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Vice President & General Manager
Nexstar Media Inc., America’s largest local broadcasting company, is seeking a Vice President & General Manager to lead WCIA 3 (CBS) and WCIX 49 (MyNet) in Champaign, Illinois (DMA #90), as well as WCIA.com and the digital, mobile, and social assets associated with the station.
WCIA 3 is based in Champaign and provides coverage to Central Illinois, including Springfield and Decatur. The station provides more than 50 hours of local news and programming a week, more than any other station in the market. The WCIA 3 team is also active in the community, producing special programming for the Illinois Marathon, high school sports, community forums and debates, and more. WCIA 3 is also the official broadcast sponsor of the University of Illinois Fighting Illini.
Champaign has a lot to offer. It’s a college town, but it’s also a tech-friendly city, and an arts and culture hub. The University of Illinois is a top ranked school in academics and athletics. It’s home to thousands of works of art, museums, four theaters, and four cultural centers. It’s College of Engineering is considered one of the best in the country- attracting tech start-ups and entrepreneurs from across the country. Champaign is home to several Fortune 500 companies including Archer Daniels Midland, John Deere, State Farm, and IBM. There’s plenty to do year-round with live sporting events, arts, and music festivals. Champaign offers a low cost of living, and Livabilty.com calls the city’s schools “stellar”. It’s just a two-hour drive to Indianapolis and Chicago – and only three hours to St. Louis.
The ideal candidate will utilize their proven skillsets and demonstrable experience in leading broadcast operational teams with sales-driven organizations, developing locally originated content, and commitment to community service to further propel our linear and digital audiences. Promoting a winning culture of teamwork within all station departments and prior success in maintaining a focus on operational efficiencies and growth in programming performance and new local revenue generation is required.
Essential Duties and Requirements
Ideal candidates will have a minimum of five years management experience at a commercial broadcast television station with accompanying digital assets. The right fit for this position will be a seasoned and knowledgeable professional who is a driven advocate of local broadcasting and digital service to the community in which they have previously served, and a proven history of audience growth. In addition, ideal candidates should possess a strong track record of revenue achievement, share growth and financial expense understanding. This position requires a leader with exemplary strategic vision, focused execution, and a verified understanding of local outreach and thoughtful community involvement. In addition to having a proven track record of managing high-performing sales, and news teams, the successful candidate must be effective in collaborating with department heads and staff members, while promoting teamwork within all areas of station operations, preferably with oversight of a large staff. The ability to engage local community leaders and develop long-term relationships with key station clients is essential.
If you are interested in joining the executive ranks of Nexstar Media Inc. and making an impact in Champaign, Illinois, you are encouraged to apply online at www.nexstar.tv/careers
About Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content, including 283,000 hours of original video content each year. Nexstar owns America’s largest local broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 212 million people. Nexstar’s television assets also include NewsNation, America’s fastest-growing national news and entertainment cable network reaching 75 million television homes, popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including The Hill and BestReviews, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property with over 120 million monthly unique users as of December 31, 2021. In addition to delivering exceptional content and service to our communities, Nexstar provides premium multiplatform advertising opportunities at scale for businesses and brands seeking to leverage the strong consumer engagement of our compelling content offering. For more information, please visit www.nexstar.tv
Account Executive, Sales
Would you like to be a part of a dynamic and energetic sales team who thrive on innovation and creativity? WCIA 3, Your local News Leader, is looking to add an Account Executive to our team who will cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset while taking the initiative to create innovative solutions and build opportunities for local businesses.
Join us and become part of an organization that welcomes fresh perspectives, allowing you to make a real impact while you unlock your financial potential with uncapped commission opportunities. At WCIA 3, you will work with the latest sales tools and technology to streamline your sales process and stay ahead in the industry.
You Should Apply if You:
- Are passionate and hard-working.
- Take great pride in the success you bring customers.
- Want to work with other forward-thinking extroverts who thrive on positive energy.
- Want to benefit from experienced mentors who are dedicated to helping you succeed and grow in your role.
- Have a strong ability to multi-task.
- You’re a strategic thinker, creative problem solver, resourceful.
- Have strong attention to detail and are organized.
- You have a strong sense of urgency and instinctively expedite the progression of tasks.
- You’re always on the hunt for a new challenge.
- Inside and outside of work, you enjoy serving and helping others.
- Growing client relationships is your forte.
- The idea of uncapped commission potential drives you to sell more and make more.
Morning News Anchor
WCIA 3, the CBS affiliate in Champaign, Illinois, is looking for an experienced Morning News Anchor. The ideal candidate is an excellent communicator with a superb on-air presence. This individual is energetic and can deliver everything from hard news to features with clarity and poise on-air, online, and on all other media platforms. Our station is consistently #1 in the market and is known for its strong connection to the community. At WCIA 3, you’ll find large market quality; with the family atmosphere you’d expect in a smaller market. We work in a friendly community with a great pace of life and easy access to lots of outdoor beauty and recreation, all within quick reach of many large, metropolitan areas.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Write clearly and interestingly and use video and graphics to illustrate story facts and ideas.
- Build sources, lead community engagements, generate story ideas and participate in editorial meetings.
- Ensures that all news content meets company standards for journalistic integrity and production quality.
- Report live, scripted and unscripted with clarity, accuracy, and confidence.
- Responds to breaking news and other urgent newsroom situations as required.
- Writes content for the website and other media platforms.
- Interacts with viewers/users on social media sites.
- Participates in promotional activities, including public appearances.
- Performs special projects and other duties as assigned.
Production Assistant
The Production Assistant is responsible for various television production duties required for live and recorded broadcasts. The production crew works together running cameras, audio, graphics, teleprompter, and switcher to produce a professional and quality on-air product under the leadership of a director. The department must work closely with news, sports, weather, and lifestyle talent and producers to ensure smooth preparation and execution of a clean broadcast.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Operates studio and remote cameras during live broadcasts
- Composes and frames camera shots, applying the technical aspects of light, lenses, and camera settings to achieve the effects sought by directors
- Adjusts positions and controls of cameras to change focus, exposure, and lighting as requested by the director
- Confers with directors, producers, talent and other crew members to discuss sequences, desired effects, camera movements, and lighting requirements
- Prepare cameras, set pieces, microphones, and related equipment prior to broadcast
- Tests, cleans, and maintains studio and control room equipment
- Operates audio board for live and recorded broadcasts
- Produces graphics for broadcasts
- Operates graphics and video playback systems for live and recorded broadcasts
- Edits video and preforms other post-production tasks for promos and recorded broadcasts
- Performs other duties as assigned
Managing Editor
The Managing Editor assists in helping to run the day-to-day operations of the newsroom on evenings and weekends.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
• Manage, coach and schedule news staff
• Work with news management to decide daily stories and help to arrange and coordinate news content.
• Generate news stories and execute news coverage by coordinating field crews
• Assist the assistant news director to manage all aspects of the News Department
• Helps oversee daily and weekly news coverage
• Works with other senior station leaders to establish and reach station goals
• Assist with planning and staffing for the News Department
Weekend Anchor / Reporter
WCIA 3 is looking for an experienced, energetic, engaging anchor for our weekend newscasts. This position will also serve as a lead reporter during scheduled weekdays. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on anchor who collaborates with producers, reporters, videographers and others about local newscast content. You should also be a strong enterprise reporter who excels at live shots, generates exclusive stories and is active on social media and digital platforms.
Responsibilities & Expectations:
- Presents news stories, interviews, and other content in a credible, meaningful, and relatable way.
- Ensures that all news content meets company standards for journalistic integrity and production quality.
- Writes and delivers content, including teases and promos, in a clear and concise manner.
- Responds to breaking news and other urgent newsrooms situations as required.
- Participates in promotional activities including public appearances. Represents station at community and non-profit events.
- Performs special projects and other duties as assigned.
- Writes content for wcia.com
- Strong social media presence and proficiency, so as to interact and engage with viewers/users on social media channels.
- Produce content for multiple platforms, including TV, internet, etc.
Multi-Media Sales Manager
Reporting to the Director of Sales, our Multi-Media Sales Manager drives revenue growth at WCIA 3, WCIX 49 and wcia.com in Champaign, Illinois as a mentor, coach, collaborator, and activator. You will be an expert on local advertising; digital, linear, and cross platform sales, have a solid understanding of the local media marketplace, and know what it takes to inspire, motivate, and incentivize a successful team. You will be knowledgeable about how to effectively package and price local digital, 3rd party digital media and linear assets together for client success. You will display a track record of recruiting and retaining top sales talent supporting an overall culture of excellence.
If this sounds like you, Nexstar Media Group could be your next home for thriving community involvement, omnichannel advertising innovation and supported career growth.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Leadership and vision for a team of Account Executives to align to multi-platform selling, while you work collaboratively across departments to win as a team.
- Accountability for revenue development and budget achievement across all platforms, while coaching your team to achieve budgets as individual contributors.
- With a client-centric approach, arm your team with strategic support to implement results driven marketing solutions across broadcast and digital platforms.
- Accurate revenue forecasting across all platforms, along with closely managing inventory and maximizing yield.
- Utilization of CRM including audit of pipeline management, revenue analytics, sales calls, and meetings to analyze rep acumen, provide coaching and identify areas for improvement.
- Ongoing education and training, both internally and externally, on evolving multi-media tactics, benefits, and trends to ensure optimum growth and success.
- Leading ongoing recruitment for new multiplatform sales talent and continually building strong relationships directly with our best customers and prospective sales candidates.
- Management and execution of administrative duties, collection and billing, account list management and other duties as assigned.
Digital Executive Producer
WCIA 3 is looking for someone ready to be responsible for updating our local website, curating high-performing content, crafting homepage layouts driven by data, and helping to report news — everything from quick-hit local stories to breaking news and enterprise reports. This role will work on building a loyal local audience by being responsive to traffic patterns and audience interest while serving as a steward of our brands.
Digital News Producer
WCIA.com is looking for a full-time digital content producer to join our energetic and aggressive team. The Digital Producer leads the transition from broadcast focused newsrooms to multi-platform newsrooms through active daily example; providing training in methods, processes and tactics; as well as in creating/editing original content beyond that which is produced for on-air.
Multimedia Journalist / Reporter
Are you a reporter who wants to own the lead story every night? Want to work at a shop where your enterprise ideas are valued and you’re given the green light to run with your pitches? WCIA 3, The Local News Leader in central Illinois has an immediate opening for a full-time high impact MMJ. The successful candidate will have a track record of telling great people-centered stories, developing sources, conducting engaging live shots and working well with a videographer or solo. Our MMJs are the best in the market. They report, shoot, write, voice, edit and feed news content for all platforms in a manner that is clear, engaging and meaningful to news consumers.
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