NEWS ASSIGNMENT EDITOR - KVVU Job at NAB Leadership Foundation in Henderson

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 KVVU:

KVVU, FOX5, is the #1 station in Las Vegas and the local leader in news coverage on air and online. We are "Local. Las Vegas."

Job Summary/Description:

FOX5, KVVU Las Vegas, is looking for an experienced assignment desk professional. This position requires at least 2 years of assignment desk experience in a television newsroom.

Duties/Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Effective daily planning and deployment of all news department field resources
- Fast and effective response during breaking news situations
- Ability to conceive and put together coverage plans for major events
- Actively contribute to daily assignment discussions with quality enterprise and coverage ideas

Qualifications/Requirements:

- Ideal candidate should have at least 2 years of experience as an assignment editor or assignment manager in a television newsroom.
- No beginners.

If you feel you’re qualified and want to work with a great group of people, go to , you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on "apply now", include resume, cover letter, and references

(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through theGray-TV UltiPro self-service portal )

KVVU-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.

Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

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