Augusta, GA Production Jobs

Internships are available for qualified students studying journalism, video production, and other communication degrees. Several departments may choose to accept interns, including but not necessarily limited to: News, Digital *** , Weather and Sports. These internships are at **** in Augusta, GA.

Our internships offer meaningful educational and work experiences designed to meet the academic and career goals of the intern. The education received by the Intern from the internship is for express benefit of the Intern. The Intern does not replace or displace any employee of the Company. The Intern will receive direct and close supervision by an appropriate supervisor. This is an unpaid Internship and the Intern is not entitled to wages or any compensation or benefits for the time spent in the internship. The Internship is related to an educational purpose and there is no guarantee or expectation that the activity will result in employment with the Company.

Requirements & Skills :

• All interns must receive course credit.
• Possess strong communication skills
• Flexible in performing a variety of assignments and tasks

The Student shall:

• Abide by all safety rules and procedures of Company.
• Exert best efforts in receiving training and cooperate with and follow the instructions of employees of Company
• Maintain strictly the confidences of Company, the customers of Company, all information or data received regarding Company and any of its trade secrets or any other confidential business information received by the Student

• All employees must first contact their current manager before applying for an Internal position.

Nexstar *** Inc., America's largest local broadcasting company, is seeking an experienced and dynamic *** President & General Manager to lead **** ( *** ) in Augusta, Georgia (DMA #110), as well as ****.com and the digital, mobile, and social assets associated with the station.

**** is Augusta's market leader. We provide award-winning news coverage, the most comprehensive severe weather coverage, and the most locally produced entertainment and sports coverage in the market. ****'s community involvement is second to none, with local campaigns like Giving Your Best, The Jefferson Awards, Golden Apple Awards, Scholar Athlete, Best of the Class and more. In addition, we are the Augusta area's destination for live broadcasts of local high school football matchups through our Game Night Live, Football Friday Night and Border Bowl franchises.

Augusta is located on the eastern side of Georgia near the South Carolina border. It's best known as the home to the Masters Golf Tournament. However, there's a lot more to Augusta. In downtown, you'll find the Augusta Riverwalk along the Savannah River with famers markets, Sunday jazz concerts, and plenty of places to dine and shop. The city also offers a lot to do outdoors with bike trails, water sports, and even its own minor league baseball team. And, Augusta is only 2.5 hours from Atlanta, a beach get-away, or a weekend in the mountains.

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 ser *** 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 three years of general 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 ser *** to the community in which they have previously served, and a proven history of ratings growth. 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 *** Inc. operational leadership team and making an impact in Augusta, you are encouraged to apply online at www.nexstar.tv/careers

About Nexstar *** Group, Inc.

Nexstar *** Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified *** 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 ser *** 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

Excited to grow your career?

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position, you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

Our people make all the difference in our success.

Take the digital *** industry by storm! ****-TV, a Nexstar Inc. owned *** affiliate in Augusta, Georgia is looking to hire a full-time digital account executive. We offer a competitive salary, attractive benefits, effective training, and an exhilarating work environment.

The Digital Account Executive (DAE) must demonstrate a passion for digital advertising and possess a creative and dedicated approach to uncovering digital *** opportunities with regional digital agencies and direct clients.

The Digital Account Executive (DAE) will report to the Digital Sales Manager and will be responsible for aggressively pursuing digital *** advertising sales with local direct clients and with interactive and traditional advertising agencies. The DAE will sell all of Nexstar's suite of digital products including display, social *** , sponsor content, video, SEM and SEO.

Specialized Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Understand competitors, continued education and awareness of digital *** trends.
• Ability to obtain customers by cold calling, networking, prospecting, and successful negotiations.
• Ability to make decisions and solve problems, while collaborating with teammates, utilizing all resources available.
• Strong oral, problem solving, communications, writing, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Must be well organized, display a professional demeanor, exude high energy, and show attention to detail.
• Must be a confident, flexible, multi-tasker, and be able to work independently.
• Understanding of google analytics and Google Ad Manager

Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree preferred. 3+ years of Digital or *** Sales experience preferred and demonstrate sales methodologies.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Generate new leads by making cold calls, calling on inactive accounts, prospecting new business opportunities while maintaining strong relationships with existing accounts.
• Identify and understand the clients' advertising needs and develop ideal marketing solutions. • Create and deliver customized sales presentations in person, via phone and/or via webinars.
• Drive sales growth within assigned territory.
• Meet or exceed sales goals by utilizing creative resources to achieve results.
• Provide creative and innovative solutions for customers utilizing industry trends, selling techniques and digital product knowledge.

Training/Equipment: Comprehensive working knowledge of digital *** , internet properties, inventory, and sales tools.

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

Must be able to juggle multiple tasks from multiple sources at one time and will work on multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced office environment.

The Employee in this position must be able to stand, sit, conduct telephone conversations, use electronic mail, write letters and memos, conduct face-to-face discussions with individuals or groups, make decisions without supervision, make decisions that impact the results of co-workers, work near others, and work indoors in environmentally controlled conditions. In addition, the Employee must be able to handle, control or feel objects, tools or controls. Repetitive movements are required. Work may be conducted in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions.

NOTE: This job description contains the basic requirements for the position and is NOT intended to be a complete list of responsibilities; other duties may be assigned.

Excited to grow your career?

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position, you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

Our people make all the difference in our success.

****-TV is looking for Spring Interns!

This internship lets you get your work on television and online! We look for a dedicated student with a passion and skill for writing & communicating. Experience in social *** or TV content writing is a plus! The intern will be responsible for scriptwriting broadcast television commercials and digital content (email & social *** ). This is a great opportunity and offers experience creating designs for our advertisers and Account Executives that are pitching new campaign solutions.

• All Interns must be enrolled in college as a Junior or Senior, receiving course credit.
• This internship is on-site at our station in Augusta, Georgia.

The Anchor III, News serves as the primary presenter of news stories and other content for all platforms in a manner that is clear, engaging and meaningful to news consumers.

• Presents news stories and other content for all platforms.
• Ensures that all news content meets company standards for journalistic integrity and production quality.
• Writes and delivers news stories in a clear and concise manner.
• Produces newscasts and communicates clear direction with team members.
• Assists in writing, copy editing, researching and coordinating news programming and other content.
• Acts as a field reporter as assigned.
• Conducts interviews with news personnel and others.
• Responds to breaking news and other urgent newsrooms situations as required.
• Participates in promotional activities including public appearances.
• Performs special projects and other duties as assigned.
• Edits video clips as assigned.
• Writes content for the website and other e *** platforms.
• Interacts with viewers/users on social *** sites.

Requirements & Skills :

• Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.
• Fluency in English.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written with the ability to ad lib when required.
• Minimum five years' experience in news reporting or anchoring. (More or less depending on market size.)
• Superior on-air presence.
• Excellent news judgment with an expansive knowledge of local and national current events, history, newsmakers and issues.
• Experience guiding, directing and motivating others.
• Ability to identify the developmental needs of others and to coach, mentor or otherwise help others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Proficiency with computers, telephones, copiers, scanners, fax machines and other office equipment.
• Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to effectively listen to fully understand problems and communicate with a team to shape a solution.
• Valid driver's license with a good driving record.
• Flexibility to work any shift.

Are you among the best and brightest at your college or university and are contemplating what’s next? Life is short. Stop waiting for “real life” to start and put your knowledge to the test. Launch your *** career with *** Television’s paid internship program!

As a paid intern, you won’t sit and watch someone else doing their job. *** ’s intern program is an immersive experience where you serve as a valued team member to our award-winning teams.

With 113 television stations across the U.S., *** Television offers an u *** ecedented opportunity for students to learn an area of broadcast expertise from seasoned professionals in the business. Whether your interest involves news, production, sales, marketing, or engineering, our stations become a hands-on learning environment for *** Television interns. If we have an employee doing it, there can be a *** intern learning and earning.

Not only will you walk away with an expanded resume and portfolio, *** ’s paid internship opens doors to begin your full-time career with *** Television. Many of our current employees started as interns. Our paid internship program puts you at the front of the line for full-time job openings, armed with the training you received from your internship.

Interested in learning more? Check out the program description and apply today! You’ll be able to choose your desired location(s) and areas of interest.

We look forward to hearing from you!

About *** Television:

*** Television is a leading *** company that owns and operates high-quality stations in 113 television markets that collectively reach 36 percent of US television households.

We constantly strive for excellence. Through upgrading to the latest technology and seeking new ways to stay on top in our markets, we focus on training and development of the best and brightest employees in the business.

About ****/****:

****-TV/****-TV is home to the *** and *** affiliates in the beautiful southeast city of Augusta, GA. "The Garden City" is on the move with a thriving downtown, restaurants to satisfy the foodie in you, and plenty of outdoor recreation with its rivers, lakes, canals, trails, and very mild winters. Home of the world-famous Masters Golf Tournament, Augusta is also situated 3 hours from the mountains, 2 hours from the coast, giving day-trippers the best of both worlds. Our award-winning news team is a blend of seasoned journalists who have decided to make Augusta their permanent home and those who are just starting their journalism careers. Whether you make Augusta your home for good or follow the path of many before you and jump from our newsroom to a top 20, or even top 10 market, our team is invested in you. If you are passionate about journalism, work hard, and take responsibility for your own growth, you will be embraced by co-workers and newsroom leaders who are here to help you succeed. ****-TV honors include 5 National Edward R. Murrow Awards, 23 regional Murrows, 3 Southeast Emmys, a National Sigma Delta Chi, and dozens of honors from the Georgia Association of Broadcasters and Georgia Associated Press.

Additional Info:

*** Television 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, *** Television 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.

*** Television 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 *** ’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

As a condition of employment, *** Television will require that newly hired employees, whether part-time or full-time, be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by the first workday to the extent permitted by applicable law unless you qualify for a medical or religious accommodation.