What are the responsibilities and job description for the METEOROLOGIST (W/END) - WECT position at Gray Local Media, Inc?
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 45 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:
For more than 70 years, WECT has been Where News Comes First in Southeastern North Carolina, and we're just getting started.
As the dominant station in the Wilmington market, WECT serves one of the fastest-growing regions on the East Coast. Our coverage area spans New Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender, and Bladen counties, a stunning coastal stretch along the Cape Fear Region where breaking news, community storytelling, and investigative journalism matter every single day.
We reach our audience wherever they are, on-air, online, through our top-rated News & Weather apps, and across leading streaming platforms, making WECT the most accessible and most-watched local news source in the market.
If you're looking to grow your career at a station with the resources, reach, and reputation to make a real impact, WECT is where you want to be.
Job Summary/Description:
WECT is looking for a passionate meteorologist to join our experienced, market-leading First Alert Weather Team.
You'll help us forecast and track weather in the Cape Fear region, which can range from gorgeous and sunny to severe in every season. Each day, you'll contribute to our broadcast and digital platforms, including our livestreams, social media, WECT Weather App, and WECT.com.
To excel in our team is to consistently produce and deliver dynamic, compelling, and understandable forecasts and explainers, support our "First Alert" philosophy, and cover severe weather in an urgent, yet reassuring way.
• Create original weather content for all platforms supporting our "First Alert" philosophy.
• Exhibit a desire to win, show initiative, and have the ability to reflect on your work and apply feedback. Embrace coaching.
• Proactively plan for short and long-range weather. Collaborate with the News Director and other news managers on coverage plans, including any needed resources, staffing & schedule changes.
• Be flexible to work long hours/overtime, weekends, and overnights as needed for First Alert Weather Days, breaking and severe weather, and other specialized coverage.
• Show a positive attitude and be involved with the newsroom and community. Participate in station and community events.
• Seals from the National Weather Association and/or American Meteorological Society are a plus
• Strong on-air communication skills
• Ability to work well within a news and weather team
• Command of WSI Max and their various platforms
• Ability to be creative with graphic design and presentation
• Ability to accurately forecast weather
• Strong work ethic, organizational, and leadership skills
• Show composure amid deadlines and severe weather
• Clean driving record, ability to drive safely in various weather conditions, and a valid driver's license
(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)
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.