MMJ/PRODUCER - WIS-TV

About Gray Media:

Today, we are a growing multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. We are the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 117 full-power television markets that collectively reach approximately 37% of US television households. The portfolio includes 80 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first- and/or second-highest-rated television station in average all-day ratings across 116 markets measured by Nielsen in 2025. We also own the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 46 markets and Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Our 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 WIS: 

WIS is the #1 local media organization in the capital city market of Columbia, South Carolina. It is the market’s top-rated broadcast television station, a digital publisher reaching tens of millions of users each year, and the home of GDM Columbia, a full-service in-house digital advertising agency with national scale. WIS is also the hub for Palmetto Sports & Entertainment, a statewide broadcast sports network, and an affiliate of Telemundo SC.

Serving South Carolina's Midlands since 1953, WIS offers the opportunity to join an award-winning culture for a popular brand built upon decades of market leadership. Named the South Carolina Broadcasters Association's Station of the Year a record 17 times, WIS has earned the Edward R. Murrow Award for Journalism Excellence, the National Association of Broadcasters' Service to America Award, the George Foster Peabody Award, and is an annual attendee of the Southeast Emmy Awards.

Among the many notable former journalists who helped set our standard, NBC Today Show co-host Craig Melvin began his career with WIS as an intern, photographer, reporter, and then anchor.

WIS produces more than 60 hours of local, original programming per week. The station offers a unique variety of multiplatform advertising solutions, sponsored content, and professional creative services for businesses of any size.

Columbia, South Carolina is a vibrant and growing capital city with a diverse population. It is home to the U.S. Army's largest installation for Basic Combat Training, Fort Jackson, along with the University of South Carolina and multiple other colleges and universities. WIS is located downtown, just two blocks from the South Carolina Statehouse.

Our community combines affordable quality of living with a variety of entertainment and activities to accommodate your lifestyle, whether it's our 50,000-acre Lake Murray, our Columbia Fireflies minor league baseball team, the Riverbanks Zoo & Gardens, nearby Congaree National Park, and so much more.

Job Summary/Description:

WIS News 10 is seeking an energetic, digitally savvy Weekend Meteorologist to join our First Alert Weather team in Columbia, South Carolina. We want a dynamic communicator who pairs strong scientific expertise with a digital-first instinct—someone who commands the screen on linear broadcast and thrives in the fast-paced world of digital, streaming, and social storytelling. If you know how to build loyalty on social, turn complex radar data into compelling video, and step up with calm, decisive authority when severe weather strikes, this role is for you.

Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

• Lead Multiplatform Storytelling: Produce and deliver compelling weather content across linear broadcast, OTT/streaming platforms, mobile apps, and social channels—tailoring presentations to engage audiences wherever they consume news.
• Drive Digital Engagement: Create dynamic, native digital weather content (quick-turn social videos, live digital updates, and interactive radar breakdowns) throughout the day to grow audience loyalty and engagement.
• Own the Midlands Forecast: Analyze meteorological data and model guidance to build accurate, actionable forecasts for Columbia and our viewing area across the South Carolina Midlands.
• Command Severe Weather: Track severe events with urgency and calm authority, delivering immediate, life-saving coverage across on-air and digital streams during breaking weather.
• Deliver Digital Only Shows and Discussions: Weather doesn't stop when the show is over, you will have the opportunity to talk science, do science related stories and in-depth interviews on our stream and podcasts.
• Maximize Visual Impact: Design clear, visually arresting graphics using the WSI MAX ecosystem to turn complex meteorological concepts into easy-to-digest visual stories.
• Collaborate Across Newsrooms: Partner closely with the Chief Meteorologist, digital content producers, and newsroom leadership to ensure seamless, multi-platform weather coverage.
• Report from the Field: Deliver live, immersive field reporting that brings the impact of significant weather events directly to our viewers.
• This is a weekend evening position.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Experience: Minimum 2 years of on-air and digital broadcast meteorology experience.
• Digital Fluency: Demonstrated track record of creating engaging video content for digital, OTT, and social platforms (YouTube, TikTok/Reels, Facebook Live, etc.).
• Technical Skills: Hands-on proficiency with WSI MAX
• Education & Credentials: Bachelor’s degree in Meteorology or Atmospheric Science.
• AMS or CBM/NWA seal preferred.

• High-Pressure Execution: Proven ability to handle live, wall-to-wall severe weather coverage with composure and precision.
• Schedule Flexibility: Willingness to work weekends, holidays, and breaking/severe weather shifts as needed.
• Safety: Valid driver’s license with an insurable, clean driving record.

Additional Info:
Please apply online at https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings

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)

WIS-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.