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 of such markets that were measured by Nielsen in 2025. We also own the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 47 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 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:
As a Creative Services Producer, you'll concept, produce, and deliver compelling on-air and digital creatives that strengthen the WECT brand and help our advertising partners succeed.
Duties/Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Produce end-to-end creative: develop concepts, write scripts, shoot video, edit, and deliver finished spots and promos.
- Create multi-platform campaigns for station image, special projects, news promotion, and marketing initiatives.
- Partner with Sales to create effective, client-focused commercial creative from brainstorm to final approval.
- Collaborate across teams (news, digital, sales, production) to keep projects on track and aligned with priorities.
- Manage multiple deadlines with strong organization, clear communication, and attention to detail.
- Maintain brand consistency across all deliverables while keeping the work fresh and audience-first.
- Stay current on video trends, editing techniques, platform best practices, and creative storytelling.
Qualifications/Requirements:
- 2+ years of hands-on video production experience (commercial, promo, marketing, film or newsroom production).
- Strong editing skills and storytelling instincts.
- Experience shooting with professional cameras and capturing quality audio.
- Ability to write clear, persuasive scripts (and take feedback well).
- Proven ability to juggle multiple projects and deadlines.
- Solid communication skills and a collaborative, solutions-first mindset.
Preferred:
- Experience creating content for social, digital, and streaming platforms.
- Motion graphics experience (After Effects or similar).
- Understanding of marketing strategy, branding, and campaign performance.
- Familiarity with broadcast workflows, traffic/delivery specs, and media formats.
If you feel you’re qualified and want to work with a great group of people, go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings (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)
WECT-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.
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