Sports Director

We are seeking a creative, enterprising Sports Director to lead the station's sports product across every platform.

As a Sports Director at KBMT/KJAC-TV Beaumont, a TEGNA ABC and NBC affiliate, you will set the editorial vision for our sports coverage, host a daily streaming show, and build a following that travels with you wherever the story is.

Responsibilities:

• Set the editorial direction for the station's sports coverage across broadcast, streaming, digital, and social
• Host and help produce a daily streaming sports show
• Cover the Lamar Cardinals, including games, practices, news conferences, recruiting, and the stories behind the program
• Lead year-round high school sports coverage
• Break news through cultivated sources, social listening, and independent enterprise reporting
• Develop story ideas and shoot, write, edit, and voice your own content
• Create mobile-first and vertical video built for the platform it lives on
• Write and post daily to the website, the app, and all social platforms
• Build and maintain an active, credible personal social media presence that reflects the 12NEWS brand
• Work with news managers and producers to integrate sports into daily newscasts and coordinate highlight coverage on busy game nights
• Represent the station in the community and maintain strong relationships with coaches, athletic directors, and sports information staff

Requirements:

• Minimum 1-3 years of sports reporting and anchoring experience
• Journalism or Communications degree preferred
• Strong on-camera presence and the ability to write in an exciting, authentic, and accurate voice
• Proficiency shooting and editing with current field and nonlinear editing tools
• Demonstrated social media following and a portfolio of original mobile and vertical content
• Proven ability to develop sources and break stories
• Exceptional organization and the ability to manage overlapping seasons, a daily show, and breaking news at the same time
• Sound editorial judgment and a firm grasp of the tenets of professional journalism
• Willingness to work nights, weekends, and holidays, with a schedule that follows the sports calendar
• Ability to lift and carry field equipment

Benefits:

• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) program with company match
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays
• Access to Teladoc and Spring Health programs