| Freedom Communications Broadcasting Division Career Opportunities |
| Freedom Communications Broadcasting Division Career Opportunities |
Opportunity Snapshot
This unique role offers you the opportunity to assume leadership of solidly performing sales programs for two stations and gives you an opportunity to take them to the next level. Two stations in the Capital Region means you will be able to leverage an excellent competitive position. While WRGB-TV and WCWN-TV are backed by the stability and resources of a $1 billion dollar company Freedom Communications, Inc (FCI), we also enjoy local decision-making responsibility in taking an entrepreneurial approach to our local market. Your success in this position could set you up to pursue promotional opportunities through FCI.
You will lead all sales processes for both stations, including new business development and interactive sales for our websites. To be a good fit for this opportunity you will have significant sales management experience, including demonstrated success achieving measurable results. We're looking for a professional who can embrace the dynamic changes under way in the television industry and develop ways not merely to adapt, but also to take advantage. You will need to be a strategic thinker as well as a hands-on leader, and you'll also need a clear understanding of pricing, inventory management, and budgeting.
WRGB and WCWN are part of the Broadcasting division of FCI, the nation's 12th largest media corporation. Freedom Broadcasting owns 8 television stations reaching more than 3.5 million households across the country.
What Else You'll Bring to the Table
This position represents an excellent opportunity for an expirenced sales manager with a proven track record of success to step up into a lead role, or for an experienced GSM to take on the responsibility of a CBS/CW duopoly. In addition to the qualifications detailed above, you'll need:
What's in It for You
Corporate resources, entrepreneurial agility -- Freedom is taking a proactive approach to embracing the future of broadcasting in order to stay on the leading edge of a rapidly changing industry. This includes granting each business unit a strong degree of autonomy to remain responsive to the local market.
High impact -- this a key position in both stations, and you'll be part of our senior leadership team. Rather than operating "in silos," our management team takes a collaborative approach to creating synergies across department lines.
Market leadership -- WRGB and WCWN each cover the Albany television market. WRGB delivers more local news than any other station in the market, and has won numerous Emmy awards, New York State Broadcasters Association awards, Associated Press awards, and National Broadcasters awards. Founded in 1999, WCWN is establishing a reputation for reaching young adults.
Great place to live and work -- the Capital Region is a year-round Mecca for arts, outdoors, and sporting enthusiasts. Within the market are great venues such as Saratoga Springs with its legendary thoroughbred racing. The region is also the summer home of the NYC Ballet and the Philadelphia Philharmonic. Albany is about 3 hours from Boston or Philadelphia, about 2.5 hours from New York City, and about 2 hours from skiing in Vermont.
Excellent compensation -- we offer a competitive salary, incentive potential, and a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental, and life insurance; a 401(k) plan; and more.
The Albany Market
New York's Capital Region offers an outstanding quality of life, enhanced by an affordable housing market. It is home to nearly 1000 high tech computer software and entrepreneurial firms, including GE Research and Development, Plug Power Inc., IBM, and others. With more than 21 colleges and universities, the Capital region is fast becoming a national force in the attraction and recruitment of technology companies. The highly-qualified workforce, top-rated educational institutions and world-famous cultural and recreational attractions are just a few of the attributes that make the Capital region an ideal location for new business growth, and an exceptional place to live.
More About Your Role
If you're a good fit for this position, you already know most of what this job entails. However, to be sure we're providing a complete picture, here are some details.
Reporting to the Vice President/General Manager of both stations, you will be a key member of the stations' executive management team. Your team will include a Traffic Manager, National Sales Manager, two Local Sales Managers, an Interactive Sales Manager, Research Specialists, and about 15 Account Executives. You'll find this to be a solid team driving an overall successful sales program.
The entire media industry is grappling with rapid, far-reaching changes, from the ongoing impact of the Internet to the constant stream of new technologies and products. Pivotal to your success will be your willingness to "fight the fight," in spite of challenges and obstacles, to find the leverage points in this environment. In addition, you will need to be the kind of leader who people want to follow.
Another key part of this position is cultivating relationships with major accounts, all the more important because we're in a smaller market. To support your efforts in this area, we'll expect you to be actively involved in the Albany community. Your activities also will include training and mentoring your people; managing pricing, inventory, and budgets; and more.Keys to Success
To excel in this role you will lead by example, including being willing to roll up your sleeves and do what is necessary to make a difference in our sales efforts. In addition, in order to be an outstanding General Sales Manager, you will:
If this sounds like the right mix of challenge and opportunity for you, and you meet the minimum qualifications, we want to hear from you!
Who We Are
Freedom Communications, Inc. is a privately owned, diverse national media company of broadcast television stations, newspapers, and interactive media businesses. In addition to our broadcast stations, we publish 28 daily and 37 weekly community and metropolitan area newspapers, which have a combined daily circulation of more than 1.2 million subscribers. Our recently launched Interactive Division supports several hundred web properties.
Freedom Communications is in the midst of an exciting period of growth and transformation. We continue to innovate by looking for new business opportunities through a mix of acquisitions and internal growth, developing our Interactive business, and pushing the envelope in on-air, online, and print media delivery.
Opportunity Snapshot
This unique role offers you the opportunity to assume leadership of solidly performing sales programs for two stations and gives you an opportunity to take them to the next level. Two stations in the Capital Region means you will be able to leverage an excellent competitive position. While WRGB-TV and WCWN-TV are backed by the stability and resources of a $1 billion dollar company Freedom Communications, Inc (FCI), we also enjoy local decision-making responsibility in taking an entrepreneurial approach to our local market. Your success in this position could set you up to pursue promotional opportunities through FCI.
You will lead all sales processes for both stations, including new business development and interactive sales for our websites. To be a good fit for this opportunity you will have significant sales management experience, including demonstrated success achieving measurable results. We're looking for a professional who can embrace the dynamic changes under way in the television industry and develop ways not merely to adapt, but also to take advantage. You will need to be a strategic thinker as well as a hands-on leader, and you'll also need a clear understanding of pricing, inventory management, and budgeting.
WRGB and WCWN are part of the Broadcasting division of FCI, the nation's 12th largest media corporation. Freedom Broadcasting owns 8 television stations reaching more than 3.5 million households across the country.
What Else You'll Bring to the Table
This position represents an excellent opportunity for an expirenced sales manager with a proven track record of success to step up into a lead role, or for an experienced GSM to take on the responsibility of a CBS/CW duopoly. In addition to the qualifications detailed above, you'll need:
What's in It for You
Corporate resources, entrepreneurial agility -- Freedom is taking a proactive approach to embracing the future of broadcasting in order to stay on the leading edge of a rapidly changing industry. This includes granting each business unit a strong degree of autonomy to remain responsive to the local market.
High impact -- this a key position in both stations, and you'll be part of our senior leadership team. Rather than operating "in silos," our management team takes a collaborative approach to creating synergies across department lines.
Market leadership -- WRGB and WCWN each cover the Albany television market. WRGB delivers more local news than any other station in the market, and has won numerous Emmy awards, New York State Broadcasters Association awards, Associated Press awards, and National Broadcasters awards. Founded in 1999, WCWN is establishing a reputation for reaching young adults.
Great place to live and work -- the Capital Region is a year-round Mecca for arts, outdoors, and sporting enthusiasts. Within the market are great venues such as Saratoga Springs with its legendary thoroughbred racing. The region is also the summer home of the NYC Ballet and the Philadelphia Philharmonic. Albany is about 3 hours from Boston or Philadelphia, about 2.5 hours from New York City, and about 2 hours from skiing in Vermont.
Excellent compensation -- we offer a competitive salary, incentive potential, and a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental, and life insurance; a 401(k) plan; and more.
The Albany Market
New York's Capital Region offers an outstanding quality of life, enhanced by an affordable housing market. It is home to nearly 1000 high tech computer software and entrepreneurial firms, including GE Research and Development, Plug Power Inc., IBM, and others. With more than 21 colleges and universities, the Capital region is fast becoming a national force in the attraction and recruitment of technology companies. The highly-qualified workforce, top-rated educational institutions and world-famous cultural and recreational attractions are just a few of the attributes that make the Capital region an ideal location for new business growth, and an exceptional place to live.
More About Your Role
If you're a good fit for this position, you already know most of what this job entails. However, to be sure we're providing a complete picture, here are some details.
Reporting to the Vice President/General Manager of both stations, you will be a key member of the stations' executive management team. Your team will include a Traffic Manager, National Sales Manager, two Local Sales Managers, an Interactive Sales Manager, Research Specialists, and about 15 Account Executives. You'll find this to be a solid team driving an overall successful sales program.
The entire media industry is grappling with rapid, far-reaching changes, from the ongoing impact of the Internet to the constant stream of new technologies and products. Pivotal to your success will be your willingness to "fight the fight," in spite of challenges and obstacles, to find the leverage points in this environment. In addition, you will need to be the kind of leader who people want to follow.
Another key part of this position is cultivating relationships with major accounts, all the more important because we're in a smaller market. To support your efforts in this area, we'll expect you to be actively involved in the Albany community. Your activities also will include training and mentoring your people; managing pricing, inventory, and budgets; and more.Keys to Success
To excel in this role you will lead by example, including being willing to roll up your sleeves and do what is necessary to make a difference in our sales efforts. In addition, in order to be an outstanding General Sales Manager, you will:
If this sounds like the right mix of challenge and opportunity for you, and you meet the minimum qualifications, we want to hear from you!
Who We Are
Freedom Communications, Inc. is a privately owned, diverse national media company of broadcast television stations, newspapers, and interactive media businesses. In addition to our broadcast stations, we publish 28 daily and 37 weekly community and metropolitan area newspapers, which have a combined daily circulation of more than 1.2 million subscribers. Our recently launched Interactive Division supports several hundred web properties.
Freedom Communications is in the midst of an exciting period of growth and transformation. We continue to innovate by looking for new business opportunities through a mix of acquisitions and internal growth, developing our Interactive business, and pushing the envelope in on-air, online, and print media delivery.
