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Posted March 8, 2023
KRGV-TV, the ABC affiliate in the beautiful Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, is currently seeking: Sales Assistant.
KRGV Channel 5 News and KRGV 5.2 Noticias RGV is looking for a Sales Assistant who will be responsible for assisting account executives with sales order entry and sales order revisions. The Sales Assistant reports directly to the General Sales Manager. We are the largest news operation in South Texas. Our newscast produces 67 hours of news every week in both English and Spanish.
This position is
Full Time.
Job Description:
- Input and maintain orders in the Wide Orbit Traffic system
- Send out daily avail reports and trade publication newsletters to the Sales and Traffic Departments
- Assist Account Executives with order revisions as needed due to program changes, etc.
- Work efficiently with Local Account Executives, Traffic, and Sales Management
- Assist with the inputting of digital campaigns in digital trafficking systems
- Assist with the creation of sales collateral using Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint
- Other sales related tasks
Job Requirements:
· Great attention to detail and strong accuracy details are needed
· Ability to meet deadlines with accuracy
· Skilled with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
· Skilled with Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides
· Learn to perform work in Wide Orbit Traffic and Wide Orbit Media Sales software
· Knowledge of Wide Orbit Traffic systems or other television traffic systems is a plus.
· Bilingual in English and Spanish
KRGV (ABC) is located in the warm and beautiful Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. (Harlingen – Weslaco – Brownsville – McAllen, Texas DMA #83) Privately owned by the Manship family since 1964, KRGV offers its employees excellent benefits and use of state-of-the-art technologies. Channel 5 News is a hard news brand that drives market leading ratings in a fast growing area with significant breaking news.
Noticias RGV “La Voz del Valle” is the only Spanish News station that brings news coverage you can trust from the most experienced news team in the Valley.
KRGV-TV does not discriminate in its employment and personnel practices because of a person’s race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status. The Federal Communications Commission specifically prohibits discriminatory employment practices.
Informing you and your organization of the above employment opportunity is an affirmative action on our part to actively seek qualified minorities and women for our staff vacancies. Through your assistance we want to ensure that our employment opportunities are made known to members of minority groups and to women.
KRGV-TV is a drug-free and smoke-free workplace.
If you are qualified for the above vacancy send resume to Elizabeth Gaona, Director of Human Resources, KRGV-TV, P.O. Box 5, Weslaco, Texas 78599 or email to
egaona@krgv.com.