Job Overview

Company: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.

Location: US-IA-KGAN and KFXA Cedar Rapids

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Employee Type: Full-Time

Industry: Broadcasting - Radio - TV
Sales - Marketing

Manages Others: Not Specified

Job Type: Research
Sales

Req'd Education: 4 Year Degree

Req'd Experience: At least 4 year(s)

Req'd Travel: Not Specified

Ref ID: CED01151

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Company Overview

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. Sinclair owns and operates, programs, or provides sales services to 57 television stations in 35 markets. Sinclair's television group includes 19 FOX, 17 MyTV, 9 ABC, 9 CW, 2 CBS and 1 NBC affiliates and reaches approximately 22% of all U.S. television households. Sinclair, either directly or through its Ventures subsidiary, makes equity investments in strategic companies. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. was founded in 1986, went public in 1995 and is traded on the Nasdaq Exchange under the ticker symbol SBGI.

Our success is the result of extraordinary employees and an exemplary management team who believes in a vision and is dedicated to making Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc a communications powerhouse. We are advancing the world of Broadcasting and we want YOU to join our winning team!

Sales Research Assistant 

Job Description

Make your mark in Broadcasting. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the nation, programming 58 stations located in 36 geographically diverse markets, with 33 of those in the top 47 markets in the United States. Our success is the result of extraordinary employees and an exemplary management team who believes in a vision and is dedicated to making Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc a communications powerhouse. We are advancing the world of Broadcasting and we want YOU to join our winning team!

KGAN /KFXA TV in Cedar Rapids is seeking a Research Assistant for our Sales Department who is completely devoted to using market research to help our sellers achieve greater shares of business.  This individual will be trained in the use of:

1.) Nielsen Television Ratings
2.) Media Audit Qualitative
3.) TNS Television Monitoring Service
4.) AdConnections Sales Research and Programming
5.) OSI Traffic and Contracting
6.) Steller County Coverage Research

We are seeking someone with a four year college degree with the following experience:  sales, marketing, and statistical usage. You should also be organinzed, detail oriented and have good communication skills. Proficient in Microsoft office is a plus.