{"id":4457,"date":"2015-03-02T09:23:45","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T15:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/?p=4457"},"modified":"2015-03-28T12:40:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-28T18:40:00","slug":"general-manager-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/general-manager-birmingham\/","title":{"rendered":"General Manager &#8211; Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Category:<br \/>\nManagement<br \/>\nPosition\/Title:<br \/>\nGeneral Manager<br \/>\nDetails:<br \/>\nAre you a General Manager or Sales Manager who gets true satisfaction in helping others grow? Can you spot the best sales talent anywhere? Do you have a successful track record of taking your station to new sales heights? If you answer yes to these questions, YOU NEED TO APPLY. Sinclair has an exciting opportunity for a talented General Manager for our stations in Birmingham, AL. This is not a desk job. The successful candidate will have a commitment to new business development with pointed and aggressive sales techniques. We are looking for experienced GM&#8217;s Sales Managers or other experienced television station leaders ready to take the next step.<\/p>\n<p>In this position you will:<br \/>\n\u2022Manage the physical human and financial assets of the station<br \/>\n\u2022Achieve budgeted financial goals and grow station&#8217;s revenue share<br \/>\n\u2022Manage multiple networks<br \/>\n\u2022Help increase the station&#8217;s viewing audience by serving the interests of the community<br \/>\n\u2022Protect the station&#8217;s license through strict adherence to FCC rules and regulations<br \/>\n\u2022Train, manage and motivate all station personnel including sales staff<br \/>\n\u2022Manage television sales for the station including local, new business and new media<br \/>\n\u2022Train sales team to sell products and services via Digital Solutions and Mobile Marketing<br \/>\n\u2022Lead sales promotions and develop non-traditional revenue sources<br \/>\n\u2022Manage employee relations and station relations<br \/>\n\u2022Manage and control sales revenue by developing strong relationships with local clients<\/p>\n<p>Vacancy Type:<br \/>\nFull Time<br \/>\nDate Posted:<br \/>\n2\/23\/2015<br \/>\nClosing Date:<br \/>\n3\/23\/2015<br \/>\nURL:<br \/>\nwww.wtto21.com<\/p>\n<p>Experience:<br \/>\n\u2022 7-10 years experience in a similar role in a TV station or in a Sr. Television Management role<br \/>\nRequirements:<br \/>\nHands on TV advertising sales and operational background a must<br \/>\n\u2022 Strong and positive leadership skills required<br \/>\n\u2022 Highly skilled leader, negotiator and motivator<br \/>\n\u2022 A minimum of 5 years management experience required<br \/>\n\u2022 Excellent written and oral communication skills are a must<br \/>\n\u2022 Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OSi or Wide Orbit preferred.<br \/>\nAdditional Information:<br \/>\nSinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace!<br \/>\nContact:<br \/>\nSinclair Broadcast Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace.<br \/>\nPlease apply online by going to www.sbgi.net\/employment<\/p>\n<p>Job posted by an EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER<\/p>\n<p>(03-23-15)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Category: Management Position\/Title: General Manager Details: Are you a General Manager or Sales Manager who gets true satisfaction in helping others grow? Can you spot the best sales talent anywhere? Do you have a successful track record of taking your station to new sales heights? If you answer yes to these questions, YOU NEED TO &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/general-manager-birmingham\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">General Manager &#8211; Birmingham<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dead"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4458,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4457\/revisions\/4458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}