Creative Services Manager - Weau

Today, we are a growing multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. We are the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 117 full-power television markets that collectively reach approximately 37% of US television households. The portfolio includes 80 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second highest-rated television station in average all-day ratings across 116 of such markets that were measured by Nielsen in 2025.

We also own the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 46 markets and Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Our additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and Power Nation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

WEAU 13 News broadcasts to 26 counties in western Wisconsin and southeastern Minnesota. We’re an hour drive away from the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area in a growing community with great schools and health care.

WEAU is looking for a Creative Services Manager. This creative services team is responsible for commercial production, marketing, branding, and station partnerships for WEAU. This is a department head management position reporting to the General Manager. The candidate will have excellent time management and organizational skills. The CSM will meet with clients, station partners, and community stakeholders and should be comfortable making presentations and recommendations.

The ideal candidate must have a track record of helping clients build their brand and strengthen their commercial messages through quality television and digital production/messaging. If you are a leader who is creative, organized, driven, and want to be part of a talented, winning team, we’d like to hear from you.

• Develop and supervise the execution of all on-air, digital, and outside media related to promotion and imaging of station programming and news
• Utilize research and work with various departments to develop and implement strategic marketing plans to build station awareness
• Prepare and manage department budget
• Periodically produce media releases as necessary; act as station contact with outside media
• Quality control of news, commercial, promotional and public service production and marketing
• Develop immediate and long-range marketing plan for the station. Manage and coordinate all outside media and specialty advertising
• Provide training for members of the Creative Services team. Offer support with Adobe Creative Suite and cameras. Familiar with Blackmagic, Sony, DJI, and Canon equipment
• FAA Part 107 Drone Pilot Certification training
• Meet deadlines

• 3+ years of management experience
• 4-year degree or equivalent combination of education and work-related experience
• Candidate should have a strong writing background as well as a solid knowledge of lighting and a creative eye for shooting video and composing images and promotion campaigns
• Must have a working knowledge of contest rules
• Integrity, creativity, passion, compassion, positive energy, active listener, engaging personality
• Broad-Based knowledge of marketing and related standards, the media environment, and audience consumption trends
• Supervise and provide regular feedback and performance appraisals for direct reports
• Exceptional time management skills, can-do attitude, excellent work ethic
• Proven and effective leadership skills; foster open dialogue, empower others, address conflicts quickly and…