Meteorologist

Meteorologist – KGKC Telemundo Kansas City

Kansas City, MO

With over 62 million Hispanics, the United States is the second largest Spanish-speaking country in the world! In Kansas City, Hispanics accounted for one-third of the total population growth in the last 10 years. Telemundo Kansas City connects our advertising partners to the buying power of this audience, while serving and celebrating the vibrant Hispanic local community.

KGKC is the Spanish-language home of the Super Bowl, Olympics, FIFA World Cup, and high-profile programming and news, and we are looking for a dynamic and passionate Meteorologist to join our team and deliver high quality weather content across several Telemundo affiliate stations across the country. This is a perfect opportunity for someone who wants to build and wants consistent opportunities to present weather on air and across digital platforms.

This position requires a person who is driven, accountable, ethical, personable, and works well independently.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Produce and present daily forecast segments, special stories and alerts for the assigned market of the SagamoreHill station group.
• As weather anchor, you will report to work -or produce content remotely- as weather emergencies occur.
• Operate video editing, equipment and systems to produce weather on daily content media on a variety of platforms including television, websites and social media.
• As a face of the SagamoreHill station group, you will participate in outdoor live reporting, including attendance at community and weather-related events.
• You will participate in marketing and promotional projects related to weather and overall station promotions of the assigned market.
• Collaborate with SagamoreHill media partners to cross promote weather platforms, including producing co-branded promotional material.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in meteorology or related field.
• Excellent verbal and writing skills in Spanish and English.
• Strong storytelling skills
• The ideal candidate must be able to work effectively with others in a team environment
• Ability to participate in community and public events as requested by the station
• Must be able to work under pressure to meet deadlines
• High ethical and journalistic standards
• Able to deal with stress and pressure of time sensitive newscast production
• Proven experience using forecasting tools including Doppler Radar and Satellite Maps, and weather systems such as Baron, WSI, Weather Central, and Accuweather, etc. Weather system training provided.
• Video Editing and Production
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person