Current Available Jobs for KWWL

KWWL Television, Inc. has an immediate opening for an experienced Sales Account Executive in our Waterloo office.

The successful candidate will be an aggressive self-starter with excellent communication skills and a winning attitude. While prior television experience is preferred, candidates with outside sales experience will be considered. You will have the opportunity to manage an established account base. You must have the ability to develop creative marketing strategies and custom advertising solutions for new direct account development.

Duties will require a strong focus on new business and non-traditional revenues with both television and digital platforms. Candidate must demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills. One must also be accomplished with the use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Must also be willing to learn and master industry dedicated computer software applications.

Education and experience to be commensurate with the position.

Please submit your resume and references to:

Kelly Jones, General Station Manager
Email: kgjones@kwwl.com
KWWL Television, Inc.
511 East 5th Street
Waterloo, IA 50703

KWWL TV, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

KWWL, the NBC affiliate serving eastern Iowa, is looking for a photojournalist with a creative eye, technical expertise and can-do attitude. You’ll also need to understand the importance of visual composition, natural sound and quality lighting.

 Our photojournalists are just that—journalists. If you want to write a well as shoot and edit, do your own Facebook live reports or simply get more hands-on training in the industry, we’re the place.  

 You must be able to work very early hours and/or very late hours (the hours vary) under deadline pressure. The successful candidate must be able to deliver great video on a daily basis in our very competitive 21-county market.  KWWL has Sony HD cameras, drones, a satellite truck and several bonded cellular live backpacks to go live from almost anywhere. You will also edit video for our newscasts. Proficiency with non-linear editing is a must. We use EDIUS, but if you know Adobe Premiere, you’ll be able to pick it up quickly.

 The Waterloo-Cedar Rapids-Dubuque-Iowa City market is a great place to live with numerous colleges and universities, good quality of life, ample recreation and close proximity to Minneapolis, Chicago and Des Moines.

 If you'd like to be part of our award-winning team, apply today!

KWWL Television Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

JOB SUMMARY:  Deliver newscasts and/or report news and feature stories, blogs and other material originated by the reporter, or assigned by the editor, and read them accurately, clearly and concisely and in an engaging manner.   

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Build network of informational sources that will enable the Company to stay ahead of its competitors. 

• Develop ideas for news, feature and enterprise pieces, as well as investigative stories. 

• Collect and analyze facts about newsworthy events by interview, investigation, or observation. 

• Gather accurate and interesting information for newscast presentations.

• Organize material and write articles based on the details and information obtained.

• Present clear, creative and accurate live shots. 

• Produce accurate, complete and compelling news copy on deadline.

• Use various social platforms to give updates as well as news stories to the public. 

Specialized Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent reading, writing, spelling, grammar and organizational skills. 

• Promotes teamwork and maintains attitude of cooperation with all station personnel. 

• Adept at ad-lib presentations, without aid of scripts and/or teleprompters.

• Possess exceptional research skills.

• Solid delivery, camera presence and clear enunciation.

Education/Experience: 

Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism or related field preferred, with minimum of (2) two years’ experience as news reporter. 

Work Environment/Mental/Physical Requirements: 

High stress environment with deadline pressures. Travel will be required on a regular basis. Position requires the transport of equipment weighing up to 60 lbs.  Position often requires work in extreme outdoor temperatures.

NOTE:  This job description contains the basic requirements for the position and is NOT intended to be a complete list of responsibilities; other duties may be assigned.

KWWL is an equal opportunity employer 

KWWL Television is seeking a motivated multimedia journalist for our Dubuque location who is passionate about shooting, writing and editing compelling material for multiple platforms. You will be joining a team of storytellers in our Dubuque, Iowa newsroom creating both on-air and online content. Candidates should be self-starters who can multitask well under pressure while meeting tight daily deadlines.

A college degree is required. Previous experience in a television newsroom environment is preferred. Candidates must be able to shoot video and edit in a non-linear format. Live reporting from news scenes is also a big part of this job. Fill in anchoring is also a possibility.

To apply, please visit www.kimt.com or send cover letter and resume to: lburger@kwwl.com.

Any offer of employment is contingent upon successfully passing a pre-employment background screening.

Chosen candidate must also have a driver’s license and a clean driving record.

EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability

KWWL, the NBC affiliate serving Eastern Iowa is seeking an experienced Anchor/Reporter for our Morning Newscasts. 

If you’re passionate about news, love story telling and have some TV reporting and anchoring experience, let’s talk!

Qualified candidates must have a degree in Journalism, Broadcasting, Communications or related field.  Qualified candidates must have excellent writing and on-camera skills.  You’ll have a producer with you on our highly competitive Weekday Morning Newscasts.

We’re looking for a serious, creative journalist who is as comfortable in a live ad-lib situation as they are reading a prompter.  You’ll anchor Morning Newscasts, report after (VO/SOT’s or HFR) and represent the Station at community events.

The Waterloo-Cedar Rapids-Dubuque-Iowa City market is a great place to live with numerous colleges and universities, good quality of life, low-cost of living, ample recreation and close to Minneapolis, Chicago and Des Moines.

Want to join our award-winning team?  Apply online KWWL Careers - Allen Media Broadcasting

KWWL Television, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer