Thank you for your interest in employment with Gump Communications.

Please review the position postings carefully and apply only for those positions that you feel fit your educational and employment background. Resumes are considered by position; please note that it is necessary to email a resume for each position for which you wish to be considered. It is not necessary to submit multiple resumes for one job posting.

Our team makes the critical difference in how we perform. Their skills, talents, and determination separate us from our competitors. We also believe people can achieve their full potential when they enjoy their work, so it is a priority to provide a workplace where growth, success, and fun go hand-in-hand.

If you would like to apply for an open position, please email a resume in text or .pdf format to: dmyers@fayetteadvocate.com

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Please check back often as our postings are updated regularly.

The following positions are open:

Sales Account Executive   

Your responsibilities will include:
* Provide input on sales promotion ideas to sales management
* Retain current business and develop new business contacts
* Sell online commercial advertising slots for online videos and other products to local advertisers
* Understand the business objectives and advertising strategies of clients and find ways to help them achieve their objectives through effective advertising
*Selling Social Media across all formats on-line, mobile, facebook, and additional digital initiatives.

Qualifications:
* Highly motivated with an ability to overcome objections & make the sale
* Outside media sales experience preferred
* Professional appearance a must!

Photojournalist

Your responsibilities will include:
* Covering day-to-day general, in-depth, and feature assignments
* You must be able to work well in a TEAM environment as well as a “one-man” band
* The individual selected will also maintain all assigned photography gear and vehicles
* You must be familiar with camera technology, Avid Newscutter non-linear editing, and Adobe

Qualifications:
* Experience taking photos in dramatic/chaotic environments such as fires and automobile accidents preferred, but not required
* Highly motivated with an ability to overcome objections
* News photography experience preferred, but not required
* Professional appearance a must!

General Assignment Reporter

Your responsibilities will include:
* Generate enterprise stories
* Gather, write, and report factual and compelling stories
* Generate ideas and produce great stories
* Cover public meetings and events
* Interview public officials and dignitaries

Qualifications:
* Excellent people skills are a necessity, as is a passion for news.
* Experience interviewing in dramatic/chaotic environments such as fires and automobile accidents preferred, but not required
* Have a great work ethic, a can-do attitude, and thrive at breaking stories
* News photography experience preferred, but not required
* Professional appearance a must!
* If you are looking for a newsroom where the desk hands you stories daily, this is NOT it.