General Manager
The Temple (Texas) Daily Telegram is looking for an experienced leader who will meet revenue and expense goals and guide a multi-platform media company. Products include an award-winning, locally-focused daily newspaper and website; a successful regional lifestyle magazine; a popular event ticketing platform; and a weekly newspaper serving the U.S. Army’s Fort Cavazos.
Candidates should have a bachelor’s degree, a minimum of five years media management experience and a background in digital media products, advertising sales and promotion, as well as personnel and financial management. The selected candidate will:
- Be a hands-on manager with a positive attitude who leads by example;
- Focus on growing revenue;
- Encourage teamwork and innovation;
- Be involved in the community;
- Be dedicated to exceptional customer service;
- Have excellent communication skills.
The general manager will be committed to preserving and protecting the journalistic principles which are at the core of our business: Truth, accuracy, fairness and independence.
Temple is fast-growing Central Texas community ideally located on the I-35 corridor about an hour north of Austin. It is a regional medical center, home to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, McLane Children’s Hospital, Olin E. Teague Veterans’ Medical Center and Baylor Medical School. Excellent public and private schools, community colleges, universities, two large recreational lakes, dozens of parks, wonderful museums and cultural venues, abundant shopping, and some of the best BBQ in Texas make the Temple area a great place to live, work and raise a family.
This is a unique opportunity to work at an individually-owned media company that’s dedicated to serving is readers, business partners and community.
The Telegram, which has been owned by the same family for 95 years, offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including company-paid health insurance. Candidates should send a cover letter and resume outlining their qualifications for the general manager’s position to:
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