Lifestyle Show Host – Sales

Duties

• Conducts interviews and participates in on-location segments as scheduled.
• Brainstorms content ideas with sales managers and the show's producer.
• Assists the producer with writing show segments, as well as collecting information, video or photos at remote locations for post-production.
• May be part of sales presentations, meet with clients and participate in events to promote the show.

Experience Level

• A bachelor's degree in film, photography, television, news or related field or equivalent professional experience is required.
• Demonstrated experience as a host or on-air personality.

A lifestyle show host working in the sales department is the host of paid programming where content is directed by the sponsoring advertiser/s.

Position is included under "sales" to distinguish this sales product from a news show free of advertiser influence. While not every station has this job in sales, the station requires that the person in this position have the same skillset demanded of a lifestyle show host employed by news.