Position |
TV News Director
TV Station News Division |
Location |
West Coast - Beautiful California
town voted one of the the most desirable places to live and work in America.
- Relocation Offered |
DMA Exp Req'd |
Ideal 1-30 |
Compensation |
$125,000 with comprehensive
benefits and relocation |
Summary |
This
highly respected broadcaster has an exceptional reputation for producing
quality news programming. They are seeking a News Director for the TV station
who enjoys competitive markets. Located in what is considered the
most desirable place to live in America, this could be an ideal job for
a honed News Director who deserves this sought after lifestyle working
for such a respected employer in this community. This job offers
the best of everything for a TV Station News Director who is a leader,
mentor, motivator, catalyst and energetic honed broadcasting executive
and journalist across multiple media platforms who can serve this robust
community in a sophisticated news market. |
Duties |
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Oversee all aspects of TV and
Online News programming
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Ability to produce 4 hours of
news each weekday morning
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A weekday 1-hour local magazine
show
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1 hour at 4pm (weekdays)
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1 hour at 10pm (Monday-Sunday)
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2 hours each on Saturday and
Sunday mornings
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Produce for multiple platforms
and social media to engage audiences who enjoy "News On The Go"
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Build and maintain a productive
and rewarding work environment that is respected for journalistic excellence.
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Mentor and lead a group of 60
(Sixty) genuinely nice and skilled news professionals who enjoy and respect
what they do for a living.
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Build a sense of community with
your audience allowing them to be participants and feel engaged.
Newsroom and Journalistic
Acumen
The right News Director
will intimately understand the jobs and careers of the news professionals
who report into them.
They will appreciate nuance
and understand what makes a good Booker or Guest Producer. A good Producer
who becomes your next Sr. Managing or Executive Producer. A good Assignment-Desk
Manager. A good Reporter. A good Photographer. A good Editor. A good Anchor.
Perhaps the right News Director has been in many of these roles themselves.
Community
The right News Director
can put themselves in the place of their reporters and Anchors and know
what it's like to report from the location of the story that reports positive
community events, tragedy, elections, storms, human interest, accidents,
achievements, funerals, business success, and all the things that are important
to a community that prides itself in being one of the best places to live
in America.
Needed is a News Director
that puts together not only Newscasts, but also round-tables, digital town
halls and discussion forums where he or she can participate with the community
and allow their voices to be part important issues. The right News
Director will find innovative way to involve the community in the success
of the News Organization.
A News Director who blogs,
is a wordsmith or a bit of an editorialist who the Community reads and
follows and uses as a reference would allow the person to develop connections
with the Community. This sense of community will enable the
News Director to have unique access to the community to cover events that
offer quality-content to a giving and caring community. |
Required |
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Experience as a News Director
at an independent, Fox or CW station or similar in a medium or small market
or an Executive Producer or higher experience in a top 30 market or News
organization that is competitive.
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Demonstrated ability to build
TV and digital news audience(s) across all platforms and to produce news
for multiple media platforms and social media outlets that become part
of the community.
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A mentor, leader and team builder
of people and fellow broadcasters. A News Director capable of maintaining
and building an esprit de corps.
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A person with passion and energy
who loves what they do in broadcast news and can instill that genuine enthusiasm
in those who want the same as individuals and a team.
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A news executive seeking long
term stability and security. A person seeking a home, not a job.
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The ideal TV News Director for
this job will have the soft skills to share their passion, energy and enthusiasm
for news with others in the Newsroom and the Community. The ability
to maintain a positive work environment and motivate news producers, writers,
reporters, photographers, anchors and everyone as a team to be the very
best they can.
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Someone who believes in rewarding
success while mentoring those who can benefit from positive leadership.
|
Contract |
Tony Filson
President
Filcro Media Staffing
295 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Resume
or Bio Submission Link |
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http://www.filcro.com/News-Director-Job.html
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