Executive Producer

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervises morning and midday newscasts Monday-Friday
• Works with/teaches morning producers to be their best
• Sets direction for content coverage
• Manages newsroom during the morning hours, and is responsible for breaking news coverage
• Executes strategies that engage and grow audiences across all media devices
• Supervises Integrated Media Center during the early morning hours
• Plans/executes teases and marketing elements for the morning newscasts
• Hires producers for the morning newscasts
• In charge of any discipline action that needs to be taken
• Filings FCC reports

Requirements and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications/TV-Film, or equivalent experience in a related field
• At least 1 year of experience in television or radio broadcast/production
• Digital experience a plus
• Must be able to interact with anchors, producers, reporters, photographers, engineering and news managers
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Detail Oriented
• Strong news judgement, journalistic integrity and understanding of viewer/readers expectations
• Must understand state-of-the-art television and digital technology

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• Must be able to sit, conduct telephone conversations, use electronic mail, write letters and memos, conduct face-to-face discussions with individuals or groups, make decisions without supervision, make decisions that impact the results of co-workers, work near others, work outdoors occasionally in all weather conditions, and work indoors in environmentally controlled conditions.
• Must be able to lift, set up and operate equipment weighing up to 25 pounds, and can handle, control or feel objects, tools or controls.
• Repetitive movements are required.
• Work may be conducted in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions.