Executive Producer
About the role
The Executive News Producer will lead the station’s multiplatform news operation, overseeing daily news coverage, elevating storytelling and production quality, and executing the newsroom’s editorial vision.
Responsibilities
- Lead the editorial execution of daily newscasts and multiplatform news coverage.
- Collaborate with newsroom leadership to implement newsroom philosophies, editorial priorities, and content strategies.
- Drive compelling storytelling with a focus on breaking news, enterprise reporting, live coverage, and community-focused journalism.
- Coach and mentor producers, reporters, assignment editors, writers, and talent to elevate storytelling, writing, and production quality.
- Work closely with digital, streaming, and social teams to maximize audience reach and multiplatform engagement.
- Lead editorial meetings and coordinate daily coverage plans across all platforms.
- Maintain high journalistic, ethical, and production standards across all content.
- Support newsroom operations through schedule planning, staffing coordination, overtime oversight, and vacation management to ensure efficient daily coverage.
- Assist in managing newsroom workflows, special project planning, and key coverage initiatives during major news events and ratings periods.
- Help maintain a collaborative and positive newsroom culture focused on accountability, innovation, and teamwork.
- Make quick editorial decisions under pressure and perform effectively in deadline-driven situations.
- Work flexible hours, including nights, weekends, holidays, and breaking news situations.
Requirements
You are a seasoned journalist and newsroom leader who thrives in a fast-paced, breaking news environment. You possess strong editorial judgment, leadership skills, and the ability to inspire teams while maintaining high journalistic standards. You are passionate about storytelling, audience engagement, and multiplatform content strategy.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, or related field OR equivalent work experience.
- Minimum of 5–10 years of experience in broadcast news, including newsroom leadership or supervisory experience in a large market newsroom.
- Strong editorial judgment and experience leading breaking news and multiplatform coverage.
- Experience managing newsroom operations, daily workflows, and production teams in a fast-paced environment.
- Fully bilingual in English and Spanish, with excellent written and verbal communication skills in both languages.
- Strong understanding of digital news gathering, streaming, and social media content strategies.
- Experience with newsroom systems and production tools including iNews and Microsoft Office applications.
- Knowledge of video editing, field production, and postproduction workflows is a plus.
- Ability to motivate, lead, and develop newsroom staff while fostering a collaborative work environment.
- Strong organizational and communication skills with the ability to multitask effectively under deadline pressure.
Skills
Seasoned journalist, newsroom leader, strong editorial judgment, leadership skills, storytelling, audience engagement, multiplatform content strategy, coaching, mentoring, collaboration, flexibility, multitasking, deadline-driven situations, bilingual communication, digital news gathering, streaming, social media content strategies, newsroom systems, production tools, video editing, field production, postproduction workflows.
Benefits
Comprehensive and competitive health benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage options. Salary Range $132,000 - $152,000. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. Additional benefits include PTO, tuition reimbursement, wellness and employee support programs, 401(k), and life and other insurance plans.