Managing Director - Spectrum News 1

About the role

As Managing Director, you'll direct the assignment of editorial content and leads a team of journalists. Your voice will be heard in the newsroom, as you determine the choices that will promote quality and engage audiences. You will lead, develop, and train teams to attract talent to the organization. It is a cycle of constant improvement as you oversee the Managing Editor, providing newsroom-wide mentorship. You'll make data-informed decisions about what's resonating to connect our audience with the stories that matter.

What Our Managing Directors Enjoy Most

• Representing our journalism's and our readers' interests in large discussions with corporate departments.
• Managing high-performing teams by inspiring, guiding, educating, and coaching skillfully to draw in and nurture potential.

Responsibilities

• Direct the assignment of editorial content and lead a team of journalists.
• Determine editorial choices that promote quality and engage audiences.
• Lead, develop, and train teams to attract talent to the organization.
• Oversee the Managing Editor, providing newsroom-wide mentorship.
• Make data-informed decisions about what's resonating to connect audiences with stories that matter.
• Support writers and editors in making tough journalistic calls in fast-moving news cycles.
• Develop and execute on ideas that can expand Spectrum Networks current audiences in a deeply collaborative, transparent setting.

Qualifications

• Newsroom management experience in a fast-paced, constantly evolving digital publishing environment – 8+ years
• Management experience – 5+ years
• Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism, management, or related field
• A sound understanding of the evolving digital media landscape
• Demonstrated, applied understanding of the centrality of visual journalism, digital video, and social media to journalism
• Experience working collaboratively with in-house product/platform teams to figure out more ways to increase the reach of our journalism
• Ability to work various shifts, longer shifts, weekends and holidays, and be flexible with schedule changes due to "breaking news", and/or severe weather emergencies
• Works primarily inside a climate-controlled environment throughout the year but might be assigned field duties on occasion

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree