Senior Executive Producer
WVTM 13 · Birmingham, AL · 6 days ago
On-siteArt & CreativeFull-time
Responsibilities
- Own the overall presentation, quality, and execution of all newscasts for on-air and digital platforms.
- Provide day-to-day leadership and oversight of Executive Producers, producers, and daily newsroom production.
- Coach Executive Producers and line producers to strengthen editorial judgment, storytelling, writing, and leadership skills.
- Coach anchors, reporters, and photojournalists to improve content, storytelling, and presentation.
- Review and oversee rundowns, scripts, pacing, and overall newscast execution to ensure consistency and quality.
- Lead the newsroom's response to breaking news, coordinating coverage, staffing, and production priorities under deadline.
- Serve as the newsroom's central coordinator for daily content production, ensuring effective communication and collaboration across departments.
- Oversee planning and execution of the newsroom's sweeps strategy, special coverage, and promotable content initiatives.
- Help recruit, develop, evaluate, and retain top-producing talent.
- Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Communicate effectively across all levels of the newsroom and partner departments.
Requirements
- Minimum five years of television news producing experience.
- Previous newsroom management or leadership experience preferred.
- Exceptional writing, editorial, and storytelling skills.
- Proven experience coaching and developing newsroom talent.
- Demonstrated success leading breaking news coverage and managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Strong news judgment and exceptional editorial decision-making.
- Able to manage multiple deadlines, coordinate teams, and lead under pressure.
- Creative approach to storytelling and showcasing all production resources.
- Strong organizational and communication skills.
- Commitment to coaching, collaboration, and developing newsroom leaders.
- Unwavering journalistic integrity and ethical standards.