Assistant News Director
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.•Rochester, NY
•$55,000 - $65,000•Onsite
About The Position
WROC/RochesterFirst is seeking an Assistant News Director to join their award-winning team in Rochester, NY. This role supports the News Director in managing all aspects of multi-platform news, weather, and sports programming production. The Assistant News Director will also serve as the News Director in their absence. Rochester, NY, is highlighted as a desirable location with an exceptional quality of life and affordability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.
- Fluency in English.
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
- Must be a critical thinker with excellent content judgement and decision-making skills.
- Minimum two years’ experience in news programming production, with some leadership experience preferred. (Depending on market size.)
- Ability to identify the developmental needs of others and to coach, mentor or otherwise help others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Ability to effectively listen to fully understand employee needs and communicate with a team to shape a solution.
Responsibilities
- Assists the News Director with management of all aspects of the News and Production Departments.
- Assists with planning, staffing, training, and performance evaluations for the News and Production Departments.
- Consults on decisions regarding hiring, evaluation, promotion and termination of employees.
- Develops content coverage strategy for WROC, RochesterFirst.com and the RochesterFirst streaming app.
- Assists in, and at times leads the editorial decision-making process for the multi-platform content operation.
- Critiques newscasts daily to correct errors, improve coverage and provide mentoring feedback to news staff.
- Assigns projects to staff and verifies that deadlines are being met.
- Ensures achievement of television viewer rating, digital and steaming app growth.
- Determines programming and evaluation of equipment needs to produce quality programming.
- Responds to coverage questions.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
