Executive Producer

Sinclair Broadcast Group•Reno, NV

21d

About The Position

The Executive Producer will help set coverage priorities, enterprise reporting, breaking-news plans, and follow-up coverage. This role involves producing and overseeing assigned newscasts from planning through air, ensuring strong pacing, writing, graphics, live elements, and accuracy. The Executive Producer will manage, coach, and develop producers, reporters, and digital staff, providing regular feedback and performance accountability. Collaboration with the News Director, Assignment Desk, Digital and Production teams is crucial for executing station priorities and special projects. This position requires making real-time editorial decisions during breaking news, severe weather, and major live coverage, ensuring all content meets the Station's editorial standards, legal and ethical guidelines, and FCC requirements. The role also involves using audience data, digital metrics, and viewer feedback to improve coverage, presentation, and engagement, and building distinctive local content that serves the community, reflects diverse viewpoints, and strengthens the station’s brand. Maintaining clear communication across shifts and ensuring rundowns, digital plans, and newsroom workflows are current and organized is essential. Additionally, the Executive Producer will assist with scheduling, staffing, long-range planning, election coverage, sweeps initiatives, sponsored content, and other station-wide priorities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, or related field preferred.
Minimum 3–5 years of television news producing experience; prior leadership experience preferred.
Strong editorial judgment, broadcast writing, copy editing, and breaking-news decision-making skills.
Demonstrated ability to lead teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Experience with newsroom systems, rundowns, digital publishing, social media, and audience analytics.
Strong communication, coaching, organization, and problem-solving skills.
Flexible availability, including early mornings, nights, weekends, holidays, and extended breaking-news coverage.

Responsibilities

Help set coverage priorities, enterprise reporting, breaking-news plans, and follow-up coverage.
Produce and oversee assigned newscasts from planning through air, ensuring strong pacing, writing, graphics, live elements, and accuracy.
Manage, coach, and develop producers, reporters and digital staff; provide regular feedback and performance accountability.
Collaborate with the News Director, Assignment Desk, Digital and Production teams to execute station priorities and special projects.
Make real-time editorial decisions during breaking news, severe weather, and major live coverage.
Ensure all content meets the Station's editorial standards, legal and ethical guidelines, and FCC requirements.
Use audience data, digital metrics, and viewer feedback to improve coverage, presentation, and engagement.
Build distinctive local content that serves the community, reflects diverse viewpoints, and strengthens the station’s brand.
Maintain clear communication across shifts and ensure rundowns, digital plans, and newsroom workflows are current and organized.
Assist with scheduling, staffing, long-range planning, election coverage, sweeps initiatives, sponsored content and other station-wide priorities.