Assignment Manager
Assignment Manager
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Job Description
KETV the ABC affiliate in Omaha NE has an opening for someone who wants to win each day in the role of Assignment Manager. This person will be a digitalforward thinker who is responsible for finding and driving content to all of our platforms. You will have a take charge attitude for breaking news. You will find distinctive enterprise stories and oversee news coverage. As a newsroom leader you will bring creative and innovative solutions to everyday problems. Your impact sets us apart. You will report to the News Director.
Responsibilities
- Listen to multiple police scanners which cover more than a dozen agencies throughout our marketmust have great scanner ears
- Gather and organize press releases emails phone calls and viewer tips. Decide which of the above will yield compelling content for digital and television.
- Assist news management with content gathering and planning
- Assist producers digital editors and reporters with daily story gathering
- Keep track of crews in the field and communicate with them
- Furnish content and post it to all digital platforms
- Create and publish newsroom schedules.
Requirements
- Experience listening to police scanners
- Experience with digital platforms especially social media. You will monitor multiple social media accounts to gather content and communicate with news makers
- Familiar with local newsgathering technology and terminology
- Will maintain professional working relationships with newsmakers
- Can gather information from multiple sources simultaneously and quickly push it out to the entire news team
- Be able to remain calm and levelheaded during breaking news situations
- Willing to work a variety of shifts including weekends and nights
- Related military experience will be considered
Diversity Statement
At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures backgrounds perspectives and identities. Thats why behind the scenes we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate and more representative of the communities we serve.
Benefits
Hearsts benefit programs are modern flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.
- Medical Dental Vision
- 401(k) matching
- Emotional Wellness Support
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- LGBTQ Health Services
- Additional benefits to meet your and your familys needs
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
