Executive Producer
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Job Description
Nightside Executive Producer
Miles of beaches worldfamous theme parks historic towns and plenty to do outdoors. The Orlando market is a fastpaced competitive market with a lot to offer. Hearstowned WESH 2 / CW18 is looking for a Nightside Executive Producer who can oversee fastpaced newscasts and execute our Local Live Late Breaking brand every single need a driven organized leader who can articulate a vision for our 7pm 10pm and 11pm newscasts and lead a team towards the vision. The right candidate will be a leader who can develop multiplatform content that succeeds on air on mobile and on social media. Responsibilities include the ability to manage coach and motivate a team who is committed to excellence. The Executive Producer is responsible for the overall content of the 7pm 10pm and 11pm newscasts and manages all aspects of breaking news and social engagement. The right candidate must be a pro when it comes to effective communication and decision making under daily deadline pressure. You must have proven ability in making decisions based on strong ethics a solid producing background and a desire to win. You need to be able to research pitch and gather enterprise news stories. The Executive Producer will work on recruiting producers and work closely with news managers to implement winning strategies for other newscasts as well. The ideal candidate can handle Breaking News when it happens and when it doesnt can still oversee a compelling product that delivers interesting and relevant content to our viewers. Overseeing the product is only one facet of the job. You must also be a coach and a leader with the communications skills to make those you supervise better.
Responsibilities
- Oversight of the preparation of a rundown and scripts for the newscasts
- Oversight of the use of all our graphics resources to enhance our presentation
- Coaching producers reporters and photojournalists
- Respond to breaking news
- Oversight of digital response to breaking news and social media engagement
- Writing compelling news stories in active voice
- Meeting deadlines
- News gathering
- Producing and boothing newscasts when needed
- Posting stories and video on website and on mobile
- Leading editorial meetings and pitching enterprise stories in editorial meetings
- Must perform administrative duties including scheduling performance reviews training and providing critical feedback
- Communicating effectively with news staff promotions and production/engineering
Requirements
- Minimum of five years producing experience
- Prior management experience is preferred
- Should have demonstrated experience in writing and be able to think visually
- Possess outstanding communication skills
- Ability to multitask and coordinate several crews and responsibilities simultaneously
- An ability to summarize information into easytounderstand components
- Creative presentation style and ability to showcase all resources and elements
- Unwavering journalistic integrity and ethical standards
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
Employment Type
Full-Time
