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Job Description
GBH enriches peoples lives through programs and services that educate inspire and entertain fostering citizenship and culture the joy of learning and the power of diverse perspectives.
At GBH we believe in the advantages of coming together to build community mentor and learn from colleagues and connect more deeply with our mission. As a result the majority of our staff are hybrid and work both from home and onsite. Our current hybrid approach requires staff to work onsite a minimum of two days each week every Tuesday and one other day to be determined by their business unit. Hybrid staff are also welcome to come in additional days each week or may be asked to come in on other days by their manager.
DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW
GBH News creates and broadcast original content on multiple platforms including Radio TV and Digital. GBH News team covers and produces local and national news including indepth feature stories and interviews covering a wide range of topics.
JOB OVERVIEW
GBH News is looking for an Executive Producer/Showrunner to lead a universe of visual content steeped in journalism and powered by courageous conversation and community engagement that focuses on the lived experiences of Black Americans in Boston and across the Black diaspora. This person will collaborate with newsroom leaders and stakeholders across the GBH Foundation to create innovative digitalfirst content that will live across platforms including YouTube other social media channels and as a weekly television program on GBH 2. This is an exciting opportunity to build upon GBHs rich legacy of awardwinning cultural programming that includes the television programs Say Brother and Basic Black.
GBH News Rooted next iteration of this programming will continue to serve television audiences while engaging viewers on our growing YouTube channel and social media platforms. Working in close collaboration with the show host and GBH production units you will lead the weekly production of multiple innovative digitalfirst video series (a mix of field pieces and studiobased content) that you will fold into a timely and informative weekly television program.
You will play a lead role in creating production and editorial workflows audience development strategies and content that ranges from intellectually complex to light and joyful. You are an experienced video journalist who understands how to engage audiences on YouTube and what works on social video platforms. You have proven experience conceptualizing producing and delivering both field and studiobased journalism that lands with power and impact across multiple platforms. Youre not afraid to think big in service of quality journalism that meets audiences where they are. Experience producing live or livetotape video programming is a plus.
In addition to being a strong visual journalist you are a relationshipbuilder who will develop connections across the community for feedback ideas and to build an alwaysgrowing roster of contacts who will inform mustwatch conversations and field pieces. Youre also a solid people manager bringing an open and collaborative spirit to your work drawing out the best in people on your team and partnering with your peers in editorial leadership to form smart content partnerships.
You also understand and value a strong mutually respectful relationship with the programs host being able to speak their proverbial language. This includes being a forwardthinking creative thought partner with a willingness to experiment and do things unconventionally in service to making the content the best it can be being able to give and receive thoughtful and constructive feedback within the working relationship learning from mistakes and promoting worklife balance. Thispositionis located in Boston MA and requires onsite presence
What you get to do:
- Lead weekly production of multiple digitalfirst videos series (field and studio) that offer a timely and insightful focus on the lived experience of Black Americans and across the Black diaspora.
- Develop efficient workflow to create a weekly television program from digitalfirst content.
- Partnering with segment producer to book guests for weekly studio content (including roundtable discussions) informed by news/trends/issues impactful to the communities; prep background material/host questions/visual elements; innovate with new approaches to studio content
- Partnering with host and production teams conceptualize plan and execute weekly field content centered on Black communities produced for a YouTube audience.
- Build editorial and production workflows to support a constant flow of visual journalism to YouTube and GBH 2 hitting key deadlines
- Partner with hosts and incorporating their needs voice into the content
- Partner with internal heads of social media marketing newsroom and digital content innovation to develop a winning audience strategy
- Produce weekly content that is fresh and aligns with current news events
- Collaborate with other editorial leaders and showrunners within GBH News to identify partnership opportunities related to their beats
- Provide clear and constructive feedback on the content including scripts ensuring that the final product is structured and produced to maximize audience retention and engagement
- Manage develop and provide feedback and coaching to direct report. Oversee and direct the work of other team members who support the production
- Deliver on KPIs set in collaboration with newsroom leadership
- Partner with GBH News community producer to build out a community engagement apparatus to hear from the public and collect potential story ideas; be an ambassador for the program at special events
- Partner with newsroom leadership along with other internal stakeholders to create events and convenings related to the content as news warrants
What skills you need:
- Solid experience reporting and producing journalism for YouTube and other online platforms; television also a plus
- Adept at lineproducing in a control room environment
- Knowledge of AP Style fact checking and investigative techniques
- Experience weaving historical content into narrative storytelling
- Demonstrated leadership/management experience particularly in overseeing production of video projects with editors producers and other creatives
- Excellent writing and communication skills. Proven ability to effectively communicate the parameters and ideas of a project and the production experience to see it to completion.
- Strong video editing skills AVID or Adobe Premiere Pro preferred
- Expert organizational and communication skills
- Preferred understanding of the public media system
- Demonstrated commitment to inclusion within their work and/or processes
- Comfortable working with short and longterm deadlines and competing priorities
EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE
- Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience preferred
- Minimum seven years of experience in video digital and journalism
- Deep understanding of both digital video production and/or television production desired
- Minimum three plus years of experience managing teams
- Live event production (with studio audience) experience a plus
JOB SPECIFICS
Staff position
Hybrid position
LOCATION
Thispositionis located in Boston MA and requires onsite presence
Guest Street
Brighton MA 02135
Employment Type
Full-Time
