Assistant Director III, News

The Assistant News Director assists the News Director with all aspects of news weather and sports programming production and serves as the News Director in his/her absence.

The person in this job will wear several hats and have many different responsibilities including but not limited to:

• Serving as a newsroom leader and helping lead us into the digital future
• Overseeing day-to-day coverage of local news on air online and on a OTT/CTV app to be launched soon
• Working with the team to live our Here For You brand
• Helping create plan and execute multi-media special coverage initiatives
• Managing special event coverage
• Working with new reporters to help them with their story finding and storytelling skills and to plan and craft their stories for both television and digital formats.
• Working with producers to help them craft shows being mindful of integrating digital pushes
• Working in lockstep with the digital team to make sure website and digital efforts are up to date and were employing push alerts when necessary
• Approving long-form and digital scripts
• Providing feedback to staff
• Helping write employee reviews
• Meeting job candidates and assist with hiring

We produce more than 30 hours of news a week on TV and have an award-winning website and we prize local news.

We put a premium on teamwork so were looking for someone who works well with others someone with a good sense of humor and someone who is constructive in their criticism. Were also looking for a problem-solver with good critical thinking skills.

Lansing is a state capital home to a major university (with all the sports arts and culture that it brings) and weve got two General Motors plants. Were a great city and a great news market.

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• Assists the News Director with management of all aspects of the News Department (other than Production.)
• Assists with planning staffing training and performance evaluations for the News Department.
• Consults on decisions regarding hiring evaluation promotion and termination of employees.
• Develops news coverage strategy for the station and its website.
• 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 viewer rating goals.
• Determines programming and evaluation of equipment needs to produce quality programming.
• Responds to coverage questions.
• Serves as the News Director in his/her absence.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Skills:

• Bachelors 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.
• 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.
• Proficiency with computers telephones copiers scanners fax machines and other office equipment.
• 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.