KTNV, The E.W. Scripps station in Las Vegas, Nevada is looking for a Sr. Producer to create, lead and organize content for multiple platforms.
Utilizing strong editorial, journalistic, organizational and communication skills. The Sr. Producer will play a key role in elevating newsroom content to include support of investigative, general assignment and station branding work.
The Sr. Producer will research, develop, and plan stories that support the company’s content strategy. This may include live or prerecorded newscasts / local programs and editing or repurposing existing content to enhance the end product.
WHAT YOU'LL DO :
Develop and organize newscasts or local programs.,
Write story development and showcasing.
Collaborate with reporters, anchors, news managers, producers, and assignment editors to determine content needs and storytelling direction for multiple platforms.
Play a key role in providing training and coaching consistent with the content strategy to producers and associate producers to develop their overall skill set.
Enhance content with graphics, video, research, and station branding.
Execute time sensitive decisions.
Oversee live broadcast and up to the minute editorial decisions.
Perform desktop editing.
Post content to station's Web sites.
Perform other duties as assigned.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED :
BS / BA in related discipline preferred or equivalent years of experience
Generally, 5+ years of experience in related field preferred
WHAT YOU'LL BRING :
Ability and desire to train others
Avid local news consumer : knows daily news, events, trends and happenings on a local level
Strong vision and ability to advance stories
Excellent interpersonal communicator
Extraordinarily passionate about writing; courageous and creative storyteller with attention to even tiny details - choosing the perfect words, grammar, spelling
Highly organized
Highly adaptable - fast paced, deadline driven environment
Strong self-motivation
Working knowledge of journalistic ethics and libel laws and strong editorial judgement
Able to use web analytics
Proficient with newsroom computer systems, MS Office a plus.
Flexible work hours may be required, including holidays, weekends and evenings
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