Assistant News Director

The Assistant News Director oversees the daily news gathering efforts of the news team, guiding coverage across multiple platforms and ensuring that the end product delivers on key brand strategies. As part of your responsibilities, work will be performed for all media platforms and initiatives, including, for example, on-air, web, digital, and social media. In conjunction with the News Director, the Assistant News Director develops and implements long-term and short-term news strategies for product evolution and growth. The Assistant News Director coaches team members at various stages of development. This person also manages schedules for all on-air talent and other news employees.

We want you to help lead a staff that produces the number one-rated newscasts and digital products in the market and beyond. You have to be an amazing writer and storyteller with at least five years of experience as a newsroom manager, Assistant News Director, or Executive Producer. You have to be able to help people motivate themselves, be able to teach and collaborate with producers, reporters, anchors, sports, and weather teammates.  You are detail oriented and able to carry out the plan for the newsroom in a timely manner.   You have to know what works across all platforms now and what should work best in the future. Must have excellent editorial judgment for weather and breaking news.

Responsibilities:

Must manage and advise on compelling, impact-driven news and weather
Must understand storytelling and how to develop unique, enterprise content across platforms
Work closely with marketing, sales, and engineering
Must have strong interpersonal skills. A qualified candidate will display enthusiasm, commitment, and genuineness in dealing with others. Must work well in high pressure news environment and maintain a level of professionalism and patience. Great people skills with emphasis on coaching, motivating, and mentoring.
Must be creative with and persistent with targeting on-air and digital coverage of stories
Help research, gather, and check news stories for on-air and online while teaching improvements
Know what is going on locally, nationally, and internationally as it may impact our community or add value to our viewers’ lives.
Leads story selection process through editorial and rundown meetings
Must support the visual and written storyteller; help producers and MMJs understand the power of people and capturing moments, and adding value to our stories as opposed to “press release journalism.”
Must understand and pursue the News Director’s wider vision.
Will work on award submissions and on maintaining a video newsroom log of top stories.
Learn a broad and working knowledge of the viewing area, including people, places, things, and history
Critique: Offer daily feedback and set up training sessions. Watch our newscasts and know what to praise and what needs a conversation.

Qualifications:

BA in Journalism or related field preferred
Minimum 5 years of experience in television news management.
Strong management, communication, and people skills
Ability to complete tasks with little supervision
Knowledge and understanding of digital and social platforms
Strong organizational skills
Ability to multitask in high-stress situations

Additional Info:
Please apply online at https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings