News Director

The News Director leads and supervises all aspects of news, weather, digital content, CTV and sports programming production.

• Manages all aspects of the News Department
• Plans and manages staffing, training, and performance evaluations for the News Department
• Makes decisions regarding hiring, evaluation, promotion and termination of employees
• Develops news coverage strategy for the station, website, and CTV
• 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
• Works with other senior station leaders to establish and reach station goals
• Ensures on air video and audio is compliant with Nexstar and FCC standards
• Creates monthly special projects, tied to the community
• Forward thinking in the CTV programming and expansion space
• Management of the Newsroom budget and Expenses
• Creative input with promotional hub
• Works with other News directors within Nexstar for statewide, regional, and national coverage and support
• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements & Skills:

• Bachelor’s 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 five years’ experience in news programming production, with at least three years’ experience in a leadership role. (More or less depending on market size.)
• Experience guiding, directing and motivating subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance
• Experience establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them
• Ability to identify the developmental needs of others and to coach, mentor or otherwise help others to improve their knowledge or skills
• Experience preparing and maintaining departmental budgets and working within department’s expense guidelines
• Proficiency with computers, telephones, Microsoft programs, copiers, scanners 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
• Ability to create and expand CTV programming
• History of growing audience shares in key demographics
• Ability to analyze research and daily metrics and build a game plan for growth
• Ability to analyze daily NSI and Com Score Ratings and trends not only for WKRN but the entire landscape