Assistant News Director

Job Description

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.
• Assist the News Director with management of all aspects of the News Department (other than Production)
• Assist with planning, staffing, training and performance evaluations for the News Department
• Consults on decisions regarding hiring, evaluations, promotions 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
• Ensure 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:
• 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 of two years' experience in a news leadership role
• Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to effectively listen and fully understand employee needs and communicate with a team to shape a solution

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rz00zn-3-144-172-245-42 in your application.