News Director

Job Description

About KTIV:

KTIV, Siouxland's News Channel, is the award winning, dominate NBC affiliate located in Sioux City, Iowa and serves viewers in NW Iowa, NE Nebraska, and SE South Dakota. KTIV News 4 is a breaking news and weather station covering local, original stories in the tri-state area.

Job Summary/Description:

The News Director directly oversees all involved in our news gathering and distribution processes. This manager directs the development of our content, weighs the full editorial possibility of every story, and makes immediate decisions on how it will be disseminated on the appropriate platforms. They will work very closely with the Internet Director and Content Manager to ensure that our customers are being served on all platforms. They care for employees, work with department managers and can think outside the box.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate strong working knowledge of community issues and needs, as well as sound journalistic principles, and must have the ability to make fast, accurate journalistic and logistical judgments.
*** Please note, the primary job responsibilities include, but are not limited to the duties listed above ***

Qualifications/Requirements:
- Creativity and passion for news, leadership in teaching and coaching team members
- Strong organizational skills and effective communication
- Ability to multi-task in high stress situations
- Knowledge and understanding in using various digital and social platforms

Qualified, interested applicants may go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on ''apply now'', upload your resume, cover letter and references

(Current employees that are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro employee portal)

KTIV-TV/Gray Television Group, Inc. is a drug-free company

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gwo4qk-3-133-149-244-42 in your application.