Assistant News Director

Job Description

Assistant News Director - KBTX

About KBTX:

KBTX Media operates the CBS and CW affiliates in Bryan-College Station, Texas, serving an 18 county area known as the Brazos Valley. For more than 60 years, we've been the dominant choice for local news and entertainment. Our team produces seven newscasts each weekday and three each weekend, totaling more than 35 hours each week.

KBTX is routinely recognized among the best in the state by organizations including the Associated Press, RTDNA and the Lone Star EMMY Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Committed to public service, the station is the back-to-back winner of the Texas Associaton of Broadcasters' Bonner McLane Public Service award. KBTX is also routinely a winner of Edward R. Murrow Awards from the RTDNA , and is a recent Texas AP Broadcasters/Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas Station of the Year and Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Station of the Year.

KBTX has launched the careers of many well-known journalists, meteorologists and network executives, and takes pride in helping talent grow quickly into the nation's largest television markets. The work family of KBTX is made up of a group of dedicated, professional and passionate individuals who are the backbone of our daily mission.

Bryan-College Station, Texas is a community of more than 250,000 people and the largest single metro in the Waco-Temple-Bryan DMA. The twin cities have a unique small town feeling, but offers big city amenities, including a vibrant arts community, a city-wide, all-terrain trail system and world-class dining and nightlife. Bryan and College Station are routinely recognized as a leader in quality of life and as one of the fastest growing communities in the country.

College Station is also home to Texas A&M University, the nation's largest university. Aggie home football games attract more than 100,000 in the stands, with tens of thousands more camped outside celebrating at tailgates during football weekends.

Learn more about our team at www.kbtx.com.

Job Summary/Description:

KBTX is seeking an experienced newsroom manager to serve as the station's next Assistant News Director. This is a growth-focused position that takes an active role in the daily management of the KBTX newsroom, including a heavy role in the daily editorial process.

The Assistant News Director supervises and coordinates KBTX's daily programming with guidance from the News Director and in concert with the Director of Digital Content. The successful candidate will be a motivated self-starter with a passion for helping to develop great journalism from great journalists. Each day, you'll oversee KBTX's multiplatform programming with a commitment to the station's core values, including trust, quality, and accuracy; providing editorial direction, leadership, support and encouragement to staff in the generation of content and production of a market-leading news product. You will also help develop and oversee the newsroom's strategic plan and growth strategies.

As a legacy market-leading station, KBTX has a deep commitment to community and a strong history of fostering the best in our team members through close, personal relationships. As assistant news director, you'll serve as a direct conduit and among the strongest sustaining forces behind this vision through daily touchpoints with the KBTX newsroom team.

Qualifications/Requirements:

The ideal candidate will have...
• At least four years of experience in local newsrooms with a consistent pattern of growth
• Proven and effective leadership skills; including a desire to encourage open discussions, empower others, foster diversity, and address conflict in a way that emphasizes growth
• Strong editorial skills and excellent news judgment, including the ability to oversee both daily news and breaking content with an emphasis on their impact to the viewer
• A deep understanding of best practices for local journalism across platforms-the ability to innovate on both broadcast and digital will earn you this role
• A passion for leading the way in producing and storytelling by taking creative risks, combined with an unwavering commitment to journalistic ethics and standards
• Ability to mentor journalists from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels with a focus on creating strong, passionate storytellers.
• A community-minded spirit and vision to maintain and expand the stations' legacy of community outreach
• Success in growing an organization's social and digital footprint, especially within key demographics
- Ability to adjust and excel while working a flexible schedule
- Drug screen and MVR check required.
• Candidates should also exhibit a good work ethic, strong people skills, and must maintain a professional attitude at all times. This position requires availability to work all shifts and may require holiday work.

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

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gmv423-18-119-107-96-42 in your application.