Production Manager

Job Description

KRON 4 in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Production Manager.

The Production Manager's main responsibilities are to manage the day-to-day operations of the station studio production staff and systems. Candidates must have experience supervising a television broadcast production & operations department with a large news operation.

This is a full-time, non-union, exempt position.

Candidate must have a strong & proven background in the following areas:
• State of the art broadcast equipment, with an emphasis on control room and news gathering equipment and software.
• Experience managing a production and studio staff.
• Experience overseeing control rooms and studio operations.
• Experience with broadcast production automation systems.
• Experience with newsroom production software (ENPS, Bitcentral, Ross Overdrive, etc.).

The successful candidate will be a self-starter who pays attention to detail and is a team player. Other key responsibilities, attributes, and characteristics include:
• Maintain positive and proactive communication on all production related issues among all other departments (News, Sales, Promotions & Engineering)
• Assist in the design and implementation of projects including equipment upgrades and workflow improvements.
• Flexible, but also focused on completing tasks and projects.
• Must be able to occasionally work weekends, longer hours, or varying shifts when necessary to meet production and broadcast emergencies or deadlines.
• 5 years of broadcast TV production preferred.
• A college degree or equivalent work experience is highly desired.
• Any and all other duties as assigned.

The successful candidate will be a key part of the team, where opinions and collaboration are the norm. Maintaining an atmosphere where people enjoy coming to work will be a key element of both the new Production Manager and our team's success.

$100,000+ commensurate with experience and skill level

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gq041m-18-118-144-97-42 in your application.