News Director

Job Description

We are Rochester's first television station. As such, our WROC team is passionate and committed to our great community that we call home.

Rochester, NY offers an exceptional quality of life…easy access to cultural amenities and recreational activities, affordable health care and cost of living, excellent schools, and a welcoming environment in which to raise a healthy and educated family.
Our community balances the arts, culture, sports, and nightlife of a big city with the ease, quiet, and comfort of a small town

News 8 WROC is the Team You Can Trust, focused on everything LOCAL…we live it every day with local news coverage by our dedicated news team.

We offer factual news and locally produced programming with market-wide digital delivery on https://www.RochesterFirst.com

The News Director leads and supervises all aspects of news, weather, and sports programming.
• 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 on all platforms
• 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.
• 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 two 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.
• Proficiency with computers, telephones, copiers, scanners, fax machines 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 to communicate with a team to form strategic solutions.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g6xm69-18-222-120-133-42 in your application.