Executive Newscast Producer

Job Description

Dayton 24/7 Now News in Dayton, Ohio has an immediate opening for an energetic and creative Executive Producer. You must be a strong leader with a proven success-driven track record. We are looking for a leader who thrives during breaking news, embraces impactful and distinctive storytelling, and who understands the importance producing content for ALL platforms.

The ideal candidate must be a ''Show Doctor'' at heart, understanding high impact, informative, distinctive, and production driven newscasts. Must be able to pivot quickly in breaking news to guide our coverage on both of our stations (Fox 45 and ABC 22) with an instinct to break on digital first! You should be someone who stays calm under pressure and can coach inexperienced producers and reporters. You will also fill-in and produce as needed.

Responsibilities:
• Supervise daily newscasts
• Coach Producers to ''produce up'' their newscasts with strong graphics, breakouts, and showcasing our content
• Collaborate with Digital EP on content placement on all platforms
• Work closely with Anchors and Reporters on story development and writing
• Write, read and approve scripts
• Act as fill-in producer when needed
• Participate in the weekend manager on-call rotation
• Overseeing all sponsored content in newscasts to remain compliant with company policies
• Ordering and producing graphics to enhance show production
• Produce special opens, teases and special projects
• Ability to multi-task under pressure and meet deadlines

Qualifications:
• Previous experience as an Executive Producer preferred
• Great people skills with an emphasis on coaching and motivating
• Strong writing skills and a proven track record for getting results on initiatives
• Four-year degree in journalism or communications preferred and a minimum of four years related experience
• Must be flexible on work hours
• Previous experience with iNews, Axis graphics, Tagboard, CrowdTangle, PowerPoint would be very helpful
• Ability to manipulate rundowns in iNews, add and build graphics, and chyrons

Sinclair Broadcast Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace!

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gpo144-3-144-237-242-42 in your application.