News Director

Job Description

About WAVE:

WAVE 3 News is the NBC affiliate for Louisville, KY. We are Kentucky's first television station, and we lead the way in connecting the people of WAVE Country. We offer 60 hours of local television news per week, 40 hours of live programming in the field throughout the week of the Kentucky Derby, and coverage on digital, social, and OTT channels throughout the day.

Job Summary/Description:

WAVE Television, the NBC affiliate in Louisville, KY has an incredible and rare opportunity for a news veteran to become WAVE's next leader. WAVE is looking for a News Director with proven leadership experience and a track record of success. You will lead WAVE news coverage across our linear television and digital platforms. The News Director must have a strong working knowledge of community issues and needs, understand sound journalist principles, oversee all content gathering and presentation in a visual and viewer-oriented storytelling style.

The successful candidate will be responsible for (but not limited to) the following:
* Recruit/develop talent in an investigative approach to storytelling.
* Strong competitive leader willing to take risks to grow upon our market leading news/digital/content position.
* Driving force for broadcast, digital and social media. Pushing boundaries of new and existing technologies.
* Relentless focus on serving viewers on multiple platforms.
* Effectively plan a news strategy in a continuous measurement world.
* Strategic planning for future coverage, projects and staffing decisions.
* Grow audience in all platforms.
* Understand the importance of recruiting and creating a culture of success and promotion.
* Strong knowledge of issues important to the community.
* Collaborate with all station departments, media partners and community leaders.
* Motivated, self-starter, creative thinker.
* Polished Administrative skills.
* Strong editorial judgment.
* Proven winner.

Qualifications/Requirements:
* Ability to work closely with other station department heads and fellow managers within the company.
* Ability to meet deadlines while handling multiple tasks.

If you feel you're qualified and want to work with a great group of people go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopening, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on ''apply now''

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d858qm-3-12-41-106-42 in your application.