State News Director - Queensland

WIN Television; Maroochydore; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

LIFT digital fitness platform access

Shopping/technology discounts

Novated leasing and salary packaging

Employer-funded parental leave (16+3 w

Job summary

WIN Television is seeking a State News Director to lead the delivery of a high-quality weeknight news bulletin across WIN Queensland. The role reports to the National News Director and oversees editorial direction, staff management, and operational workflows.

You will drive editorial integrity, ensure regulatory compliance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver a polished News product across the State. Strong leadership and media-law knowledge are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years' experience in sub-editing within a media environment, preferably television.
• Extensive journalism experience with chief of staff or newsroom leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring and developing journalistic staff.
• Strong editorial judgement and understanding of regional Queensland audiences.
• Strong understanding of media law and its application in television news.

Responsibilities

• Lead the editorial direction and production of WIN News across Queensland.
• Ensure delivery of a competitive, polished weeknight bulletin.
• Manage, mentor and develop journalists, camera operators and news staff.
• Make timely editorial and resourcing decisions to meet deadlines.
• Maintain accuracy, balance, integrity and quality of the News product.
• Ensure compliance with media law and WIN policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with presenters, operations, production, sales and People & Culture.
• Manage staffing within budgets and best-practice workflows.
• Support partnership and stakeholder activities for the News product.
• Monitor audience and ratings performance for WIN News.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Journalist staff development

Newsroom operations

Decision-making under pressure

Strong communication

Media law knowledge

Regional audience insight

Job description

The WIN Television Network is Australia’s largest commercial television network, committed to providing first-class entertainment and news services to around eight million viewers across Australia.The WIN Network is a diverse media and entertainment group, with television at the core of our business and interests spanning radio, film and television production, telecommunications and specialist engineering.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced State News Director to lead the delivery of a competitive, polished and high-quality weeknight news bulletin across WIN Queensland.

Reporting to the National News Director, the State News Director will be responsible for the overall editorial direction, quality and integrity of the News product across the State, while leading the people, resources and operational requirements necessary to deliver a successful bulletin within agreed budgets and workflows.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the editorial direction and production of WIN News across Queensland.
• Ensuring the delivery of a competitive, polished and high-quality weeknight bulletin.
• Managing, mentoring and developing Journalists, Camera Operators and other news staff.
• Making timely editorial and resourcing decisions to achieve quality outcomes and deadlines.
• Maintaining the accuracy, balance, integrity and quality of the News product.
• Ensuring News content complies with applicable media law, regulatory requirements and WIN policies and procedures.
• Working collaboratively with News Presenters, Operations and Production, Sales and other key stakeholders.
• Managing staffing and operational requirements within agreed budgets and best-practice workflows.
• Working with People and Culture and senior management to manage staffing and employee matters.
• Supporting approved partnership and stakeholder activities relevant to the News product.
• Monitoring the overall performance of WIN News, including audience and ratings performance.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A minimum of five years' experience in sub-editing within a media environment, preferably television.
• Extensive journalism experience, with previous Chief of Staff and/or newsroom leadership experience highly regarded.
• Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring and developing journalistic staff.
• Strong editorial judgement and an understanding of issues affecting regional Queensland audiences.
• A strong understanding of media law and its application within a television news environment.
• The ability to maintain balance, accuracy, integrity and quality across the News product.
• Experience working effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, including editing, writing and newsroom operations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience using relevant newsroom systems and production technology.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage and lead Journalist and Camera Operator teams.
• Strong decision-making skills and the ability to work under pressure.
• A commitment to staff development, coaching and continuous improvement.
• The ability to work collaboratively with senior management, Operations, Production, Sales and People and Culture.
• A strong commitment to compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, policies and procedures.

What we can offer you

At the WIN Network, we value our employees and offer a diverse range of benefits, including:

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing health and wellbeing support for employees and their families.
• Access to LIFT, an engaging digital fitness platform offering live and on-demand workouts.
• Discounts on shopping, technology, gym memberships, hotels and holiday destinations through our EAP.
• Novated leasing and salary packaging options.
• 16 weeks of employer-funded paid parental leave for eligible primary carers and 3 weeks for eligible secondary carers, with superannuation contributions paid on top of employer-funded parental leave.

The WIN Network reserves the right to commence and/or conclude the recruitment process for this position prior to the closing date of this advertisement.

All staff employed by the WIN Network must hold valid Australian working rights.

WIN Network is an equal opportunity employer.