EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - SPORTS - KPHO/KTVK

GRAY MEDIA; Phoenix (AZ); Sur place; USD 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Unrivaled access

Community impact

Innovation culture

Competitive team

Résumé du poste

Gray Media’s Arizona’s Family is seeking a high-energy Sports Executive Producer to lead the brand’s multi-platform sports coverage in Phoenix. You will inspire a newsroom to dominate digital and social storytelling and own the sports narrative across live, digital, and broadcast.

You’ll partner with the digital team, maximize pro-team partnerships, and develop youth-athlete features, ensuring Arizona’s Family remains the home for local sports stories.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's in Journalism or equivalent.
• Extensive experience in television news production and leadership.
• Ability to lead multi-platform sports content strategy.

Responsabilités

• Lead multi-platform sports content across live, digital, and broadcast.
• Collaborate with digital teams to drive sports conversations on social.
• Maximize exclusive access with professional teams.
• Highlight local youth and high school athletes.
• Coach producers, reporters, and anchors with regular feedback.
• Drive breaking news with speed and accuracy across platforms.

Connaissances

Multi-platform mindset

Visionary leadership

Killer news judgment

Strategic thinking

Creative spark

Relentless energy

Collaborative spirit

Formation

Bachelor's in Journalism

Description du poste

Today, we are a growing multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. We are the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 117 full-power television markets that collectively reach approximately 37% of US television households. The portfolio includes 80 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first- and/or second-highest-rated television station in average all-day ratings across 116 of such markets that were measured by Nielsen in 2025. We also own the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 46 markets and Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Our additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

About KPHO/KTVK:

Home to 3TV, CBS 5, and Arizona’s Family Sports, Arizona’s Family produces 100+ hours of local news and programming every week. 3TV is #1 in Arizona and one of the strongest independent stations in the country. Our CBS station is highly competitive in news and has top-rated sports and prime content. Our digital reach is also best-in-market—Azfamily.com leads the market in multi-platform unique users and is home to Arizona’s Family Originals (long-form programs, documentaries, docuseries, and podcasts, including True Crime Arizona, nearing 2M downloads). Arizona’s Family Sports features premier properties, including the Arizona Cardinals, Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Mercury, Phoenix Rising, and AIA state championships.

Job Summary/Description:

Are you a sports visionary who knows that being "first" is only half the battle? Arizona’s Family is looking for a high-energy Sports Executive Producer who understands that in today’s world, relevance is everything. We don’t just want someone to manage a highlights reel; we want a leader who can inspire a team of journalists to dominate the digital and social landscape. From leveraging our powerhouse partnerships with professional teams to shining a massive spotlight on the next generation of youth athletes, you’ll be the architect of a sports brand that Arizonans can’t live without. If you’re ready to lead the conversation—on every screen—let’s get to work.

Duties/Responsibilities will include (but not be limited to):

What You’ll Do:

• Lead the sports narrative: Oversee the creation, planning, and daily delivery of live and multi-platform sports content that feels urgent and essential.
• Own the digital space: Collaborate daily with our digital team to ensure our sports coverage isn't just on social media, but driving the conversation there.
• Leverage pro partnerships: Maximize our exclusive access and partnerships with professional teams to deliver content our competitors simply can’t match.
• Champion youth athletes: Develop a strategy to highlight local high school and youth sports, making "Arizona’s Family" the home for the stories that matter to local families.
• Inspire and coach: Lead a team of producers, reporters, and anchors with a focus on "buy-in," providing consistent feedback and monthly reviews to keep the bar high.
• Evolve the content: Analyze the totality of our news blocks to ensure stories evolve and repetition is eliminated—keeping our audience engaged from the first whistle to the final buzzer.
• Drive breaking news: Be the aggressive voice in the room when sports news breaks, ensuring we are first and most accurate across all platforms.

What You Bring:

• A multi-platform mindset: You understand that a great sports story starts on social, lives on digital, and peaks on broadcast.
• Visionary leadership: You don’t just manage a schedule; you inspire a team to pursue impactful, balanced, and promotable stories.
• Killer news judgment: You know what’s a "must-see" and what’s just noise, and you have the script-approval chops to prove it.
• Strategic thinking: You’re focused on improving the product and raising ratings while smartly managing resources and overtime.
• Creative spark: You’re constantly mining social media and viewer submissions for the next great story idea.
• Relentless energy: You thrive in the fast-paced world of sports and are ready to jump into the weekend on-call rotation to own the big moments.
• Collaborative spirit: You work seamlessly with the News Director, Digital Director, and Managing Editor to implement winning strategies.

Why This Role Rocks:

• Unrivaled access: You’ll be working with some of the biggest names and teams in professional sports.
• Community connection: You’ll have the platform to celebrate local kids and athletes, making a real impact on Arizona families.
• Innovation-first culture: We aren't afraid to try new things—if you have a bold idea for a digital sports show or a social campaign, this is the place to launch it.
• A winning team: Join a group of passionate journalists who are as competitive about great storytelling as the athletes they cover.

Ready to lead the best sports team in the Valley? Let’s create something extraordinary together.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Education: Bachelors in Journalism
• Experience: 5 years experience as Executive Producer or Senior Producer in television news

KPHO/KTVK-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

Additional Info:

Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Gray’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

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