Newscast Director: Lead Live News & Tech Ops

NAB Leadership Foundation

Las Vegas (NV)

On-site

USD 60,000 - 80,000

Full time

4 days ago
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Job summary

KLAS 8 News Now in Las Vegas, NV is seeking a Broadcast Director to support the AM team with on-call flexibility. You will coordinate the actions of technical operators during newscasts and other live/recorded productions, ensuring smooth, high-quality output.

This full-time position requires a high school diploma, English fluency, and at least two years in news operations and production. Proficiency with broadcast control equipment and Premiere editing is preferred.

Qualifications

  • High school diploma required.
  • Fluency in English.
  • Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
  • Minimum two years' experience in News operations and Production.
  • Proficiency with computers and broadcast control equipment.
  • Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments and multi-task.
  • Ignite automation experience preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Direct and/or technically direct newscasts.
  • Coordinate technical control and production of programs.
  • Ensure quality standards are met.
  • Work with the news Producers to deliver a clean visually impactful news cast.
  • May also perform: Audio operations for daily newscasts.
  • Live operations (tunes satellites, microwaves, and other live feeds).
  • Editing with Adobe Premiere editing software.
  • Teleprompting for daily newscasts.

Skills

Fluency in English
Excellent communication
Deadline-driven multitasking
Broadcast control equipment
Adobe Premiere editing
On-call flexibility

Education

High school diploma
Experience in News operations & Production

Tools

Ignite automation

Job description

KLAS 8 News Now in Las Vegas, NV is seeking a Broadcast Director to support the AM team with on-call flexibility. You will coordinate the actions of technical operators during newscasts and other live/recorded productions, ensuring smooth, high-quality output.

This full-time position requires a high school diploma, English fluency, and at least two years in news operations and production. Proficiency with broadcast control equipment and Premiere editing is preferred.

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