WLKY - Morning Executive Producer

Hearst Television; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Hearst Television's WLKY in Louisville is seeking a Morning Executive Producer to oversee daily newscasts and lead a night team, guiding the desk and reporters to deliver compelling content across air, mobile, and social platforms.

You will recruit producers, coach staff, and collaborate with news managers to implement winning strategies, manage breaking news when it occurs, and maintain a high-energy newsroom culture focused on local journalism.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years producing experience, prior news management experience or desire to move into news management.
• Demonstrated experience in writing and ability to think visually.
• Ability to coordinate several crews and responsibilities simultaneously.
• Ability to summarize information into easy-to-understand components.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of the preparation of a rundown and scripts for the newscasts
• Research, pitch, and gather enterprise news stories
• Oversight of the use of graphics resources to enhance presentation
• Manage, coach, and motivate producers, reporters, and video journalists
• Respond to breaking news and make nightly coverage decisions and assignments
• Oversight of digital response to breaking news and social media engagement
• Oversight of all newscast writing, showcasing, approval of reporter stories
• Booth newscasts when needed
• Post stories and video on station website and on mobile
• Lead editorial meetings and pitch enterprise stories in editorial meetings
• Communicate with news staff, promotions, and production/engineering

Skills

News Producing

Leadership

Editorial Judgment

Multiplatform Content

Breaking News

Team Coordination

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Local News Executive Producer

WLKY the CBS affiliate in Louisville, KY is looking for a Morning Executive Producer who can oversee newscasts in a fast-paced news environment. We need someone who can construct a vision for newscasts and manage a team towards the vision. You will be a leader who can develop multi-platform content that succeeds on air, on mobile, and on social media. You are a pro when it comes to making decisions under daily pressure and have a solid background in news producing. The Executive Producer will recruit producers and work with other news managers to implement winning newscast strategies. You can handle Breaking News when it comes, and when it doesn't, oversee a compelling product that delivers interesting content to our viewers. Overseeing the product is only one facet of the job. You must also be a coach and a leader with the ability to make those you oversee better. The ideal candidate will be a natural leader with a passion for local journalism; a high-energy team player who is dedicated to covering news and positive newsroom culture. The successful candidate should be able to quickly learn the local news market and how to cover the distinct communities in our DMA. You must be aggressive with breaking news coverage, knowing when to send ground crews, when to juggle or change assignments. You will be responsible for leading the night team, nightly news coverage and managing the assignment desk and all nightly content. You will report to the Assistant News Director and News Director.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of the preparation of a rundown and scripts for the newscasts
• Research, pitch, and gather enterprise news stories
• Oversight of the use of all our graphics resources to enhance our presentation
• Manage, coach, and motivate producers, reporters, and video journalists
• Respond to breaking news and make nightly coverage decisions and assignments
• Oversight of digital response to breaking news and social media engagement
• Oversight of all newscast writing, showcasing, approval of reporter stories
• Booth newscasts when needed
• Post stories and video on station website and on mobile
• Lead editorial meetings and pitch enterprise stories in editorial meetings
• Communicate with news staff, promotions, and production/engineering

Requirements

• 3-5 years producing experience, prior news management experience or desire to move into news management
• Have demonstrated experience in writing and be able to think visually
• Coordinate several crews and responsibilities simultaneously
• Summarize information into easy-to-understand components