Morning Executive Producer - Orlando, United States - Cox Media Group
Description
Location:
FL-Orlando-South
Job Title:
Morning Executive Producer - WFTV Orlando
Position Overview:
The Morning Executive Producer at WFTV Orlando will manage a team of TV and digital producers, writers, anchors, reporters, photographers, editors, and directors.
The person in this job must be a quick-moving innovator who can lead the team in a changing media environment.
The EP assists in all aspects of leading and managing a team such as establishing schedules, goal setting, and employee relations.
This person must be willing to work evenings and past midnight to follow important breaking news.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Newscast & Brand Management - 90%
- Lead digital effort to engage viewers as they wake up and look at their phones first
- Execute livestreaming strategy to encourage viewership on mobile and on other digital platforms
- Work closely with talent on social posts to encourage viewership of the newscast
- Innovate to match research as viewing behavior changes
- Craft newscast look by working with the Creative Services Department
- Manage story count and placement
- Must be intimate with the rundown
- Manage story count vs. big story coverage
- Copy edits stories in the newscast and ensures that they are on target with research objectives
- Set the coverage expectation by holding meetings with producers and conducting newscast critiques
- Manage repetition within newscasts and from newscast to newscast
- Ensure the product stays on brand
- Hold producers accountable on story selection and ensures anchors and meteorologists stay on target with delivery
- Manage breaking news
- Ensure that we are on the air quickly
- Monitor the execution in the control room
- Facilitate drills to ensure talent is up to speed.
- Hold writing seminars and trainings for new employees
- Lead and manages a team of TV and digital producers, writers, anchors, reporters, photographers, editors, and directors
- Assist in establishing schedules, goal setting, and employee relations
Minimum Qualifications:
- At least 3 years of newsroom experience required
- Must be a quick leading innovator who can lead a team in a changing media environment
- Must understand and be able to execute on evolving digital platforms
- Must be a good teacher and leader
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
- Must be able to understand research and execute on the findings
- Ability to work well with others and deal with employee issues appropriately
Physical Demands:
- A combination of physical work (standing, walking, lifting and carrying items such as laptop computers, pulling file drawers)
- Document review and computer use, including ability to manipulate fingers to operate computer keyboard and mouse
- Expected to work under deadline constraints and meet precise deadlines (including selfimposed deadlines)
- Routine interruptions and unforeseen assignments are to be expected
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
Preferred Qualifications:
- B.A. Degree in Journalism, Communications, or other field of study preferred
- Large market experience preferred
About Cox Media Group
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