Assignment Editor

KCRA 3, the NBC affiliate in Sacramento, CA, has an opening for someone who wants to win each day in the role of Assignment Editor. You can capture the essence of what's happening in the community and help to bring it home to our viewers. You will have a take charge attitude for breaking news. You find distinctive enterprise stories and oversee news coverage. As a newsroom leader, your impact sets us apart. You will report to the Managing Editor.

Responsibilities

• Gather and organize press releases, emails, calls, social media messages and viewer tips. Decide which of the above will yield compelling content for newscasts.
• Assist news management with content gathering and planning
• Assist producers and reporters with story gathering for all platforms
• Listen to multiple scanners that cover agencies throughout Northern California
• Effectively communicate with field crews about assignments
• Gather and post content to all digital and social platforms, including sending push alerts

Requirements

• At least one year of assignment desk or related professional experience
• Experience monitoring digital sites and social media to curate developing content for the newsroom 
• Maintain professional working relationships with agencies and newsmakers
• Gather information from multiple sources simultaneously and quickly distribute the latest details
• Remain calm and level-headed during breaking news situations
• Willing to work a variety of shifts including mornings, weekends and holidays
• Bilingual experience will be considered
• Related military experience will be considered
• In-person attendance is required

Salary

The estimated base salary range for this role is between $56,000 and $68,000. The actual base pay offered is dependent upon many factors, such as transferable skills, work experience, business needs, market demands and conditions, including geographic location where the work will be performed, and other factors permitted by law. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Diversity Statement

At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach, ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate, and more representative of the communities we serve.

Benefits

Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.

• Medical | Dental | Vision
• 401(k) matching
• Emotional Wellness Support
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• LGBTQ+ Health Services
• Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs

Every career with Hearst Television is like a story. How it develops, where it takes you, the milestones you reach along the way – you’ve got a lot to look forward to as your unique career story unfolds.

Hearst Television, a subsidiary of Hearst, owns and operates local television and radio stations serving 26 media markets across 39 states reaching over 21 million U.S. television households. Through its partnership with nearly all of the major networks, Hearst Television distributes national content over nearly 70 video channels including programming from ABC, NBC, CBS, CW, MY Net, MeTV, This TV, Estrella and more.

Hearst Television is recognized as one of the industry's premier companies. It has been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism and industry innovation, including the Walter Cronkite Award for political journalism, the national Edward R. Murrow Award, the DuPont-Columbia Award and the George Foster Peabody Award.