Morning Producer, Executive Job at Nexstar Media Group, Inc. in Oklahoma City

Overview

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Location: Oklahoma City, OK • Position: Morning Executive Producer

Purpose/Reason for the Position: KFOR-TV/KAUT-TV produces more news and weather than any other station in the Oklahoma City market. The Morning EP supervises KFOR and KAUT’s 5 hours of morning newscasts. The ideal candidate will have leadership, creativity and collaboration skills to increase the depth and reach of our newscasts and digital platforms while building new audiences and enhancing the user experience. The Morning Executive Producer will execute best practices in this aggressive breaking news and severe weather market.

Responsibilities

• Supervise KFOR and KAUT’s 5 hours of morning newscasts.
• Lead with leadership, creativity and collaboration to increase depth and reach of newscasts and digital platforms while building new audiences and enhancing the user experience.
• Execute best practices in an aggressive breaking news and severe weather market.
• Produce high-quality original content and fill in to produce a newscast when necessary.
• Coordinate overnight operations with the morning show producers, the assignment desk, and KFOR’s digital team.
• Work with producers to assure cross-promotion of broadcast/web/social media/mobile platforms.
• Coach staff to write and produce effective lead-ins and teases.
• Function at a high level under breaking news situations and deadlines.

Qualifications/Experience

• Experience: A proven track record of leadership, creativity and collaboration.
• Can assume a newsroom leadership role and work closely with the News Director and dayside Executive Producer to shape newsroom strategy and policy.
• Can coordinate overnight operations with our team of morning show producers, the assignment desk, and KFOR’s digital team.
• Can function at a high level under breaking news situations and deadlines.
• Gas strong journalistic skills.
• Can produce high-quality original content and fill in to produce a newscast when necessary.
• Can work independently/effectively/with minimal oversight from management.
• Work with producers to assure cross-promotion of broadcast/web/social media/mobile platforms.
• Coach staff to write and produce effective lead-ins and teases.
• Is creative with a sense of humor.

Other Details

Statement about other duties: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions. Management reserves the right to revise the job or require other or different tasks when circumstances change (e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, special projects, technological developments).

Apply at: https://nexstar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/nexstar

Equal Opportunity Employer

Oklahoma City, OK

Job Type and Location Snippets

Location: Oklahoma City, OK • Salary: $90,000.00-$110,000.00 (estimate varies by experience)

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