Director III, News Job at Nexstar Media Group in Myrtle Beach

News Director

The News Director leads and supervises all aspects of news, weather and sports programming production. The responsibilities include managing all aspects of the News and Production Departments, planning and managing staffing, training, and performance evaluations for the News Department, making decisions regarding hiring, evaluation, promotion and termination of employees, developing news coverage strategy for the station and its website, critiquing newscasts daily to correct errors, improve coverage and provide mentoring feedback to news staff, assigning projects to staff and verifying that deadlines are being met, ensuring achievement of viewer rating goals, determining programming and evaluation of equipment needs to produce quality programming, responding to coverage questions, working with other senior station leaders to establish and reach station goals, and performing other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Skills: Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience. Fluency in English. Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. Minimum five years' experience in news programming production, with at least two years' experience in a leadership role. Experience guiding, directing and motivating subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. Experience establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them. Ability to identify the developmental needs of others and to coach, mentor or otherwise help others to improve their knowledge or skills. Experience preparing and maintaining departmental budgets. Proficiency with computers and other office equipment. Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments and handle multiple tasks simultaneously. Ability to effectively listen to fully understand employee needs and communicate with a team to shape a solution.