Multi Platform Content Director

WCVB, Hearst Television’s ABC affiliate in Boston, is seeking a dynamic, creative, and experienced newsroom leader to be our next Multi-Platform Content Director. The ideal candidate must have excellent news judgment, a strong command of breaking news and big story coverage, and a proven ability to drive impactful storytelling across digital and on-air platforms. This role oversees the daily operations of a highly competitive top-10 market newsroom and plays a strategic role in shaping content strategy, workflow, and communication. This is a rare opportunity to join one of the most respected ownership groups in the nation. You will report to the News Director.

Responsibilities

• Work with the News Director and Assistant News Director to ensure daily and long-term content adheres to the WCVB brand and the department’s overall strategy 
• Lead daily editorial meeting discussions surrounding  and promote linear and digital content 
• Build and execute a newsroom communication plan leveraging tools such as Microsoft Teams and AI platforms
• Support planning and execution of big event coverage from elections to debates to the Boston Marathon and other community-focused efforts
• Coach reporters on multiplatform storytelling
• Provide mentorship and daily feedback to reporters, producers, and desk personnel

Requirements

• 5+ years of newsroom management experience
• A strategic approach to building content, growing people, and embracing technology
• Commitment to digital-first mindset 
• Ability to command a large staff in an ever-evolving 24/7 news environment
• Producing and digital background preferred

Salary

The estimated base salary range for this role is between $125,000 and $150,000.  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.