Assignment Manager

Do you want to join a premier multimedia company? When you start a career with Hearst Television, not only will you work amongst passionate professionals who take pride in what they do, but you will be a part of a progressive culture where your talents will be valued. 

WISN, the ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, WI is looking for a versatile person to join our team as Assignment Manager.  We’re looking for a proven, experienced newsroom leader who will be aggressive during breaking news, can help publish content to our digital platforms, and has the editorial judgment and abilities to drive daily content. The candidate will find distinctive enterprise stories, oversee crews, and help with day-to-day logistics and planning. As a newsroom leader your impact sets us apart. You will report to the News Director.

Job Responsibilities:

• Assist news management with staff assignments, big picture planning, and daily content gathering. 
• Keep the newsroom calendar- by keeping tabs on the station email, filing press releases, answering phone calls and taking viewer tips. Decide which of the above will yield compelling content for newscasts
• Coordinate crews and resources – communicating constantly with staff in the field and in the newsroom.  
• Must be able to post information to all digital platforms—including posting articles, sending push alerts, and live streaming events.
• Listen to multiple police scanners which cover more than a dozen agencies throughout our market—must have great "scanner ears"

Qualifications Requirements:

• Must be organized and able to multi-task in high pressure situations
• Experience with digital platforms, especially social media. You will monitor multiple social media accounts to gather content and communicate with news makers
• Experience with Pacer, Nexis, ENPS, and CCAP
• Able to create and maintain professional working relationships with newsmakers
• Must gather information from multiple sources simultaneously and quickly push it out to anchors, reporters, producers, and digital editors
• Willing to work a variety of shifts including weekends and nights
• Related military experience will be considered

Value in Action

At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all background, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization that fosters collaboration and open communications, ensuring that the content we create is authentic, accurate and connected to the communities we serve.

Benefits:

Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on the whole person. 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 nearly three dozen U.S. cities, reaching 24 million U.S. television households. Through its partnership with nearly all major networks, Hearst Television distributes national content across more than 120 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.