News Director Job at Nexstar Broadcasting in Nashville

The News Director leads and supervises all aspects of news, weather, digital content, CTV and sports programming production.

Manages all aspects of the News Department

Plans and manages staffing, training, and performance evaluations for the News Department

Makes decisions regarding hiring, evaluation, promotion and termination of employees

Develops news coverage strategy for the station, website, and CTV

Critiques newscasts daily to correct errors, improve coverage and provide mentoring feedback to news staff

Assigns projects to staff and verifies that deadlines are being met

Ensures achievement of viewer rating goals

Determines programming and evaluation of equipment needs to produce quality programming

Responds to coverage questions

Works with other senior station leaders to establish and reach station goals

Ensures on air video and audio is compliant with Nexstar and FCC standards

Creates monthly special projects, tied to the community

Forward thinking in the CTV programming and expansion space

Management of the Newsroom budget and Expenses

Creative input with promotional hub

Works with other News directors within Nexstar for statewide, regional, and national coverage and support

Performs 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 three years’ experience in a leadership role. (More or less depending on market size.)

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 and working within department’s expense guidelines

Proficiency with computers, telephones, Microsoft programs, copiers, scanners 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

Ability to create and expand CTV programming

History of growing audience shares in key demographics

Ability to analyze research and daily metrics and build a game plan for growth

Ability to analyze daily NSI and Com Score Ratings and trends not only for WKRN but the entire landscape

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across its television and digital platforms, including more than 310,000 hours of programming produced annually by its business units. Nexstar owns America’s largest local television broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 220 million people. Nexstar’s national television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, our national news network providing “News for All America,” popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including its local TV station websites, The Hill and NewsNationNow.com, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property. For more information, please visit nexstar.tv.

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