Responsibilities
- Coordinates the efforts of all production assistants during newscasts and other live and recorded productions.
- Supervises and manages staff of news production assistants.
- Creates schedules and manages crew's time and assignments.
- Provides training of news production staff.
- Technical director for newscasts.
- Edits video.
- Assists in upkeep of studio and production sets and properties.
- Participates in the design of video graphics, titles, music, and creative look of shows.
- Makes some editorial decisions regarding assembly of information, illustrations, and content.
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- BA or BS degree in Communications or Mass Communications with an emphasis on Television Production.
- Related experience considered: evaluation by Company management and may be substituted based on one year of experience.
- Minimum of two years of television directing experience preferred.
- Working knowledge of television production techniques and extensive experience with automation.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.
- Ability to plan work schedules and assign duties; ability to provide or arrange for training.
- Creative decision‑making skills.
- Skill in organizing resources and establishing priorities.
- Ability to make administrative and procedural decisions.
- Ability to create, compose, and edit written materials.
- Knowledge of professional audio/video and staging techniques, facilities, and equipment.
- Knowledge of audio/video archiving procedures.
- Knowledge of professional audio and/or video editing and post‑production procedures, techniques, and standards.
- Ability to formulate broadcast programming concepts and to plan, develop, and implement live and/or pre‑recorded television programs.
- Knowledge of television graphic design methods and techniques.
- Knowledge of television production set design principles and techniques.
- Knowledge of television programming concepts, principles, methodology, and techniques.