Job Description
ABC13, Houston's top-rated news channel, is looking for an experienced manager of a portion of our 13 hours of live daily news.
This role will encompass all of our digital and linear endpoints and the right candidate will have experience managing teams across that spectrum.
We are a high-performance culture that thrives on new and exciting challenges. We readily study ratings, research and intuition to develop and regularly update our strategies for each platform we serve. We regularly pivot on a dime depending on the circumstances, and we expect our team to respond quickly and appropriately to change and the needs of our audience – which is shifting rapidly.
Whether it's for breaking weather or traffic, big breaking news or important investigative work, we are a news-first organization that produces 13 live hours of news a day with hard-hitting information and very little fluff.
The right candidate has a high attention to detail, understanding the nuances of every element we stream or broadcast and has a high technical skill to manage and regularly operate our newsroom production system, alongside our producer/anchors but also has been in a control room, producing and managing newscasts recently.
Responsibilities
The right candidate has a high attention to detail, understanding the nuances of every element we stream or broadcast and has a high technical skill to manage and regularly operate our newsroom production system, alongside our producer/anchors but also has been in a control room, producing and managing newscasts recently.
• Responsible for day-to-day operations, production and leadership of streaming products and live events.
• Responsible for linear newscasts, production, execution and news judgement for what goes into newscasts.
• Training for those who produce linear or streaming newscasts with limited resources
Basic Qualifications
• Must have 5 years prior experience Top 10 market experience in day-to-day operations, production and leadership of local news streaming products.
• Making quick, strategic decisions is a must, along with close collaboration with the other newsroom and station leaders.
• Having a strong, thoughtful but compassionate voice when making decisions with our team is a requirement.
Education
• Bachelor's degree in journalist, communication or related field.
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About ABC Owned TV Stations:
The Disney Entertainment Television group creates original entertainment and news content for the Company's streaming platforms and its cable and broadcast networks.
This position is with KTRK Television, Inc, which is part of a business we call ABC Owned TV Stations.
KTRK Television, Inc is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-86v896-35-215-184-102-42 in your application.