• Morning Executive Producer

    Nexstar Media Group (Des Moines, IA)


    The Morning Executive Producer supervises news content across all media platforms and line produces at least one hour of a live newscast.

    Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

    + Manage newsroom, contribute to the editorial process, and make solid decisions in breaking news situations.

    + Help in content production

    + Define strategic direction for content coverage to meet business and financial objectives.

    + Execute strategies that engage and grow audiences across all media devices.

    + Possess strong interpersonal skills, understand how to recruit new producers, and enjoy the coaching/mentoring aspects of this position.

    + Hold post news meetings, look forward to next day, and offer critiques

    + Be a leader in content and mangers meetings

    Requirements & Skills :

    + Bachelor's Degree in Journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.

    + At least 5 years’ experience in news operations and/or producing preferred.

    + Collaborate with anchors, reporters, producers, writers, assignment editors, photographers, and other team members to ensure newscasts are highly produced, teases are strong, and content matches the station brand, review scripts, ensuring accuracy, fairness, and ethical journalism.

    + Ability to multi-task, deal with extreme deadline pressure, and react/coordinate coverage under live breaking news situation is crucial.

    + Excellent verbal, written, digital and analytical skills

    + Strong news judgment, journalistic integrity and understanding of viewer needs and expectations

    + Able to work the morning shift.

     

    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.

     

    EEO Statement: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.