Producer, KRIS

Are you passionate about local news and ready to shape the stories that matter to the Coastal Bend? KRIS, the NBC affiliate in Corpus Christi, is seeking a creative, motivated Producer who will craft engaging content for multiple platforms utilizing editorial, journalistic, organizational and communication skills. This full-time, onsite position offers an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact in one of Texas's most vibrant communities.

• Develop and organize newscasts or local programs
• Write story development and showcasing
• Collaborate with reporters, anchors, news managers and assignment editors to determine content needs
• Enhance content with graphics, video, research, and station branding
• Execute time sensitive decisions
• Oversee live broadcast and up to the minute editorial decisions
• Perform desktop editing
• Post content to station's Web sites
• Perform other duties as assigned

• BS/BA in related discipline preferred or equivalent years of experience
• Generally, 2+ years of experience in related field preferred

• Avid local news consumer: knows daily news, events, trends and happenings on a local level
• Strong vision and ability to advance stories
• Excellent interpersonal communicator
• Extraordinarily passionate about writing; courageous and creative storyteller with attention to even tiny details - choosing the perfect words, grammar, spelling
• Highly organized
• Highly adaptable - fast paced, deadline driven environment
• Strong self-motivation
• Working knowledge of journalistic ethics and libel laws and strong editorial judgement
• Able to use web analytics
• Proficient with newsroom computer systems, MS Office a plus
• Flexible work hours may be required, including holidays, weekends and evenings

Corpus Christi, Texas, offers an unbeatable coastal lifestyle where work-life balance truly comes to life. Known as the "Sparkling City by the Sea", Corpus Christi boasts 113 miles of pristine Gulf Coast beaches, making it a paradise for water sports enthusiasts, fishing aficionados, and beach lovers. The city's vibrant downtown features a thriving arts district, world-class museums like the Texas State Aquarium, and the historic USS Lexington Museum.

With year-round sunshine and mild winters, outdoor activities abound from sailing and surfing to birding at the renowned Padre Island National Seashore. The city's growing culinary scene showcases fresh Gulf seafood alongside authentic Tex-Mex cuisine. Corpus Christi serves as the gateway to South Padre Island and offers easy access to San Antonio and Austin, combining small-town charm with big-city amenities in one of Texas's most affordable coastal markets.

As an equal employment opportunity employer, The E.W. Scripps Company and its affiliates do not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender, color, religion, age, genetic information, medical condition, disability, marital status, citizenship or national origin, and military membership or veteran status, or on any other basis which would be in violation of any applicable federal, state or local law.

Furthermore, the company will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship for the company.