Senior Manager, News and Content

Senior Manager, News and Content - Spectrum News 1

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This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

• Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
• Assist in developing and executing daily editorial plans.
• Assist and approve coverage plans and stories for newscasts in collaboration with Senior Director of News.
• Read and edit news copy to ensure quality control standards with high awareness of legality, morality, accuracy, and perceptions of bias.
• Oversee news gathering in area in ways to benefit the entire news group.
• Make key decisions on breaking news coverage, stories and how to cover them, editorial and creative content.
• Directly responsible for ensuring the quality of all news programming meets editorial and quality standard.
• Supervise the production process and direct staff to maintain quality and ethical standards.
• Establish operational objectives and work plans, delegate assignments.
• Work closely with Senior Executive Producers, Executive Producers, and Producers to enrich and expand key assignments and big stories.
• Meet with news managers on a regular basis to provide feedback, guidance and advice concerning production issues.
• Review content of news stories and check for errors of fact, technical errors, creative content, miscues, editorial mistakes.
• Continuously evaluate staff performance and provide on‑going feedback for improvement.
• Drive integration and collaboration with other managers to achieve station goals.
• Work closely with other managers to determine daily scope of coverage.
• Ensure staff knows and understands news coverage vision and short/long term goals and objectives.
• Create a motivating environment for staff.
• Drive integration and collaboration between production staff and other functions areas of newsroom.
• Participate in developing, modifying, and executing company policies that affect immediate operations and may also have company‑wide effect.
• Act as role model for staff by maintaining ethical, professional, and legal standards.
• Assist in the hiring, supervising, and developing of news staff.
• Conduct performance evaluations for direct reports.
• Assist in the scheduling of newsroom personnel.
• Create and execute short and long‑ranged plans for staff development and professional growth, program schedules, future stories and guest bookings.
• Continuously evaluate resources needed for adequate coverage and present recommendations to Senior Director of News.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English.
• Works on issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in‑depth knowledge of organizational objectives.
• Implements strategic policies when selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Must continually develop and enhance the technical knowledge of newsroom to be able to work in a hands‑on environment.
• Proficient at inspiring staff to attain station goals of creativity, urgency, and accuracy.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to motivate and train others.
• Establishes and assures adherence to schedules, work plans, and performance requirements.
• Adept at embracing new technology.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels in the organization.
• Ability to think strategically and anticipate future trends, needs, and expectations.

Bachelor degree in journalism or related field, or comparable television work experience.

Experience as a senior or unit producer at a news station 6+;
Management experience 3+.

Master’s degree.

Works primarily inside a climate‑controlled environment throughout the year but might be assigned field duties on occasion. Requires long periods of personal computer use and telephone communications. Works in an open newsroom setting with a semi‑noisy environment. Communicates in person, by phone and by email. Must be able to work under time pressure deadlines and willing and able to work different shifts or longer shifts due to “breaking news” and severe weather emergencies.

Willing and able to work weekends and holidays. Materials and equipment used: various studio and news gathering television equipment, computers, and computer‑related equipment.

Spectrum is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including job seekers with disabilities and veterans.