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Executive Producer

As an ABC6 News (KAAL-TV) employee, you’re surrounded by opportunity while experiencing forward-thinking philosophy. You’ll work among passionate, engaged professionals who work together to create the most entertaining content in Television and Digital platforms for our audience. Whether you’re searching for a career On-Air, Behind-The-Scenes, or Marketing & Promotion, there’s opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive within ABC6 News and Hubbard Broadcasting.

Job Overview 
The position of News Executive Producer is responsible for raising the bar on storytelling, pushing for personal, and memorable stories. This position will be responsible for story selection, cultivation, and crafting with reporters, anchors and producers.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:
  • Work with producers to raise the quality of presentation for the top stories and content which fulfills our brand promise.
  • Coach and supervise to improve overall newscast quality/showcasing/production value.
  • Develop short, intermediate and long-range market strategies and plans which enhance the product and provide profitable solutions to customer/clients opportunities.
  • Manage a team of online news producers to win the digital news war: posting first, accurately, completely and creatively.
  • Drive digital producers to use all social tools to further online and on-air news goals.
Qualifications:
  • Ideally, five years of successful experience in key leadership role(s) within a television/radio newsroom.
  • Experience leading a news team in designing and building daily newscasts and supervision of compelling news and tease copy writing.
  • Deep understanding of content planning and editorial strategies; with the ability to execute these strategies.
  • Outstanding writing, editing, and graphic skills required.
  • Must be a dynamic strong leader with a clear vision and ability to communicate that vision to the staff.
  • Ability to coach, inspire and motivate the next generation of television/digital journalists.
  • Strong delegation and new judgement skills.
  • Highly functional under pressure and tight deadlines.

We are an equal opportunity employer