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:
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 REQUIREMENTS:
Must have 5 years prior experience Top 10 market experience in day-to-day operations, production and leadership of local news streaming products.
Able to make 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 journalism, communication or related field.
Interested candidates apply via Disneycareers.com reference JOB ID # 10134624
https://www.disneycareers.com/en/job/houston/executive-producer-ktrk/391/87372615312 y Careers
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At Disney Corporate you can see how the businesses behind the Company’s powerful brands come together to create the most innovative, far-reaching and admired entertainment company in the world. As a member of a corporate team, you’ll work with world-class leaders driving the strategies that keep The Walt Disney Company at the leading edge of entertainment. See and be seen by other innovative thinkers as you enable the greatest storytellers in the world to create memories for millions of families around the globe.
About The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with the following business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, Disney Parks, and Experiences and Products. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.
This position is with KTRK Television, Inc, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment.
KTRK Television, Inc is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.
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