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06/23/2017
WMAR-TV
Executive Producer
Company: WMAR-TV
Position: Executive Producer
Job description: WMAR is recruiting for an experienced Executive Producer. This position will be responsible for managing the content and showcasing across multiple platforms, ensuring that the station is competitive within the market.
Key activities:
Coordinate the content and presentation across multiple platforms
Enhance and support content with graphics, video and station branding Review content for multiple platforms Supervise pre-production to ensure quality and ethical standards and coordination between Control Room and design staff
Supervise the writing of content, including but not limited to teases and web headlines
Manage schedules, overtime and performance for assigned direct reports, including but not limited to yearly reviews
Monitor web analytics on a daily basis to enhance user experience, site stickiness and engagement
Post content to station's web sites Knowledge and demonstration of editorial judgment, journalistic ethics and libel laws
Create tactics and strategies to increase demo performance in key target areas for multiple platforms
Have working knowledge of federal, state and local laws impacting operations
Work with other departments to accomplish the objectives of the station
Perform other duties as assigned
Education: College degree from an accredited College or University. Communication or Journalism emphasis preferred.
Experience:
Three to five years experience as Senior Producer or Executive Producer in a medium or major size market.
License/Certificate: Valid driver's license and good driving record.
Equipment: Knowledge of content-producing computer systems.
Skills/Abilities:
Must work well in stressful situations meeting pressure of daily deadlines.
Self-motivated and adaptable to changing schedules.
Excellent writing skills needed.
Good creative and editorial judgment.
Mastery of journalistic ethics and libel laws.
Work well with news personnel, other station employees and the general public.
Must be available for shift changes, nights, weekends and/or holidays.
About Scripps The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE: SSP) serves audiences and businesses through a growing portfolio of television, radio and digital media brands. Scripps is one of the nation's largest independent TV station owners, with 33 television stations in 24 markets and a reach of nearly one in five U.S. households. It also owns 34 radio stations in eight markets. Scripps also runs an expanding collection of local and national digital journalism and information businesses, including multi-platform satire and humor brand Cracked, podcast industry leader Midroll Media and over-the-top video news service Newsy. Scripps also produces television shows including "The List" and "The Now," runs an award-winning investigative reporting newsroom in Washington, D.C., and serves as the long-time steward of the nation's largest, most successful and longest-running educational program, the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Founded in 1878, Scripps has held for decades to the motto, "Give light and the people will find their own way." As an equal employment opportunity employer, The E.W. Scripps Company and its affiliates do not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis on race, sex, sexual orientation, 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.
Expdate: 07/31/2017
Contact person: Darlene Dorman
Phone: 410-372-2319
Email: dorman@wmar.com
