Director, News

**WXFV/WUTR-TV in Utica, New York believes our people make all the difference to our success.** We are located in downtown Utica. Utica is known for its friendly people, charming downtown, outstanding food, and so much history. We are hiring a full-time News Director to oversee the News operation. The News Director leads and supervises all aspects of news, weather and sports programming production.

* Manages all aspects of the News Department.
* Plans and manages staffing, training, and performance evaluations for the News Department.
* Makes decisions regarding hiring, evaluation, promotion, and termination of employees.
* Develops news coverage strategy for the station and its website.
* Critiques newscasts daily to improve coverage, correct errors, and provide mentoring feedback to news staff.
* Assigns projects to staff and verifies that deadlines are met.
* Ensures achievement of viewer rating goals.
* Determines programming and evaluation of equipment needs to produce quality programming.
* Responds to coverage questions.
* Works with other senior station leaders to establish and reach station goals.
* Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Skills:

* Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.
Fluency in English.
* Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
* Minimum five years’ experience in news programming production, with at least two years’ experience in a leadership role. (More or less depending on market size.)
* Experience guiding, directing and motivating subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
* Experience establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
* Ability to identify the developmental needs of others and to coach, mentor or otherwise help others to improve their knowledge or skills.
* Experience preparing and maintaining departmental budgets.
* Proficiency with computers, telephones, copiers, scanners, fax machines and other office equipment.
* Ability to meet deadlines, prioritize assignments and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
* Ability to effectively listen to fully understand employee needs and communicate with a team to shape a solution.

Benefits:

Salary Range: $45,000 - $55,000

Nexstar Benefits: Our comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees includes, but not limited to, medical (with multiple plan options), dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, a 401(k) with company matching contributions, Paid Parental leave, life insurance and more.