Broadcast Director, WTMJ at The E.W. Scripps Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Job Description:

WTMJ, The Scripps NBC station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is searching for an aggressive and experienced Broadcast Director to help run our newsroom.

The Broadcast Director works closely with the News Director and peer leaders in executing the Scripps content strategy so that local consumer expectations are met on platforms including app, OTT, mobile, web and social. This includes local content vision and strategy to address consumer needs, content standards, delivery, quality control and continuous improvement. Leads and executes Content strategy on the television broadcast platform.

The Broadcast Director will help recruit, hire, and manage the Anchors, Meteorologists, Executive Producers, Producers, and the Sports Department.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Collaborates with News Director and team of peer leaders to leverage the Scripps content strategy as the foundation for specific local content strategy. Within the strategy, this position has specific attention on meeting the needs of the broadcast consumer.




• Partners with content leaders to plan and coordinate content resources for daily coverage on the broadcast platform.




• Works very closely with the leader of Enterprise/Investigative and content and marketing leaders to plan future story schedules.




• Hires, schedules and manages a team to deliver and continuously improve our television broadcast news product. This includes Anchors, Executive Producers, Producers, Sports Directors, Meteorologists




• In alignment with the Scripps content strategy, ultimately responsible for tactics and strategies to increase broadcast ratings (demos) performance.




• Monitors on-air product for compliance to Federal, State and local laws as well as First and Fourteenth Amendments, and trains staff to do the same.




• Reviews copy, builds capability in staff to review/edit scripts for air.




• Analyzes and responds to trends affecting the television broadcast platform and the DMA.




• Provides coaching and development of staff to ensure the strategy for our broadcasts is understood and followed.




• Ensures shows are properly organized and consumer focused.




• Develops a pipeline of producing talent for this and other Scripps local media businesses.




• Works closely with the editorial leader to evaluate workflow and optimize news operations.




• Responsible for broadcast platform budgetary planning and monitoring.




• Other duties as assigned.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism or a combination of education and equivalent experience.




• A minimum of 10 years of experience in positions of progressive responsibility.




• 3 years of management experience in content media departments preferred.




• Experience turning news shows around to improve business results.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• Journalism: Skilled storyteller, journalistic ethics and libel.




• Working knowledge of television ratings.




• Advanced oral and written communication skills.




• Working knowledge of all media platforms and broad understanding of broadcast newsroom operations and equipment.




• Calm under pressure: able to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.




• Customer focus: understands customer needs, raises the bar on customer service, develops unified approach to exceed customer expectations.




• Very strong collaborator: involves others in problem solving and decision making, asks for and considers an array of perspectives, comfortable relying on the expertise of others and joint decision making.




• Manage execution: setting expectations, delegating, facilitating, removing barriers, measuring performance, and fostering accountability/recognition.




• Engage and inspire at all levels: create environment where people feel appreciated, and valued, are committed and want to excel, and want to define opportunities to improve the organization.




• Manage conflict: Constructive in working through differences, handles recurrent conflict, resolves issues between employees, preserves relationships.




• Decision making: Ties decisions to strategy, uses sound logic, makes decisions at the right time, brings others into decision making process, chooses the best alternative.




• Coach: Continuously cultivates capabilities by asking the right questions and equipping staff with tools, knowledge and opportunities they need to develop themselves.




• Delegation: is clear about lines of responsibility, allows staff to make mistakes, offers guidance without taking over, enables team to manage daily operation of their teams.

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ABOUT SCRIPPS:

The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) is a diversified media company focused on creating a better-informed world. As the nation’s fourth-largest local TV broadcaster, Scripps serves communities with quality, objective local journalism and operates a portfolio of 61 stations in 41 markets. Scripps’ national networks reach nearly every American through the news outlets Court TV and Newsy and popular entertainment brands ION, Bounce, Grit, Laff and Court TV Mystery. Scripps is the nation’s largest holder of broadcast spectrum. Scripps runs an award-winning investigative reporting newsroom in Washington, D.C., and is the longtime steward of 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 of race, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, 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.