Producer, WXYZ

WXYZ, The E.W. Scripps ABC affiliate, is seeking a creative, motivated News Producer to craft engaging stories that connect with the Detroit community. This role involves developing and organizing newscasts, writing story content, collaborating with various news team members, and enhancing content with graphics and video. The producer will also execute time-sensitive decisions, oversee live broadcasts, perform desktop editing, and post content to the station's websites, playing a vital role in delivering informed news to Detroit.

Must Have

• Develop and organize newscasts or local programs.
• Write story development and showcasing.
• Collaborate with reporters, anchors, news managers, and assignment editors to determine content needs.
• Enhance content with graphics, video, research, and station branding.
• Execute time-sensitive decisions.
• Oversee live broadcast and up-to-the-minute editorial decisions.
• Perform desktop editing.
• Post content to station's websites.
• BS/BA in related discipline or equivalent experience.
• Generally 2+ years of experience in a related field.

Good to Have

• Avid local news consumer: knows daily news, events, trends and happenings on a local level.
• Strong vision and ability to advance stories.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Passionate, courageous, and creative storyteller with attention to even tiny details in writing.
• Highly organized.
• Highly adaptable to a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Strong self-motivation.
• Working knowledge of journalistic ethics and libel laws.
• Strong editorial judgment.
• Able to use web analytics.
• Proficient with newsroom computer systems.
• MS Office proficiency (a plus).
• Flexible work hours may be required, including holidays, weekends and evenings.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Develop and organize newscasts or local programs.
• Write story development and showcasing.
• Collaborate with reporters, anchors, news managers and assignment editors to determine content needs.
• Enhance content with graphics, video, research, and station branding.
• Execute time sensitive decisions.
• Oversee live broadcast and up to the minute editorial decisions.
• Perform desktop editing.
• Post content to station's Web sites.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

• BS/BA in related discipline preferred or equivalent years of experience
• Generally, 2+ years of experience in related field preferred

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• Avid local news consumer: knows daily news, events, trends and happenings on a local level
• Strong vision and ability to advance stories
• Excellent interpersonal communicator
• Extraordinarily passionate about writing; courageous and creative storyteller with attention to even tiny details - choosing the perfect words, grammar, spelling
• Highly organized
• Highly adaptable - fast paced, deadline driven environment
• Strong self-motivation
• Working knowledge of journalistic ethics and libel laws and strong editorial judgement
• Able to use web analytics
• Proficient with newsroom computer systems, MS Office a plus
• Flexible work hours may be required, including holidays, weekends and evenings