KGO DGA Director (Daily Hire)

Disney Entertainment’s eight-owned ABC stations are multiplatform leaders in local news and information. Emmy® Award-winning station KGO-TV ABC7 is the San Francisco Bay Area’s source for breaking news, weather, and live video. Widely recognized for its solution-based promise to help the Bay Area communities, the station’s initiative “Building a Better Bay Area” dedicates more time, resources, and reporting to the issues that impact its viewers’ quality of life. From the local economy and education to health and safety to issues impacting the environment, ABC7’s focus is to bring a greater perspective on the challenges currently facing neighborhoods.  KGO-TV is an ABC-owned television station serving San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, and all of the greater Bay Area.

KGO-TV/ABC7 is seeking a dedicated Director that wants to join our team by working on live newscasts and local production.

The ideal candidate should have:

• Operational knowledge and/or working experience with

  • Ross Overdrive Automation System

  • Vinten Robotics

  • Xpression graphics

  • Dalet systems.

• A strong sense of newscast structure, significant hands-on experience operating in a computer assisted environment, the ability to work well under pressure, exceptional organizational skills, the ability to easily adapt within an organization, and solid people skills. 

• Actively seeks out challenges developing solutions independently, without waiting for instruction while focusing on outcomes rather than obstacles.

Job Responsibilities:

• Direct daily newscasts and production as required.

• Work closely with newscast producers, anchors, reporters, production and engineering staff.

• Stage manager duties as assigned.

• Other duties as assigned.

Education: 

• BA in Communications or equivalent preferred 

Experience: 

• Minimum 5 years in television production