Dayside Senior Producer

TEGNA
Seattle, WA
Category Communications
Job Description
Role Overview

The Dayside Senior Producer will shape and energize daily newscasts with strong editorial choices, urgency, and accuracy. They will work hand-in-hand with the Executive Producer to ensure the linear and streaming-only products beat the competition and serve the community.

What You Will Do

The Senior Producer will collaborate with producers, inspire and motivate a team, guide editorial decision-making, and head up assigned special projects. They will also demonstrate professionalism and composure under constant deadlines and pressure.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have top-notch communication skills, solid journalistic judgement, and the ability to calmly handle live, breaking news situations and changing events.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred or related or equivalent years of experience
  • 5 years of news content experience
  • Top-notch communication skills
  • Solid journalistic judgement and a news philosophy that emphasizes breaking news, accurate, fair, and unique local content, along with community engagement
  • Understanding of the tenets of professional journalism
  • Organizational skills and the ability to work under time-pressure deadlines
  • Ability to calmly handle live, breaking news situations and changing events
  • ENPS and Edius system experience preferred

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of employees and their families
  • Two medical plan options through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
  • Dental and eye care coverage
  • Fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance
  • Disability and life insurance
  • 401(k) program with a 100% match from the company
  • Nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc
  • 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health
  • Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit
  • Nine paid holidays per year
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