NEWS DIRECTOR - KMOV

Job Description

About Gray Media:

Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 43 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray's additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.

About KMOV:

First Alert Four in St. Louis is looking for an experienced News Director to join our award-winning team and make a difference in our community. KMOV-TV is the most watched station in Missouri and Southern Illinois, and one of the top CBS affiliates in the country. The news operation has been recognized as the Regional Edward R Murrow Winner for Best Newscast and Overall Excellence in the last two years. In 2023, the RTDNA honored KMOV-TV with the National Edward R Murrow Award for Best Newscast. The station operates out of a brand new, state-of-the-art broadcasting and digital facility in the St. Louis suburb of Maryland Heights. St. Louis is a great metro area with a low cost of living and worldwide recognized professional sports, public parks, and tourist attractions. The Gateway Arch, St. Louis Zoo, Forest Park, St. Louis Cardinals Baseball, Blues Hockey, and CITY STL soccer teams are just a few of the major attractions in the St. Louis community that bring millions to the region each year to live, work, and play.

Job Summary/Description:                       

KMOV, the Gray-owned CBS affiliate in the St. Louis, Missouri market, is seeking a News Director to lead our award-winning News Department. The successful candidate will bring an established record of recruiting, developing, and retaining a Newsroom team rooted in strong journalism and innovation. We are looking for a leader who embraces creative storytelling and investigative journalism as key components of newscasts, as well as digital, streaming, and social platforms. The News Director oversees all content operations, has excellent news judgment, and provides strategic direction for the daily news and long-term planning. Must have a history of managing financial, technical, and human resources.

Duties/Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Strategically lead, inspire, and manage the news department.
• Oversee on-air and digital news content.
• Work closely with the news team to produce high-quality, relevant, local content that sets the station apart from competitors.
• Prioritize collaboration between television and digital content teams, along with marketing, to create original programming and breaking news coverage for all platforms.
• Demonstrated success recruiting, coaching, and developing talent, with a passion for providing consistent, constructive feedback.
• Experience leading news content creation and management, fostering a collaborative and positive workplace culture that empowers individual and team excellence.
• Strong analytical skills, capable of leveraging complex data to inform and refine content, coverage, and distribution strategies.
• Skillfully use social media and digital tools to research, discover, and distribute content.
• Lead a culture that owns enterprise reporting and breaking news across all content platforms.
• Interact daily with all department heads in a mutual effort to achieve station goals and extend our brand.
• Work closely with the General Manager and Department Heads on long-range planning and station initiatives.
• Be a motivator who fosters an inspiring and engaging environment
• Perform other duties, as assigned, to drive and fulfill the mission while abiding by the values of this organization.

Additional Info:

Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Gray’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

Job Requirements

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Journalism or Mass Communications
• 5 years of previous experience in newsroom leadership is required, plus additional years in content experience
• Successful innovative leadership, along with staff and product development skills.
• Top-notch communication skills are an absolute must.
• Solid journalistic judgment and a news philosophy that emphasizes accurate, fair, and unique local content, along with community engagement.
• Skills in producing engaging, content-driven newscasts and digital content.
• Strong social media skills, including an active news hound presence on Twitter and Facebook.
• Organizational skills and the ability to work under time pressure deadlines.
• Ability to calmly handle live, breaking news situations and changing events.
• Ability to work closely with other station department heads and fellow managers within the company.

If you feel you’re qualified and want to work with a great group of people go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings, you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on "apply now", upload your resume, cover letter, and references

(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)

KMOV-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company

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