Associate Director
at Nexstar Broadcasting
Los Angeles, California, USA -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 05 Jul, 2024 | USD 70852 Annual | 05 Apr, 2024 | N/A | Enps,Final Cut Pro,Time Management,Communications,Operating Systems,Decision Making | No | No |
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Description:
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, Television Production or equivalent related experience.
- Five or more years of professional experience in television production and directing.
- Team player.
- Must possess excellent organizational skills.
- Adept at positively communicating, motivating, engaging and leading a production team.
- Precise time management and ability to work efficiently under hard deadlines.
- Demonstrates timely decision-making in a dynamic and fast paced Production Control Room work environment.
- Current, comprehensive, and broad knowledge of fundamental News production technologies.
- Intellect and ability to learn, adapt and train others on new production technologies.
- Demonstrate creative and innovative thinking in all aspects of production responsibilities.
- Possess working knowledge of production operating systems including ENPS, Bit Central, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Ross Xpression and equivalent production and operating systems. Proficient in Microsoft Office/Outlook/Teams.
KTLA will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.
Compensation - $70,852/annual
LI-Onsite
Responsibilities:
- Facilitates pre-production and production requirements for daily live newscasts.
- Pre-production: Prep scripts, tech rundowns, server layout, Ross automation coding.
- PCR: Live-shot coordination with Newscenter and field crews, timing/counting live and pre-produced elements including vo/sots, packages, reporter cues studio floor communication.
- Responsibilities also include tracking status of edited content for playout. Create MOS objects and verify rundown and playlist status.
- Cross-training: Multiple skill sets to capably fill in as a relief Director and Material Manager.
- Direct daily studio newscasts and remote productions as assigned.
- Track, document, and communicate technical and operational notes to Production, News, Engineering and Creative Services management as appropriate.
- Reconcile technical and operational issues related to daily News production processes.
- Code daily newscasts in Ross Overdrive automation.
- Provide desktop editing (FCP/Adobe Premiere) support when necessary.
- Track server playout status during live newscasts and coordinate News content archiving processes following daily newscasts.
- Communicate technical and content elements to studio and remote production teams.
- Collaborate with producers to facilitate production elements including music, graphics,
lighting design, camera-blocking, props, set furnishings, and related presentation elements.
- Generate and distribute technical rundowns.
- Provide other production support (live and pre-recorded) for News Specials, Creative Services, Sports, Special Events, Digital and Client production.
- Facilitate production support aligned with Departmental and Station business objectives and priorities as required.
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)
Information Technology/IT
Production / Maintenance / Quality
Software Engineering
Graduate
Communications television production or equivalent related experience
Proficient
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Los Angeles, CA, USA