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Senior Producer, Take Two #130-13

Location:Pasadena, CA
Exempt/Non-Exempt:Exempt
Benefits:Yes
Employment Type:Full Time
Business Group:Southern California Public Radio
Description:Position Summary:

Oversee all aspects of planning and production for daily two-hour news magazine. Supervise producers, editor, producer/reporters, and interns and volunteers. Work closely with show hosts. Ensure program is compelling, engaging and consistently meets the highest journalistic standards.

Position Responsibility:

• Ultimately responsible for the program’s overall tone, appeal, content and general approach
• Work closely with the show hosts and news managers making content and editorial decisions
• Supervise editing and post production
• Edit Producer/Reporters’ stories
• Assess the program’s content and priorities
• Ensure each day’s broadcast is of the highest standards and quality
• Manage program budget
• Working with executive editor and managing producer, hire, supervise, train and manage program staff
• Hire, supervise, train and manage direct staff through coaching, mentorship, performance meetings and on-going feedback. Involve HR on performance issues as needed.
• Foster a creative and productive work environment. Create development opportunities and training to enhance skills and foster growth.
• Make daily and long-term assignments
• Originate story and segment ideas for the program and produce segments
• Line produce live broadcast of the program when necessary
• Work with digital media in production and presentation of program’s online and social media content
• Work closely with KPCC news department and other program staff
• Supervise production of promos, archiving, logging, etc.
• Other duties as assigned

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent professional experience
• Established record of journalistic excellence and accomplishment
• Five or more years of production experience in broadcast news or talk programming
• Supervisory/management experience is required - must demonstrate an ability to foster high standards and an ability to coach, inspire and lead.

Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

• Ability to produce compelling and high quality radio programs
• Strong journalism writing and editing skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Proven ability to contribute to a positive, diverse, creative, high performance workplace culture
• Supervisory skills and ability to recruit, coach and develop talent
• Supervisory skills and ability to recruit, coach and develop talent
• Leadership and personnel skills and ability to inspire and lead the staff.
• Ability to manage change
• Ability to collaborate effectively with counterparts in other work groups
• Experience and skill as a budget manager
• Ability to evaluate content/quality/sound and act decisively
• Familiarity and facility with online and social media
• Ability to think and plan strategically
• Ability to build and maintain internal and external relationships
• Ability to maintain high journalistic and production standards under deadline pressure
• Audio editing skills (Pro Tools, DAVID, or similar)

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Additional language skill desired, such as Spanish, Mandarin or other
• Experience in production, marketing and/or distribution of nationally syndicated radio programming

Reporting To This Position:

• Program producers
• Editors
• Producer/Reporters and Interns

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• Must be able to perform the essential duties of the position with or without reasonable accommodation
• Physical Demands:
o Required to move about in an office environment and sit for extended periods of time
o Frequent use of hands for data entry/keystrokes and simple grasping.
• Working Conditions:
o Moderate noise level
o Occasional exposure to prevalent weather conditions.


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