Assignment Manager

Full Time Job
WLWT News 5, the Hearst owned NBC affiliate has an opening for a self-motivated Assignment Manager to lead our assignment desk and daily newsgathering effort in Cincinnati. Ideal candidate will be a highly-organized person with strong leadership skills and managerial abilities.

Job Responsibilities:

• Monitoring radio/scanners/social media for breaking news

• Coordinating and dispatching reporters and photographers in the field

• Maintaining court files and future event planning

• Set news coverage priorities by following the strategic news plan and breaking news coverage plans

• Gather information on stories by cultivating sources within official channels.

• Develop sources and generate story ideas

• Contribute to the station's digital platforms and help ensure our website has the latest content available

• Collaborate with other management to maintain and facilitate newsroom-wide communications systems and workflows

• Coach assignment editors on news gathering and digital responsibilities

Experience Requirements:
• Must have experience listening to police scanners.

• Must be strongly versed in social media for both posting and news gathering purposes.

• Familiar with local newsgathering technology and terminology.

Qualifications Requirements:

• Applicant will have strong people and phone skills as well as the ability to work in a team atmosphere. A strong emphasis on Breaking News is our culture so the ideal candidate must be open and willing to embrace the strategic mission.

• Must be highly organized.

• Have the ability to work multiple projects simultaneously.

• Must be able to foster and maintain professional working relationships with newsmakers.

• Have the ability to gather information from multiple sources simultaneously and quickly push it out to anchors, reporters, producers and digital editors.

• Must have a sense of urgency and be able to thrive in a high pressure breaking news and weather environment.

• Be able to remain calm and level-headed during breaking news situations.

• Must have excellent communication skills.

• Must have advanced knowledge of digital platforms, especially social media.

• Successful candidate will be required to contribute to all digital platforms, as well as monitor multiple social media accounts in order to gather content and communicate with news makers.

• Willing to work a variety of shifts, including weekends and nights (on occasion).

Education:

• College degree in Broadcast Journalism, or related field (preferred)

• Military training and experience will be considered