News Director

KCCI, the Hearst CBS affiliate in Des Moines, Iowa has an opening for an experienced and dynamic News Director with the talent, creativity, energy and leadership to lead our highly acclaimed News department. Our next newsroom leader will have the experience to guide trusted daily news execution and a collaborative leadership style to inspire our committed team of journalists. You will lead our team in the execution of market-leading breaking news, weather coverage and community service on all platforms daily. With the resources of Hearst Television, this is a rare opportunity to be a part of leading dynamic news coverage including Presidential politics in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation Caucuses.  You will report to the President & General Manager.

Responsibilities

• Editorial leadership and local news department oversight serving multiple platforms
• Recruit and coach editorial team
• Develop contemporary news product on all platforms
• Budget administration
• Develop and execute news operation strategy
• Provide strategic leadership and execution of impactful political coverage including debates, forums, and other means of delivering coverage of presidential and state politics
• Strategic planning in collaboration with other department heads on station initiatives

Requirements

• 3+ years of broadcast television newsroom operation management
• Experience mentoring news staff
• Demonstrate how you have improved news product at another broadcast television station
• Experience managing multiple hours of daily newscasts
• Have and exhibit unwavering journalistic integrity and ethical standards
• Have a valid driver's license
• Related military experience will be considered
• In-person attendance is required

Diversity Statement

At Hearst Television we tell stories every day. Stories about people of all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and identities. That's why, behind the scenes, we believe in being an organization as diverse and varied as the audience we reach, ensuring that the content we create is more compassionate, and more representative of the communities we serve.

Benefits

Hearst's benefit programs are modern, flexible and designed to focus on you. As a Hearst employee, you and your spouse or partner or dependents would have access to the following benefits.

• Medical | Dental | Vision
• 401(k) matching
• Emotional Wellness Support
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• LGBTQ+ Health Services
• Additional benefits to meet your and your family's needs

Every career with Hearst Television is like a story. How it develops, where it takes you, the milestones you reach along the way – you’ve got a lot to look forward to as your unique career story unfolds.

Hearst Television, a subsidiary of Hearst, owns and operates local television and radio stations serving 26 media markets across 39 states reaching over 21 million U.S. television households. Through its partnership with nearly all of the major networks, Hearst Television distributes national content over nearly 70 video channels including programming from ABC, NBC, CBS, CW, MY Net, MeTV, This TV, Estrella and more.

Hearst Television is recognized as one of the industry's premier companies. It has been honored with numerous awards for distinguished journalism and industry innovation, including the Walter Cronkite Award for political journalism, the national Edward R. Murrow Award, the DuPont-Columbia Award and the George Foster Peabody Award.