The Newscast Director leads live newscasts, ensuring precision and collaboration in a high-paced newsroom using automation tools like Ross OverDrive.
DC News Now, a rapidly expanding Nexstar station in the Washington, D.C. market, is seeking a Director with extensive OverDrive experience to lead live newscasts and other productions. This is a hands-on technical role requiring precision, leadership, and adaptability in a fast-paced newsroom environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Direct live and recorded newscasts using Ross OverDrive, ensuring seamless execution of rundowns.
- Code, organize and execute newscasts and specials using ENPS based rundowns.
- Build and customize OverDrive coding for news productions, working closely with producers and technical staff to enhance automation efficiency.
- Collaborate with news, production, and engineering teams to ensure smooth operations and troubleshoot technical issues.
- Call and punch live broadcasts, special coverage, and breaking news while maintaining high production standards.
- Lead pre-production efforts, including coding, shot blocking, automation setup, and equipment checks.
- Ensure clean transitions between segments, graphics, and live elements by effectively managing production automation programs.
- Elevate production value by enhancing camera shot composition, OverDrive operations and workflow integrations.
- Adapt to last-minute changes and breaking news, making quick decisions under pressure.
- General knowledge of studio lighting, Streamdeck, OBS, TVU, Optic, Chyron, Bit Central, and Cue-Script a plus
Qualifications:
- Advanced camera shot framing and composition skills.
- 5+ years of experience as a Director in a live news environment, preferably at a major-market station.
- Expert-level proficiency with Ross OverDrive automation and strong ability to build, edit, and refine show coding.
- Experience with Ross XPression graphics, and other production switchers is a plus.
- Strong technical troubleshooting skills and the ability to work with engineering teams to resolve production issues.
- Excellent communication and leadership abilities, with a proven track record of working effectively in a collaborative newsroom environment.
- Ability to work flexible hours, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays as news coverage demands.
The pay range for this position is $32.00-$34.00/hr. Other benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K match, Vacation and Paid Parental Leave.
Top Skills
Bit Central
Chyron
Cue-Script
Enps
Obs
Optic
Ross Overdrive
Ross Xpression
Streamdeck
Tvu
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