Associate Producer

A friendly, affordable midwestern city with so much to offer.  Work, play, and enjoy life in the “Gem City.”  Dayton is known as the birthplace of aviation, and features a mecca of restaurants, festivals, museums, sports teams and entertainment.  Forbes named Dayton one of the top 20 best cities to live in as a career professional.  Trulia ranked Dayton the #3 least expensive city to live in out of the top 100 metropolitan areas in the country.  Come join a growing team and affordable midwestern city. 

The Associate Producer is responsible for contributing story ideas; writing stories; organizing them within an energetic and memorable newscast or digital content for the web.

• Assists in writing and production of broadcast or on-line publication
• Contributes to the editorial process and make solid decisions in breaking news situations
• Execute strategies that engage and grow audiences across all digital devices
• Writes, produces and edits material that appeals to target audiences
• Research production topics using the internet, video archives, and other information sources

  Requirements & Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Communications, TV/film or equivalent experience may substitute
• Understand brand building directives
• Interact well with video journalists, anchors, videographers, news managers, production, digital and engineering staff
• Detail oriented
• Excellent verbal, written, grammar and analytical skills
• Ability to develop strong news judgment
• Possess journalistic integrity and understanding of viewer needs and expectations
• Knowledge of media production, communication and dissemination techniques and methods, including alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media
• Ability to meet quality standards for service & evaluate customer satisfaction

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