Dayside Senior Producer

### About TEGNA TEGNA Inc. helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news. **KING**, the TEGNA-owned NBC affiliate in Seattle, WA, is seeking an innovative **Dayside Senior Producer** to shape and energize our daily newscasts with strong editorial choices, urgency, and accuracy. Our Senior Producer is a key editorial voice who works hand-in-hand with our Executive Producer to ensure our linear and streaming-only products beat the competition and serve the community all day long. We’re looking for a leader who isn’t afraid of taking risks and ensures we are prioritizing flexibility and breaking news on all our platforms. At KING, we build creative shows that engage, educate and inform. We want your authentic personality to drive your storytelling, writing, and showcasing in an exciting and captivating manner to hold the audience. **Responsibilities:** • Collaborate with producers to make our shows stand out from the competition. • Inspire and motivate a team while leading by example. • Guide editorial decision-making as a leader in the newsroom. • Head up assigned special projects such as elections and big event coverage plans. • Booth continuous coverage on our live streams for breaking news and community events. • Demonstrate professionalism and composure under constant deadlines and pressure. • Consistently try new strategies and techniques after thoughtful discussion with supervisors. • Use data analytics to shape content decisions. • Challenge traditional ways of doing things. • Train producers and other newsroom work groups on best practices on subjects such as executing streams, writing with urgency, and organizing big events. • Fill in for Executive Producer. **Requirements:** • Bachelor’s degree preferred or related or equivalent years of experience.  • 5 years of news content experience. • Top-notch communication skills are an absolute must. • Solid journalistic judgement and a news philosophy that emphasizes breaking news, accurate, fair, and unique local content, along with community engagement.  • Understanding of the tenets of professional journalism. • Organizational skills and the ability to work under time-pressure deadlines. • Ability to calmly handle live, breaking news situations and changing events.  • ENPS and Edius system experience preferred. Pay Range $38.46—$43.27 USD ### Benefits: TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance. Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one. Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health. TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year. \* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union. **EEO statement**: TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. 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