Organizational Relationships
This position reports to the Chief Operating Officer and works closely with Production, Engineering, Promotion, and News Directors. Cooperation with the Sales Department is important for commercial sales of all news content, innovative sponsorships, and special events.
Performance Indicators
The position bonus and will be based on a combination of the following KPIs
- Digital and Linear Audience Growth: rating, unique visitors, video views, owned database (audience information)
- Cost and expense budget management
- Monetization goals of the news department
- Project innovation and product differentiation.
- Revenue goal for the U.S. Media Groups’ TV division
Required Skills & Experience
- Broadcast journalism degree from accredited four-year college/university or equivalent experience
- Minimum ten years’ experience in all facets of television news production, writing, editing, camera operations and reporting
- Minimum five years’ experience in a medium to large market directing a news department
- Bilingual, Spanish and English, both written and oral
- Possess excellent news judgment to lead our daily news coverage across all media platforms
- Possess excellent leadership and team building skills
- Ability to develop roadmap strategy
- Ability to work in a high-pressure environment
- Working knowledge of studio equipment, cameras teleprompter, lighting and audio
- Strong ability to develop and maintain rapport with community
- Bi-cultural experience and connections with 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation US Hispanics, especially with the Mexican market, in order to maximize content quality
- Capacity to Ability to monitor competition and industry trends with particular emphasis on new media such as social networking and innovative news gathering techniques and equipment.
- Ability to work closely with operational department heads
Eligibility Requirements
- Must be willing to work from our office in Los Angeles, CA
- Employment/education will be verified
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis
Entravision is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Entravision Communications Corporation participates in the E-Verify system operated by the US Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration and will use E-Verify to confirm work eligibility for all new hire employees.
Entravision Communications is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We encourage women and minorities to apply.