Wave

Assignment Editor - Spectrum News 1

Wave$50K — $111K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of assignment desk experience in a television newsroom
  • Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Communication or comparable television work experience
  • Strong ability to develop and maintain sources
  • Effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
  • Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines
  • Openness to travel for story coverage within the community
  • Flexibility to work varying shifts, including weekends and holidays

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate news teams, resources, and logistics to ensure major stories are covered
  • Establish priorities and assign news units for story coverage
  • Organize the news gathering team's duties
  • Collaborate on article ideas with the news team
  • Respond quickly to breaking news and organize live field reports
  • Identify significant news events and assign reporters accordingly
  • Create compelling content for traditional and digital platforms

Benefits

  • Comprehensive pay and benefits package
  • Support for employee well-being at all life stages
  • Opportunities for career advancement
  • Incentives based on performance, including bonuses
  • Flexible working conditions and environment
Full Job Description
This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.

Do you take satisfaction in organizing a team of individuals to create a product? Would you like to get some proper news producing experience? If so, send a job application for Assignment Editor to Spectrum News.

In this role, you'll make sure that major stories are covered during the given shift by coordinating news teams, resources, and logistics. You will establish priorities and assign news units to cover them. You will be organizing the news gathering team's duties and collaborate on article ideas. You'll be part of a collaborative team that creates compelling, timely, and accurate content to connect with viewers across traditional and digital platforms.

WHAT OUR ASSIGNMENT EDITORS ENJOY MOST
  • Responding to breaking news quickly and effectively; organizing numerous live field workers and the chopper.
  • Identifying the news events that should be covered and working with editors to decide which reporter should cover each event.

As a part of Spectrum News, you're creative, highly technical, and ready to bring the character-driven stories of those in your community to life in our newsroom. You value accuracy and want to leverage your curiosity and storytelling abilities to share inspiring news across multiple platforms. Each day is a fast-paced and constantly evolving work environment with new stories to tell and perspectives to uncover. If you're a nimble, passionate team player, you'll find a home on our team.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING TO SPECTRUM NEWS

Required Qualifications
  • Experience: Assignment desk experience in a television newsroom - 4+ years
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Communication or comparable television work experience preferred
  • Technical Skills: Ability to develop sources
  • Skills: Effective interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills; ability to clearly communicate solutions; ability to relate well with populations
  • Abilities: Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities and work under time pressure deadline
  • Travel Ability: Must be open to travel to discover the important stories in your neighborhood and willing to interact with the community
  • Schedule: Ability to work different shifts or longer shifts due to 'breaking news' and severe weather emergencies. Willing and able to work weekends and holidays
  • Working Conditions: Works inside a climate-controlled environment throughout the year. Works in an open newsroom setting with a semi-noisy environment

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Here, our employees don't just have jobs, they're building careers. That's why we offer a comprehensive pay and benefits package that rewards employees for their contributions to our success, supporting all aspects of their well-being at every stage of life.

The base pay for this position generally is between $24.30 and $53.40. The actual compensation offered will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. We comply with local wage minimums and also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of other incentive-based compensation such as bonuses.

About Wave

Wave is a Canadian financial services company that provides accounting, invoicing, and payment processing software for small businesses. The company was founded in 2010 by Kirk Simpson and James Lochrie. Wave's software is used by over 4 million small businesses around the world. In 2019, the company was acquired by H&R Block for $405 million. Wave is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
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200 employees
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Founded
2011

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