News Director, Telemundo T40 McAllen

Responsibilities: • Collaborates with leadership team to define and execute short-and long-term strategic vision for the news department, ensuring continued market leadership and competitive edge. • Provides leadership and drives strategy for News coverage, driving culture of creativity and excellence. • Collaborates to ensure local newscasts are well conceived and provide multi-platform, high quality coverage, accuracy, and integrity to improve competitive position in the market. • In addition to direct oversight of News, this individual will work closely with Sales, Engineering, Production and other departments to further multi-platform opportunities and support Telemundo branding and programming initiatives. • Create the cohesive standards for all aspects of the on-air presentation and digital execution in coordination with the brand. • Manages and develops news personnel, makes hiring decisions and establishes performance goals and guidelines. • Oversees the evaluation and performance appraisal across the organization. • Coaches and develops staff to work and grow in a multiplatform environment. • Drives culture and creativity, excellence and performance. • Work with local management in the effective use of resources and synergies in managing operations to develop standards and processes for optimal performance. • Overall responsibility for newsgathering, production, news programming and presentation. • Ensure newscasts are well conceived and provide high quality coverage, accuracy and integrity. • Implement strategic mission and tactical operation of newsroom while ensuring the highest levels of journalistic, ethical, TV production and promotional standards are maintained. • Oversee day-to-day coverage, big story, breaking news and sweeps planning with consideration of payroll, staffing, field, and news operations to meet established goals and objectives. • Manage and lead team of News professionals. • Ability to identify future-scheduled events and plan coverage around them. • Must plan for the unexpected and respond well in crisis, keeping the news staff focused and committed to performing under extreme tension and pressure.