WROC/RochesterFirst is hiring a Hybrid Content Creator/Production Director to join our award-winning team. With the credibility and strength of our 75-year trusted brand, WROC/RochesterFirst is Rochester, NY’s universal local source for news, weather, and information across all platforms.
Rochester, NY, ranked as the nation’s second most affordable housing market, offers an exceptional quality of life—with outstanding dining, lively entertainment, scenic parks and golf courses, and a friendly, welcoming community.
WROC-TV/RochesterFirst.com in Rochester, New York is hiring a Hybrid Content Creator/Production Director who is responsible for researching, planning, and creating content for news programming.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Strong writing and editing skills, with attention to detail and knowledge of AP style
Creates engaging stories, videos, and imagery for our viewers specific to platforms
Code and Direct daily live local newscasts and other live and prerecorded productions using Ross OverDrive and ENPS
Stream live and prerecorded productions using OBS Studio
Work closely with News Producers, Photographers, Engineers, and other Directors to enhance our final on-air product
Work well in a collaborative team environment; multitasking, problem-solving, and making last-minute decisions under pressure and tight deadlines
Be self-sufficient, managing multiple projects with competing priorities
Perform other job-related requests and duties as assigned
Requirements & Skills:
Bachelor’s degree in communications, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience is preferred
Basic photography, videography and editing experience
Experience in news operations and/or production is preferred
Experience with cross-platform live streaming is preferred
Ross OverDrive, ENPS, Adobe Premiere, and OBS experience a plus
Demonstrate excellent communication skills; fluent in English, oral and written
Available to work all shifts (mornings, evenings, overnights, weekends, and holidays), as well as extended hours as assigned
Compensation: $17 - $18 an hour commensurate with applicant’s experience and skill level.
WROC/RochesterFirst, Nexstar Media Inc. offers excellent benefits including paid vacations, holidays, sick leave, and personal days, health insurance plans, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, 401K Retirement Plan, paid parental leave, dental, vision, Teladoc, behavioral health services, prescription drug coverage, life insurance plans, paid short term disability, and many more benefit options. Compensation package will be based on experience.
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content across its television and digital platforms, including more than 310,000 hours of programming produced annually by its business units. Nexstar owns America’s largest local television broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 220 million people. Nexstar’s national television properties include The CW, America’s fifth major broadcast network, NewsNation, our national news network providing “News for All America,” popular entertainment multicast networks Antenna TV and Rewind TV, and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network. The Company’s portfolio of digital assets, including its local TV station websites, The Hill and NewsNationNow.com, are collectively a Top 10 U.S. digital news and information property. For more information, please visit nexstar.tv.
EEO Statement: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
Skills Required
- Strong writing and editing skills with attention to detail and knowledge of AP style.
- Create engaging stories, videos, and imagery tailored to specific platforms.
- Code and direct daily live local newscasts and other productions using Ross OverDrive and ENPS.
- Stream live and prerecorded productions using OBS Studio.
- Basic photography, videography, and editing experience.
- Experience in news operations and/or production.
- Experience with cross-platform live streaming.
- Experience with Ross OverDrive, ENPS, Adobe Premiere, and OBS (a plus).
- Bachelor's degree in communications or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Excellent communication skills; fluent in English, oral and written.
- Available to work all shifts (mornings, evenings, overnights, weekends, holidays) and extended hours.
- Ability to work collaboratively, multitask, problem-solve, and make last-minute decisions under pressure.
- Self-sufficient; manage multiple projects with competing priorities.
What We Do
Nexstar Media Group is the largest TV station operator in the country. With the reach of 171 full power television stations in 100 markets addressing nearly 38.9% of US television households, and a diversified, growing digital media operation, Nexstar Media Group offers superior audience engagement across all media devices and local broadcast television’s unrivalled influence on consumers’ purchasing and political decisions. In 20 years, Nexstar has grown from a single station to the nation’s largest television company. This growth is fueled by an organization-wide commitment to delivering exceptional service to our communities and outstanding results for our advertisers. From the very beginning, Nexstar has cultivated an organization-wide commitment to providing superior, unique local content that is relevant to each of the communities it serves, while offering local businesses, advertisers and brands the ability to engage and connect with local communities.
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