Ozarks First in Springfield, Missouri, is seeking a highly organized and collaborative Special Projects MMJ. This is a role for a visionary creator ready to lead storytelling in the Ozarks. This role is driven by high-impact enterprise content, long-form broadcast specials, and premium streaming programming.
As the Special Projects MMJ, you will shoot and create daily content. You will play a role in long-term projects. You'll host Connected TV (CTV) segments and specials, and deliver compelling, high-quality storytelling across all linear, digital, and streaming platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
- Special Event Production: Host and produce specials, live events, and community-focused franchise programming (e.g., Heritage Month specials).
- Cross-Team Collaboration: Work with anchors, reporters, photographers, news managers, operations, and production teams to execute premium special reports.
- Production Management: Shoot and edit special projects to maximize newsroom resources and meet strict deadlines.
- Multi-Platform Execution: Tailor long-form content and enterprise projects for traditional television, OzarksFirst.com, and our dedicated CTV streaming applications.
Qualifications & Skills
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism, Broadcast News, or a related field.
- Experience: Proven track record anchoring, reporting, and producing special projects, digital specials, or CTV content.
- Leadership & Influence: Demonstrated ability to manage daily and long-term projects using strategy on multiple platforms.
- Project Management: Exceptional organizational skills with a proven ability to manage multiple high-priority timelines simultaneously.
- Editorial Excellence: Strong editorial judgment under tight deadlines, paired with flawless writing, spelling, grammar, and copy-editing skills.
- Technical Familiarity: Deep understanding of digital and streaming content workflows is highly preferred.
- Flexibility: Ability to adapt to shifting newsroom priorities and flex your schedule as demanding project timelines require.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism, Broadcast News, or related field
- Proven track record producing newscasts, long-form special projects, or multi-platform content
- Ability to manage complex projects and guide cross-functional teams without direct supervisory authority
- Exceptional organizational and project management skills; manage multiple high-priority timelines in a fast-paced environment
- Strong editorial judgment, flawless writing, spelling, grammar, and copy-editing skills
- Deep understanding of digital and streaming content workflows
- Flexibility to adapt to shifting newsroom priorities and flexible schedule as project timelines require
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is presented as comprehensive, covering medical, dental, vision, behavioral health, and an Employee Assistance Program. Disability and life insurance are also available, with optional protections like accident and critical illness coverage noted.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is offered and was expanded to provide up to six weeks of paid time for eligible employees. Family-support resources are complemented by mental‑health and EAP services.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, sick leave, and standard holidays are provided, with vacation that typically scales with tenure. These programs form part of a conventional large‑employer benefits menu.
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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.
