Producer at Nexstar Media Group in Des Moines, IA

PRODUCER Location: IA-Des Moines;1801 Grand Avenue (WHO) PURPOSE/REASON FOR THE POSITION: Produce newscasts and gather information for news stories for WHO-TV, WHO 13 News and www.who13.com. PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS ESSENTIAL TO THE JOB:   • Ability to produce evening and morning newscasts. • Ability to write news stories. • Ability to read information sources. • Ability to handle live breaking news. • Ability to handle deadline pressure. • Ability to give directions to anchors, reporters, photographers, and directors. • Typical shift would be 11pm to 4am. MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED • Valid drivers license • Computer literate • 2 years television newsroom experience • 2 years of news producing experience preferred • 4-year college degree preferred • Work under extreme pressure, deadlines, and adverse weather conditions. • Desk work, walking and standing     STATEMENT ABOUT OTHER DUTIES: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job.  While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change, e.g., emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs, special projects, technological developments, etc.